Weil Expands Private Equity and M&A Practice as Eric Schwartzman Joins Silicon Valley Office

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that Eric J. Schwartzman has joined the firm as a partner in its Silicon Valley office. Mr. Schwartzman joins Weil’s Private Equity/Mergers & Acquisitions practice from Latham & Watkins LLP where he was a partner and former co-chair of its corporate department in New York.

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SNR Denton Boosts Banking Practice with Strategic Hire

SNR Denton’s banking practice continues its global expansion with the addition of Edward Hickman as a partner in its Banking and Finance team. Edward joins today from Linklaters where he spent the last six years as a partner in their structured finance team advising major banks and corporates.

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Hogan Lovells Recruits M&A Partner in London

Hogan Lovells has recruited senior and highly experienced corporate finance partner, David Levin, to the firm’s Corporate Practice in London and the Energy Industry Group.  David will join Hogan Lovells on 9 January 2012.

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Ince & Co Appoints New Corporate Partner in London

International law firm Ince & Co is delighted to announce the appointment of corporate partner Tanya Nash to the Business and Finance Group in London. Tanya joins the firm as a partner from SNR Denton, where she started as a trainee and was promoted to partner in 2005.

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Dechert Advises Inhibitex in $2.5B Sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Inhibitex, Inc. announced today that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire Inhibitex for $26.00 per share in cash pursuant to a cash tender offer and second step merger. The transaction, with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.5 billion, has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies. The board of directors of Inhibitex has agreed to recommend that Inhibitex’s shareholders tender their shares in the tender offer. In addition, shareholders with beneficial ownership of approximately 17% of Inhibitex’s common stock have entered into agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb to support the transaction and to tender their shares in the tender offer.

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Davis Polk Defeats Samsung’s Antitrust Claims Against SD Card Flash Memory Joint Venture

Davis Polk has again won a dismissal, this time with prejudice, of antitrust claims brought by Samsung against SD-3C, a joint venture of Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba. Samsung’s case, filed in federal court in San Francisco, alleged that the creation of the SD Card Flash Memory standard and related patent pooling and licensing activities had harmed consumers and violated the antitrust laws. In August of 2011, the Court dismissed Samsung’s claims as time-barred, but allowed it to file a further amended complaint.

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