The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Martin Schmelkin has joined as a partner in the Firm’s Labor & Employment Practice, and will be based in its New York Office. Mr. Schmelkin arrives with more than 15 years of experience from Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director, Associate General Counsel with Goldman Sachs’ Employment Law Group. More >>
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today that four partners are joining its environment and natural resources practice. Sara M. Burgin, Kevin D. Collins, Matt Paulson, and Whit Swift will work primarily from Bracewell’s Austin office, joining the firm’s environmental team anchored in Austin, Houston and Washington, D.C. More >>
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Steve B. Park, an attorney who represents clients in a wide range of corporate securities and financing matters, has joined Ballard Spahr as partner in the Atlanta office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Karim Maalioun as a partner in its Global Corporate Practice. The former General Counsel (EMEA) at ContourGlobal, the international developer and operator of electric power and district heating businesses in global growth markets, Mr. Maalioun will be based in the Paris office, but spend significant time in London. He will be working closely with colleagues in the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice, Africa Business Group, and Global Infrastructure Group. More >>
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O’Melveny & Myers LLP is pleased to announce that Scott D. Elliott has joined the Firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Transactions Department and co-head of the Firm’s Life Sciences Practice. More >>
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Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that litigation attorney Ethan Cohen has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as a partner. More >>
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Eric Sloan has joined the New York office as a partner. Previously a principal at Deloitte Tax LLP, Sloan will continue to provide tax planning advice with an emphasis on federal income taxation, partnership taxation, and the taxation of private equity firms and funds in their mergers and acquisitions. More >>
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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes Joel deJesus to the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He will practice out of the Corporate Department. More >>
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising the Dolan Family, controlling stockholders of Cablevision Systems Corporation (“Cablevision”), in Cablevision’s sale to Altice for $34.90 per share in cash for Cablevision Class A and Class B shares. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2016, subject to regulatory and other customary approvals. More >>
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For the second time this year, Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its internationally recognized Intellectual Property practice in New York with the addition of two marquee partners. Linda Shudy Lecomte and Michelle Mancino Marsh have joined the firm from the New York office of intellectual property boutique Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, where Ms. Marsh was chair of the Fashion, Apparel and Footwear practice and Ms. Lecomte was co-chair of the Video Game Law group. Already in 2015, Arent Fox has added four intellectual property partners in New York and a total of 17 lawyers and professionals to its firmwide Intellectual Property practice. More >>
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