Akerman Senterfitt Opens Office in Salt Lake City and Marks Important Expansion of National Consumer Finance Practice Group

Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Akerman Senterfitt, one of the top 100 law firms in the United States, today announced the opening of a Salt Lake City office, the 19th office overall for the firm, and an important expansion of its National Consumer Finance Practice Group.

Joining Akerman in Salt Lake City are shareholders Robert Scott and Chandler Thompson. Both are additions to Akerman’s consumer finance team, which has added 50 lawyers during the past 12 months. The practice group’s total of 78 lawyers across 19 offices represents one of the largest teams in the nation of lawyers dedicated to consumer finance litigation and compliance matters.

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Frost Brown Todd Attorney, Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, Named President of the American Bar Association

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Frost Brown Todd is proud to announce attorney Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III has been named president of the American Bar Association (ABA).

 “I am extremely honored and enthusiastically accept the responsibilities of representing you as your next president,” Robinson said in remarks to the ABA’s House of Delegates. “I am determined to lead this great association with commitment, clarity and continuity, as we work together to guide the future of our profession.”

Robinson will focus on issues he believes will make the ABA stronger and more relevant to the nation: the state court funding crisis, volunteerism, membership, and diversity in the profession.

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Leading Life Sciences IP Team Joins Cooley in Seattle

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

 Cooley LLP announced today that Bill Christiansen, Ph.D., Emily Wagner and Carol Laherty, Ph.D., have joined the firm’s Seattle office as partners in the firmwide Intellectual Property practice group.  All three were previously partners in Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC in Seattle.

“We are proud to welcome such a dynamic team of intellectual property attorneys to the firm,” said Joe Conroy, Cooley’s chief executive officer. “Their arrival further broadens our capabilities in Seattle and strengthens our national IP practice.”

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Chadbourne Represented Shareholders of AnviLab in the Sale to Protek Group

Monday, August 8, 2011

Chadbourne & Parke represented the shareholders of ООО AnviLab in the sale of 100% of the company to Protek Group for $60 million.

AnviLab owns the rights for such pharmaceutical brands as Antigrippin-Maximum, Gepaguard, Influnet and is the legal owner of the ANVI Laboratory brand. The assets acquired under the transaction will pass into management of Protek Group whose key company in the production segment is CJSC Farmfirma Sotex.

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Paul, Weiss Advises Emdeon in $3 Billion Blackstone LBO

Monday, August 8, 2011

In its biggest leveraged buyout (LBO) since 2009, Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P., has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Paul, Weiss client Emdeon, a publicly traded medical billing provider, for approximately $3 billion. Blackstone will acquire a controlling interest in Emdeon, taking the company private.The transaction was noted today in The New York Times “Dealbook.”

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White & Case Advises Saudi Aramco on US$20 Billion Joint Venture with Dow Chemical in Saudi Arabia

Monday, August 8, 2011

Global law firm White & Case LLP is representing Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) on its joint venture with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) to build and operate a US$20 billion world-scale integrated chemicals complex in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco and its predecessor company, the Arabian American Oil Company, has been a White & Case client for more than half a century.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises SunGard on Sale of Unit to Affiliates of Hellman & Friedman

Friday, August 5, 2011
Shearman & Sterling is representing its longtime client SunGard Data Systems Inc. in the sale of its Higher Education businesses to affiliates of Hellman & Friedman for a cash purchase price of $1.775 billion. Following the closing, SunGard’s Higher Education businesses will be combined under a new holding company with Datatel, an existing Hellman & Friedman portfolio company.

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Cooley Advises Web.com on its $560 Million Acquisition of Network Solutions

Friday, August 5, 2011
Web.com, a leading provider of internet services and online marketing solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and privately-held Network Solutions, a leading provider of website services, online marketing and global domain name registration focused on the needs of SMBs, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Web.com to acquire Network Solutions.

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Squire Sanders Eyes Asia Pacific Expansion

Friday, August 5, 2011
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, a top 25 global legal practice, is finalizing talks with the majority of the partners from the Western Australia firm that has operated under the Minter Ellison brand for more than two decades. Squire Sanders plans to expand into Australia and strengthen its presence in Asia Pacific, the fastest growing region in the world, by establishing a strong position in Western Australia.

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