Muth Chosen to Head Greenbaum’s Cincinnati and Covington Offices

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

C. Christopher Muth has been named as member-in-charge of Greenbaum, Doll & McDonald’s Cincinnati and Covington, OH offices. This appointment comes after former member-in-charge, Bill Robinson, left for Frost Brown Todd earlier this month. Muth is a part of the firm’s corporate and commercial practice group, and he is also the co-chairman of the M&A team. Specifically, he has experience in representing clients in mergers, asset acquisitions, stock purchase transactions and corporate finance.
Source: www.cincinnati.bizjournals.com

Tags:  Covington & Burling LLP

Stuntz Joins Hogan & Hartson to Co-Chair O&I Group

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Reid Stuntz, formerly chief counsel and staff director to House member John Dingell, has joined Hogan & Hartson. Stuntz worked for Dingell for 18 years; Dingell is the longest serving House member in office and the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Along with Ty Cobb, Stuntz will co-chair Hogan & Hartson’s new investigations and oversights practice group. Working for Dingell, Stuntz served as the O&I chief counsel and staff director for four years, and estimates that he ran about 80 investigations.
Source: www.legaltimes.typepad.com

Goodwin Proctor Opens Two West Coast Offices

Monday, March 19, 2007

Boston firm Goodwin Proctor has opened two new offices on the West Coast. The 700-lawyer firm opened in San Diego and Los Angeles, and is considering a Silicon Valley office opening in the next six months. With its acquisition of former Heller Ehrman partners, Stephen Ferruolo and Ryan Murr, the San Diego office will specialize in technology and life sciences. Managing Partner, Regina Pisa, expects to hire about 25 lawyers, including eight partners, for that office. The LA office will open with Dean Pappas and Dani Vogt, former partners at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, as well as Edward Hagerott Jr., previously with Munger, Tolles & Olson. With the addition of several associates, this office will eventually employ 11 attorneys.
Source: www.law.com

Tags:  Goodwin Procter LLP | Los Angeles

Hogan & Hartson Moves Reits Practice to London

Monday, March 19, 2007

Hogan & Hartson is preparing to move its market-leading US real estate investment trusts (Reits) practice to London. The 16-partner practice is based primarily in Washington DC, although it has partners based in New York, North Virginia, Warsaw and Berlin. With this strategic move, Hogan & Hartson is aiming to take advantage of the fact that listed property investment companies are now being introduced in the UK. In the US, the firm has handled some of the largest Reits cases including the $8.9 billion acquisition of Trizec by Brookfield Properties.
Source: www.thelawyer.com

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Foley & Lardner Opens in Downtown L.A.

Monday, March 19, 2007

Foley & Lardner has expanded its Los Angeles operation with the addition of a downtown office to its existing Century City location. The new 53,000 square-foot office is located at 555 S. Flower St. in City National Plaza. The firm now has 20 offices worldwide with seven located in California. While the Century City office continues work in intellectual property and the entertainment industry, the downtown office will focus on its growing corporate and litigation practices.
Source: www.globest.com

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ADR Providers’ Asia Alliance

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Two large arbitration and mediation providers, California-based JAMS and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, are joining forces to handle the increasingly international nature of disputes. JAMS is a for-profit company out of Irvine, CA and has more than 200 full-time neutrals in offices nationwide. Allied with the Hong Kong group, it will have access to more than 250 arbitrators and more than 200 accredited mediators on the Hong Kong nonprofit organization’s panels. The alliance will emphasize promoting the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Asia where it currently is not widely used.
Source: www.law.com

Tags:  Hong Kong

Canadian Firm Shuts Its Doors

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Canadian firm Goodman and Carr decided to shut down operations after losing a number of partners last month. Over the past two years the firm has lost attorneys to competitors, but the failed merger talks with Baker & McKenzie that prompted several senior partners to leave seemed to be the last straw. The closing of this 90-lawyer firm is said to be Canada’s largest law firm closing, and possibly indicative of the stress on many mid-size firms. Large firms are increasing recruiting efforts of talent in mid-size firms, putting pressure on these firms to stay competitive and focused.
Source: www.theglobeandmail.com

Atlanta Firm Forms Green Business Group

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP has formed a new legal group focusing on serving businesses in “green industries” including renewable energy, clean technology and green building and development. The Atlanta-based firm will focus its energies in serving businesses in capital formation, tax structuring, financing, patent and trademark, technology licensing and distribution, government contracting and sustainable development. Bruce Wobeck will serve as the Chair of the new group. Morris, Manning & Martin has offices in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham and Princeton.
Source: www.primenewswire.com

Bingham Financial Restructuring Partners Move to Bracewell

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Two partners from Bingham McCutchen’s Financial Restructuring group are moving to Bracewell & Giuliani. Robert D. Flaschen and Gregory W. Nye join the firm as partners in its New York office, and it is rumored that more Bingham financial restructuring attorneys will follow their lead. Flaschen and Nye represent hedge and private equity funds, institutional investors, secured lenders, insurance companies and other financial institutions, as well as acquirers of distressed assets in complex workouts and insolvency matters. Flaschen has been named twice to Euromoney’s list of the Top 25 “Best of the Best” insolvency lawyers in the world; he also was the only U.S. restructuring lawyer included in Asialaw’s “Leading Lawyers 2006.”
Source: www.lawfuel.com

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Thelen Reid Hires in Shanghai

Friday, March 16, 2007

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner has made another lateral hire in its Shanghai office, bringing its numbers there to 11. David Tang, a corporate of counsel, joins from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, and specializes in real estate finance and corporate work for foreign and Chinese companies. Other recent additions to the Shanghai office include Richard Chao, from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and three new Chinese legal consultants. In order to accomodate the new hires, the firm has moved from a small temporary office to the Bund Center in the old financial district.
Source: www.law.com

Tags:  Shanghai