Clyde & Co is one of the world’s leading dispute resolution law firms and has more than 1,000 legal professionals specialising in litigation and arbitration worldwide. Its Global Arbitration Group comprises of more than 200 lawyers and has a current caseload of over 400 live arbitrations globally. More >>
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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Benjamin Qiu has joined the law firm as a partner in the Beijing, China, office. Qiu will be part of the firm’s Capital Markets and Corporate Department with a focus on venture capital financings for emerging companies, particularly software and Internet ventures. More >>
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Lathrop & Gage today announced the addition of another three partners to its Chicago office. Robert F. Weber and David M. Pilotto joined Lathrop & Gage’s Corporate practice and John G. Bisbikis joined the IP Litigation team. The firm’s Chicago office also added a new director of communications, Doug MacDonald, in a key national administrative role. More >>
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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce the addition of six attorneys to the Philadelphia office, including three Partners, two Partners Of Counsel and one associate. The attorneys specialize in banking and financial services and litigation and will enhance the service offerings to clients. Each of the new attorneys fits Philadelphia Managing Partner Richard O’Halloran’s strategic vision for growth. More >>
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Davis Polk is advising BofA Merrill Lynch as financial adviser to Western Digital Corporation in connection with its approximately $19 billion acquisition of SanDisk Corporation. The transaction, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016, is subject to approval by shareholders, receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. More >>
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Orrick announced today that Christopher Wilkinson, the former Associate Solicitor for Civil Rights and Labor Management at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), has joined the firm as a partner, resident in Washington, D.C. More >>
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Hunton & Williams LLP continues its West Coast expansion with the arrival of J. Tom Boer in San Francisco as a partner with the firm’s environmental practice. Boer, whose practice focuses on complex environmental law and litigation, has represented a number of Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of environmental litigation, enforcement defense and counseling matters. More >>
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International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its Corporate, Energy, and Restructuring practices with the addition of Allan D. Reiss as shareholder in the New York City office. Before joining Greenberg Traurig, Reiss was a partner at Morgan Lewis. More >>
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | New YorkInternational law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomes Donald S. Davidson, who joins the firm as a Securities Litigation shareholder in its San Francisco office. Davidson represents clients in litigation and in regulatory inquiries involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Department of Justice (DOJ), state securities regulators, and foreign securities regulators. Before joining the firm, Davidson worked as a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP. More >>
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Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Geoffrey Levin has joined the firm in New York as a partner in Sidley’s Private Equity practice. He concentrates his practice on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as strategic M&A and governance matters involving corporate clients. More >>
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