Miller & Chevalier Chartered today announced that James I. Warren and Alexander Zakupowsky, Jr. have joined the Tax Department as Members. They come to the firm from Winston & Strawn, where they were partners in that firm’s Tax and Energy and Utilities practices. Warren is nationally recognized for his experience in the areas of federal taxation of utilities and tax accounting, and Zakupowsky has a national reputation in the areas of tax accounting, transfer pricing and the taxation of utilities.

Gordon & Rees announced the opening of two new offices in Carlsbad, California and St. Louis, Missouri.  The new offices, the 21st and 22nd respectively for Gordon & Rees, reflect a continuation of the firm’s ambitious expansion plans that have taken it from a regional, California-based legal services provider to a full service national law firm in the span of less than 10 years.

International law firm Pinsent Masons and national law firm McGrigors have confirmed plans to merge the two organisations following a partner vote.

Baker Hostetler announced today that R. Scott Feldmann has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Group as a Partner in its Costa Mesa office. He comes to Baker Hostetler from Crowell & Moring LLP.

Global law firm White & Case LLP is advising Outokumpu Oyj, a leading stainless steel producer based in Finland, on its acquisition of Inoxum, the stainless steel unit of German company ThyssenKrupp, valued at €2.7 billion.