Ashurst and Blake Dawson have announced plans to combine their businesses in Asia and merge their operations globally, creating a new and powerful legal presence in the international market under the Ashurst name.

Expanding its nationally-ranked Life Sciences practice, McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced today that it has added two leading lawyers in this industry group both of whom will be resident in its Washington, D.C. office.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Holly House has joined the Antitrust and Global Competition practice in San Francisco as partner. Ms. House, a high-profile antitrust litigator with a leading market reputation, joins from Bingham McCutchen LLP, where she was co-chair of the firm’s antitrust and trade regulation practice group.

The global law firm Jones Day announced today that M&A attorney David Brewster will join the Firm’s Boston Office as a partner. Mr. Brewster was formerly a partner in Skadden’s Boston office, where he worked for more than 25 years.

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, a full-service national law firm, is pleased to announce that Jeffrey J. Norton has joined as a Member of the firm’s Energy Group. He will divide his time between the firm’s Harrisburg and Philadelphia offices. Jeff joins the firm from Cozen O’Connor.

Allens Arthur Robinson (Allens) has advised iconic brewing company Foster’s Group Limited (Foster’s) on its proposed takeover by Anglo South African brewer SABMiller for A$12.3 billion, via a scheme of arrangement.

Dewey & LeBoeuf has advised Georgia Urban Enerji Ltd (GUE), a subsidiary of Turkey’s Anadolu Group, on the acquisition of a five percent stake in the company’s equity by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), as part of the US$167 million financing of a hydropower plant in Georgia.