Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S. is proud to announce that it has opened a new office in Portland, Oregon to better meet the needs of its Oregon clients. Effective October 1st, the Portland office will be the firm’s second office and will house two of BPM newest attorneys, David P. Rossmiller and Elissa Meyrowitz Boyd. BPM’s newest office is located in the U.S. Bancorp Tower in downtown Portland. More >>
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Offit Kurman is pleased to announce that Richard Gilly has joined the firm as a Principal member of Offit Kurman’s Intellectual Property Group. Mr. Gilly will work out of the firm’s Philadelphia location, where he will assume his new role as head of Offit Kurman’s Patent Practice. More >>
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Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, today announced that Vladimir Maly has joined its London office as a partner in the corporate practice. Mr. Maly joins Morrison & Foerster from Latham & Watkins. The arrival of Mr. Maly is further evidence of Morrison & Foerster’s intent to continue to build its corporate practice in London following the appointment of Graeme Sloan as London corporate head and global M&A co-chair earlier this year. More >>
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The Chicago office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Limo Cherian as a partner in the health care practice. She joins K&L Gates from Hogan Marren Babbo & Rose, Ltd. More >>
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Holland & Knight today announced that Sean Leonard has rejoined its Boston office as a partner in the firm’s Syndication Group. He was previously a partner with Dentons in Boston. More >>
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Activision Blizzard, Inc. in its acquisition of King Digital Entertainment plc for $18.00 in cash per share, for a total equity value of $5.9 billion. The acquisition is subject to approval by King’s shareholders and the Irish High Court, clearances by the relevant antitrust authorities and other customary closing conditions. It is likely to be completed in the Spring of 2016. More >>
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Bird & Bird is delighted to welcome Isidro del Moral as a Real Estate partner in its Madrid office, a move which will strengthen the firm’s capabilities in one of the most important sectors within the Spanish economy. More >>
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Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is pleased to announce the arrival of real estate expert Bettina Krause as new partner in its Munich office. Bettina joins WFW from Clifford Chance, where she worked for over ten years, since 2011 as counsel. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that David Irvine has joined the Firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Debt Finance Practice Group. Mr. Irvine has extensive experience on large cross-border leveraged and acquisition financing transactions, as well as on a variety of structured and secured lending transactions and restructurings. More >>
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Dentons has appointed Adrian Magnus as a partner in its Competition and Antitrust team in London. Previously a partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner for 21 years, Magnus has a wealth of experience advising on a wide gamut of competition issues including UK and EU merger control, market investigations, public procurement and competition-related disputes. More >>
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