McGuireWoods LLP announced today that Laurent Wiesel has joined the firm as a partner. For the past decade, he has advised companies, financial institutions and individuals on a wide variety of complex litigation matters and investigations. Now at McGuireWoods, his practice will continue to be focused on commercial and corporate disputes, securities class actions, international arbitration, regulatory and criminal investigations, antitrust litigation and actions involving the interests of foreign sovereigns.
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Corrs Further Boosts Major Projects and Energy & Resources Capability
Corrs has further boosted its major projects and energy & resources capability with the appointment of Andrew Chew as a partner in its Sydney Construction group.
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International Projects Lawyer Mark Rowley Rejoins Baker Botts in London
Mark Rowley has rejoined Baker Botts as a partner in the firm’s London office. He has extensive experience working with clients in developing large-scale petroleum projects, including cross-border pipelines and LNG export matters.
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Field Fisher Waterhouse Boosts Litigation Practice in Munich
Field Fisher Waterhouse announces today the appointment of litigation partner Sibylle Schumacher. She will be joining the Munich office on 1st November from Weil Gotshal Manges LLP where she has headed the litigation practice since 2009.
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Clayton Utz Supports Transpacific on Multimillion Dollar Raising
Clayton Utz has advised long-standing client Transpacific Industries Group Limited (TPI) in connection with its proposed equity capital raising of approximately A$309 million and new A$1.525 billion debt facility, announced to the market yesterday.
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Willkie’s Paris Office Advises on Public Private Partnership for France’s Eco-Tax Project
The firm’s Paris office recently advised Ecomouv, a consortium lead by Autostrade per l’Italia, the leading European concessionaire for toll motorway construction and management, and its parent company, Atlantia, on the negotiation of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract with the French State and of the financing documents and the drafting and negotiation of all industrial contracts for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Eco-tax project, an automatic taxation system of heavy-trucks on the French motorway’s network. The project is expected to generate €1.2 billion annually in revenue for the State.
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Janet Fisher, Former Member of DOJ’s National Security Division, Joins Venable as Commercial Litigation Partner
Venable LLP announced that experienced investigative attorney Janet C. Fisher has joined the firm’s Washington, DC, office as a partner in its Commercial Litigation Group. Ms. Fisher was most recently a member of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, where she handled classified counterterrorism and counterintelligence matters. She will work closely with the firm’s white collar and government investigations groups.
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Darryl Steinhause Joins DLA Piper’s Real Estate Capital Markets Group
Former Chief Counsel at AG’s Office Melanie Pate Joins Lewis and Roca’s Labor and Employment Group
Lewis and Roca is pleased to announce that Melanie Pate has joined the firm’s Phoenix office as a partner in the Labor and Employment practice group. Previously, Pate served as Chief Counsel of the Arizona Civil Rights Division (“ACRD”) at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, where she worked for 15 years in litigation and management-level employment-related positions.
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New Partner Strengthens Fasken Martineau Banking And Finance Practice
Fasken Martineau, a leading international law firm, announced today that Stuart Hills has joined the firm’s London office as a partner.
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