Orrick Announces Four New Partners in London

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has added four partners in the firm’s London office. Stephanie Bates, formerly of Mayer Brown, joins Orrick’s Equity Capital Markets practice. Anthony Riley, formerly of Norton Rose, joins the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practice. Matthew Lawson and Simon Willis, formerly of Mayer Brown, join Orrick’s Commercial Litigation practice.

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McDermott Gears Up for Growing White-Collar Client Demand

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced today that it has named Jennifer R. Taylor as a partner in its White-Collar & Securities Defense practice group, based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Taylor brings an insider’s perspective to the Firm, having served in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for over seven years, including the last five years as a federal prosecutor in the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division handling securities, bank and procurement fraud and investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

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Former Homeland Security Deputy General Counsel Joins Quarles & Brady

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Leezie Kim, former White House appointed deputy general counsel in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is rejoining the Phoenix office of national law firm Quarles & Brady LLP. She will be continuing her corporate transactions practice counseling clients on the laws at the intersection of international business transactions and national security; on compliance with government regulations affecting business transactions in the healthcare industry; on the laws affecting the restaurant industry; and on how to utilize and manage immigration benefits and enforcement matters affecting businesses.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Petrobras Global Notes Offering

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Shearman & Sterling represented lead managers BB Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Itau BBA USA Securities, JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley and Santander Investment Securities, all acting as joint bookrunners, and Banco Votorantim Nassau Branch, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, acting as co-managers, in connection with an SEC registered issuance by Petroleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, and its wholly owned finance company of a record U.S.$7 billion in debt securities, the largest one-time debt offering ever by a Latin American issuer and among the largest debt offerings to date in 2012.

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Van W. Ellis Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Washington, D.C. Office, Continuing Expansion of Global Life Sciences Platform

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Van W. Ellis, a leading life sciences lawyer who specializes in technology-based collaborations, joint ventures and licensing arrangements, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. Mr. Ellis is a former Associate General Counsel of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the nation’s largest non-profit biomedical research organizations.

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