Former U.S. prosecutor Eric Snyder joins Jones Day’s white collar practice in São Paulo and Washington

Thursday, March 31, 2016

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Eric Snyder, a former Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) for the Southern District of New York with significant experience in Latin America, has joined the Firm’s Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice, and will divide his time between Jones Day’s São Paulo and Washington Offices. Mr. Snyder joins from the United States Department of State, where he was Senior Counsel and has been leading the Department’s response to the Congressional investigation into the attack on an embassy facility in Benghazi, Libya. More >>

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IP Duo Joins Reed Smith in Houston

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Nicolas (“Nic”) Barzoukas and Joshua (“Josh”) Davis as partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property, Information & Innovation (“IPII”) Practice Group. Both will join the Houston office, and both practiced most recently at Baker Botts. The addition of Barzoukas and Davis follows closely on the addition of IP partner Lisa Chiarini, who joined the firm’s New York office last month in February. More >>

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Private Funds Partner Russel Perkins Joins Dechert

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Russel G. Perkins has joined the firm as a partner in the financial services practice group in New York City. He advises fund sponsors, asset managers and institutional investors on a wide variety of domestic and international issues relating to real estate funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, funds of funds, secondaries funds and other alternative asset classes. More >>

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Cadwalader Advises on USUM’s HK$1.8 Billion Acquisition of Chiho-Tiande Group

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading international law firm to global corporations and financial institutions, successfully advised USUM Investment Group Hong Kong Limited (USUM), the Hong Kong-based investment management arm of a company headquartered in Chongqing, China, on its approximately HK$1.8 billion (US$232 million) acquisition of the Chiho-Tiande Group Limited, a Hong Kong-listed recycling company. The transaction closed on 15 February 2016. More >>

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