Litigator Andrew E. Tomback Joins Zuckerman Spaeder LLP’s New York Office

Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew E. Tomback is joining the firm as a partner in its New York office. An accomplished attorney with more than 25 years of experience drawn from business, private practice, and government service, Mr. Tomback handles a full range of civil and criminal litigation before the ‎courts, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and various ‎other regulators. He focuses on litigations and investigations involving federal securities ‎laws, complex litigation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and international arbitrations. This news builds on last month’s announcement that Steven M. Cohen, who was most recently Secretary to New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, joined the firm to lead the expansion and development of its New York office. Respected litigator and appellate lawyer Paul Shechtman also joined the firm earlier this week.

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Archer & Greiner Expands Breadth of Intellectual Property Practice

Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Archer & Greiner, through its recent merger with Herten,Burstein, Sheridan, Cevasco, Bottinelli, Litt & Harz, effective May 2, 2011, togetherwith a lateral hire this summer, has covered the spectrum of technology forwhich the firm provides general counseling, transactional representation, and litigation and prosecution services in all fields of intellectual property law, including rights sounding in patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret.

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Disputes Expert Joins DLA Piper Middle East

Wednesday, October 5, 2011
DLA Piper Middle East, a global law firm, today announces the appointment of Henry Quinlan as partner and the newest member of its global arbitration practice, based in the Dubai office. The firm’s global dispute resolution practice has 1400 specialists around the world and the recruitment of Henry in the Middle East arbitration team indicates both the important role the region plays in international business, and the growing use of arbitration in the resolution of disputes involving both local and international companies within the region.

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Allens Advises on Year’s Largest Project Financing

Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Allens Arthur Robinson (Allens) is advising the senior syndicate and mezzanine financiers on the financing of Queensland’s first user-funded coal terminal, the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal (WICET). WICET is owned by a consortium of coal exporters advised by ANZ Corporate Advisory.

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Ford & Harrison Opens Nashville Office

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Ford & Harrison LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, announced today, that it has opened a new office in Nashville—its 24th location and second office in Tennessee.  The new office will accommodate Ford & Harrison’s continued growth in the state and region and will be led by Managing Partner Louis P. Britt, III.

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Shearman & Sterling Represents Vietcombank in its sale of 15% Post-Money Stake to Mizuho

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Shearman & Sterling is representing the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) in its sale of a 15% post-money stake to Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Mizuho), for approximately $567.3 million. Mizuho will subscribe for approximately 347.6 million new ordinary shares of Vietcombank at VND34,000 (US$1.62) per share and will become the sole foreign strategic investor in Vietcombank and largest shareholder in Vietcombank after the government of Vietnam. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2012.

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Darrell R. Windham Joins Greenberg Traurig

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that corporate and securities attorney Darrell R. Windham has joined as Co-Managing Shareholder of its Austin office and Chair of its Texas Corporate & Securities Practice. He has more than 30 years of experience assisting clients with business, corporate finance and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and public and private securities offerings. He also advises clients on business start-ups and structures, strategic alliances, joint ventures, securities law reporting and compliance, and other domestic and international business transactions.

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