Kirkland & Ellis Hires Former New York Attorney General’s Office Special Deputy Chief of Staff and Cuomo Commission on Public Integrity Chair Mitra Hormozi

Thursday, September 15, 2011
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Mitra Hormozi, the former Special Deputy Chief of Staff for the New York Attorney General’s Office and the current chair of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Commission on Public Integrity, has joined the Firm as a partner in the New York office.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in U.S.$2.75 Billion Debt Offering by América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Firm represented underwriters, led by BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan, in connection with a public offering by América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. of U.S.$2.75 billion principal amount of debt securities. The debt securities consisted of U.S.$2 billion of 2.375% Senior Notes due 2016 and U.S.$750 million of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2030. The latter series of debt securities represented a “reopening” of U.S.$1.25 billion of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2040 initially issued and sold in March 2010.

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Jones Day Paris Welcomes Corporate/M&A Team Led by Hervé Castelnau

Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce the arrival in its Paris Office of Hervé Castelnau as a partner in the Firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Mr. Castelnau joins Jones Day from Norton Rose’s Paris office, along with counsel Thibaut Kazemi and Silvain Fock-Yee, and associate Alice Nepa. The team will work on all aspects of Corporate/M&A, with particular emphasis on technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) and emerging technologies, in Europe and Africa.

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Pillsbury Expands Finance Section as Clients Face New Regulations

Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Joseph T. Lynyak, III, a prominent financial services lawyer with an extensive career advising domestic and foreign banks, savings associations, mortgage lenders and other financial services organizations, has joined Pillsbury’s Finance practice section as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices. Previously a partner at Venable LLP, Lynyak’s experience representing clients before agencies including the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the OCC, the CFPB, the FTC and others will help Pillsbury clients address the rapidly evolving regulatory challenges facing the financial services industry.

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Highly Ranked Energy Regulatory Partner Joins McDermott’s Washington Office

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that it has named Jeffrey D. (Dan) Watkiss as a partner in its Energy Advisory Practice, based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Watkiss, a highly ranked attorney who has particular experience representing power and natural gas companies on regulatory and compliance matters, is the second partner to join McDermott’s global Energy Advisory Practice Group in the last two months.

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IP Team Joins Nixon Peabody, Growing Firm’s Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, and Life Sciences Practices

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP has expanded its Intellectual Property practice with the arrival in Boston of a team from Foley & Lardner. Partner John T. Gutkoski, a patent and intellectual property trial attorney who focuses his national practice on the emerging technology and life sciences industries, was previously the Boston office chairman of Foley & Lardner’s intellectual property department. Michelle Flores also joins Nixon Peabody from Foley & Lardner as counsel.

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