With a focus on growing its transactional practice on the West Coast, Nixon Peabody has expanded in Southern California with the arrival of land use partner Bryan LeRoy. Based in Nixon Peabody’s Los Angeles office, Bryan represents private and public entities in planning, land use, energy and infrastructure as well as other real estate development matters. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Katherine A. Rocco has joined the Firm’s New York office as a partner in the antitrust and competition practice. Ms. Rocco joins from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP where she was an associate in the litigation practice with a focus on complex antitrust and regulatory matters. More >>
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Eversheds has advised Horizon Pharma plc on the European aspects of its $800 million acquisition of Raptor Pharmaceutical corporation which strengthens Horizon’s focus on rare disease and bolsters their expansion into Europe and other international markets. More >>
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Dentons is pleased to announce that commercial law and regulatory compliance partner, Anthony Crane, has joined the Firm in South Africa, where he is based in Johannesburg. Anthony specialises in advising clients on mergers and acquisitions and competition law in Africa, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Kenya, Swaziland, Tanzania and COMESA. Before joining Dentons, Anthony was an independent legal consultant and prior to that, he was a Director at Norton Rose Fulbright in South Africa. More >>
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Baker Botts, a leading international law firm, today announced that patent trial lawyer Lisa Kattan has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group as a partner based in the Washington D.C. office. More >>
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Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Charles W. Shewmake has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Trial Practice Group. Prior to joining Thompson & Knight, Mr. Shewmake served for more than eight years as Vice President and General Counsel for BNSF Railway Corporation (“BNSF”). More >>
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Nigel Ward, one of the UK’s leading leveraged finance partners, will join the firm. More >>
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The San Francisco office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Eric Save as a partner in the corporate/M&A and Latin America practices. Save joins K&L Gates from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. More >>
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Trial lawyer Timothy Ray has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. Mr. Ray’s practice focuses on product liability and class actions. Most recently, he was a partner at Dentons. More >>
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