Kirkland Counsels Merge Chairman on IBM’s $1B Acquisition of Merge Healthcare

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Michael Ferro, Merge Healthcare Inc.’s (NASDAQ: MRGE) chairman and largest stockholder, on Merge’s $1 billion acquirement by IBM (NYSE: IBM). Merge is a Chicago-based provider of medical image handling and processing, interoperability and clinical systems designed to advance healthcare quality and efficiency. Under terms of the transaction, Merge shareholders would receive $7.13 per share in cash, for a total transaction value of $1 billion.

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Dentons Strengthens Capital Markets Group With the Addition of Joshua Jordon

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Dentons announced today that Joshua D. Jordon has joined as a Partner in the Capital Markets Practice. He joins from American Mortgage Consultants, Inc. (AMC), a highly-regarded Wall Street due diligence firm, where he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer. Jordon, who will be instrumental in Dentons’ regulatory compliance group, will focus on mortgage banking and consumer finance regulatory matters. More >>

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Dentons Adds lawyer Carl R. Steen to Global Energy Practice

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Dentons announced today that Carl R. Steen has joined the Firm’s Global Energy Practice as a Partner in Los Angeles, adding to the Firm’s rapidly-growing presence on the West Coast and strengthening its already robust transactional, infrastructure and project finance capabilities. Steen is the 50th lateral to join the Firm since the announcement of the merger with McKenna Long & Aldridge. More >>

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Cambodia: Tilleke & Gibbins Opens New Office in Phnom Penh

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Tilleke & Gibbins is delighted to announce that we have opened a new office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Building on our firm’s presence in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, this new office will allow us to better serve our international clients who do business across Southeast Asia. More >>

Dechert Expands Global Arbitration Practice with Washington Hires

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Global specialist law firm Dechert LLP announced today it has expanded its international arbitration practice with the addition of Arif Hyder Ali and Alexandre de Gramont as partners. Both join the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and will be based in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Ali will serve as co-chair of Dechert’s international arbitration practice with Paris-based Eduardo Silva Romero. More >>

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