Shearman & Sterling is advising Taikang Insurance Group (Taikang) on the establishment of a joint venture with New York-based NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE: NRF) (NorthStar). Through the joint venture, Taikang will acquire approximately US$1 billion interest at a valuation of US$6.1 billion in NorthStar’s existing portfolio of healthcare assets in the United States and the United Kingdom. More >>
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In a move that bolsters the firm’s transactional practices and capabilities, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP welcomes Kevin O’Shea, Erwin Dweck and Yaakov Sheinfeld as partners in the Real Estate Practice Group. Highly regarded in their field, the trio brings vast experience in complex real estate debt and equity transactions. More >>
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King & Spalding announced today that Brian Betancourt has joined the firm’s New York office as partner in the global finance practice. Betancourt joins King & Spalding from Alston & Bird. More >>
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Global law firm Clyde & Co has appointed John Chrisman as a Partner in its Hong Kong office. More >>
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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Christopher D. Thomas and Matthew L. Rojas have joined the firm’s Environment, Energy & Resources (EER) practice in Phoenix. Chris, a partner, and Matt, senior counsel, advise municipal, industrial and commercial clients on a variety of environmental disputes and regulatory compliance issues, focusing on complex infrastructure permitting, groundwater contamination litigation, enforcement defense, and brownfields remediation. Matt also advises clients on the regulation of public lands, including the use and development of surface water and groundwater rights issues throughout the West. More >>
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FisherBroyles, an expanding, full-service law firm with offices in 21 cities nationwide, has announced today that Katy Wane has joined the firm’s Cincinnati office as a partner in its Health and Pharmacy Law practice. More >>
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Herbert Smith Freehills’ New York Office has again strengthened its hub of the firm’s global Latin America offering. Edward J. Dougherty is relocating to New York from São Paolo, Brazil, to join the firm as a Partner focusing on project finance, trade finance and syndicated lending in the infrastructure, mining, power, oil & gas and financial sectors across Latin America. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to welcome Monika Kuschewsky as a partner in the firm’s global Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Group, and a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. Ms. Kuschewsky will be based in Brussels, where she has practised since 2000, most recently at Covington & Burling LLP. More >>
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Vinson & Elkins has strengthened its global Tax practice with the addition of Natan Leyva as a partner. Leyva, who will reside in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, focuses on all aspects of international tax planning. More >>
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Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its European Real Estate practice with the addition of a new partner, David F. Dixon. Dixon brings with him more than 25 years of professional expertise advising regional property funds, institutional investors and financial institutions on real estate transactions as well as investment banks and private equity funds on M&A deals across Europe. More >>
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