On November 3, Willkie client Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and The Procter & Gamble Company announced the creation of a new partnership and joint venture in consumer health care. The agreement to form the joint venture, which is to be named PGT Healthcare and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, was announced in March 2011.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome a group of attorneys to the firm’s Minneapolis office from Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd. (Larkin Hoffman), with Bruce Douglas joining as a shareholder. Douglas is certified as a Specialist in Labor and Employment Law by the Minnesota State Bar Association. His practice is a well-rounded blend of traditional labor relations, class action litigation, and single plaintiff litigation. Joining Douglas is Chris Heffelbower as of counsel and Ashlee Bekish as an associate. With the addition of the group, Ogletree Deakins enhances the firm’s presence in the upper Midwest and deepens the traditional labor relations and litigation experience in the office.

Perkins Coie announced today that Matthew Shebuski has joined the firm as partner in the Real Estate practice. He joins the firm in Chicago where he previously served as counsel at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.

DLA Piper today announces the appointment of leading Australian lawyer and internationally recognised real estate specialist Les Koltai to its partnership.