Littler Global Expands to Nicaragua; Adds Local Talent

Friday, July 10, 2015

Littler Global member BDS Asesores, the leading labor and employment firm in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic has established a new office in Managua, Nicaragua with the addition of attorneys Mariel Rodriguez and Mario Obando. Effective July 1, 2015, the new office in Nicaragua concludes Littler Global’s Central American regionalization process, which began in El Salvador in 2012.

“With a presence now in virtually every country throughout Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic the firm is in the best possible position to expand our capabilities to multinational employers throughout Central and Latin America,” said Tom Bender and Jeremy Roth, co-managing directors of Littler, in a joint statement. “Our global expansion is an integral part of the firm’s strategic growth initiatives and we look forward to the continued opportunities we are able to offer clients.” More >>

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Maria Sendra Joins the Global Corporate Practice at Dentons

Friday, July 10, 2015

Dentons announced today that Maria Sendra has joined its Corporate practice as a partner in Palo Alto, enhancing the Firm’s already robust ability to provide complex securities, mergers and acquisitions and foreign markets transactional work to clients from its Silicon Valley platform.

Sendra’s global capital markets practice focuses on emerging technology, life sciences, clean technology and renewable energy. Her strong transactional practice augments the Firm’s substantial national and global capabilities involving private equity markets, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, securities, licensing and venture capital for domestic and global corporations. More >>

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Troutman Sanders Adds Partner with Significant CFPB Experience to Government Investigations, Compliance and Enforcement Practice in Atlanta

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Keith J. Barnett has joined the firm’s Government Investigations, Compliance and Enforcement Practice as a partner in the Atlanta office. He joins the firm from Sutherland Asbill & Brennan.

Barnett is a seasoned compliance and government enforcement lawyer with more than a decade of experience representing clients before government regulators, including the CFPB, CFTC, FDIC, and SEC, as well as industry regulators, such as FINRA. His practice is focused, in particular, on matters involving enforcement actions by the CFPB. He advises banks and nonbanks in connection with CFPB examinations and civil investigative demands from the CFPB. He also represents companies in class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Barnett has co-authored a book entitled A Practice Guide to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Regulation, which was published by Westlaw. He lectures extensively on trending topics in the financial services industry. More >>

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Mitchell Moses joins Underwood Law Firm in Fort Worth

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Attorney Mitchell Moses has joined Underwood Law Firm’s Fort Worth office, which has grown to six attorneys in just over a year. Moses’ practice focus is commercial transactions and business litigation, mostly related to Real Estate, Energy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate law — structuring partnerships and operating entities. He also devotes a significant amount of his practice to school and education law. More >>

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Much Shelist Adds Three Attorneys to Firm’s Business & Finance and Real Estate Practice Groups

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Much Shelist recently announced the addition of Jeffrey A. Jung as a principal in the Business & Finance practice group. Scott M. Lapins, principal, and Patrick A. Brennan, associate, also joined the Real Estate practice group.

Jeffrey Jung is a corporate and transactional attorney with more than 20 years of experience representing private and public corporations, financial institutions and investment banks on a variety of securities, finance and general corporate matters. Jung focuses on protecting the best interests of borrowers and lenders engaged in traditional lending, asset securitization and structured finance transactions. He also counsels clients involved in secured financings in a variety of industries, with particular emphasis on health care and technology-focused transactions involving health care royalty, revenue-interest and related hybrid financing structures. Jung earned a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.A. from Yale University. More >>

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Troutman Sanders Continues Expansion of Real Estate Practice with Addition of Two Partners and Two Associates in Charlotte and New York

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Michael F. Tomlinson and Jeffrey H. Weitzman have joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as partners in the Charlotte and New York offices, respectively. In addition, Matthew C. Jordan and Devin Catlin have joined the firm as associates in Charlotte. All four lawyers practiced previously at K&L Gates.

Tomlinson focuses his real estate practice on representing a variety of real estate investors in their acquisition, financing and disposition of retail, office, and industrial properties. He also represents various retail, office, multi-family and industrial developers in joint ventures, leasing, acquisitions, sales and financing transactions. More >>

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Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co joins forces with Gowlings to launch new international law firm: Gowling WLG

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG) and Gowlings, a leading Canadian law firm, are joining forces to create a new international law firm called Gowling WLG. The new firm will take effect in January 2016.

Gowling WLG will have more than 1,400 lawyers and legal professionals operating from 18 locations across Canada, the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. It will build on these foundations, adding other firms to strengthen its sector and practice capabilities in strategically important regions. More >>

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Littler’s Melville Office Attracts Duo From Local L&E Boutique; Firm Also Expands Office Space

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, continues the expansion of its Melville office with the addition of Mark Reiss as shareholder and Marc Abbott as special counsel. The duo is joining from the labor and employment boutique Abbott & Reiss, P.C. Following the recent arrival of attorney Leslie DiBenedetto, the Melville office, which opened in 2006, now boasts a total of 12 attorneys. Additionally, the firm is doubling its current office space at 290 Broadhollow Road to 14,000 sq. ft. More >>

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High-profile Corporate Lawyer And Texas State Representative Jason Villalba Joins Gardere In Dallas

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP welcomes prominent attorney and Texas State Representative Jason Villalba as a corporate partner in the Firm’s Dallas office.

Mr. Villalba, who joins Gardere from Haynes and Boone LLP, brings over a decade of experience representing clients in a wide array of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures of public, private and middle-market companies; venture capital and private equity financing transactions; and transactions involving emerging growth and technology companies. In addition, Mr. Villalba has experience representing clients in public and private securities offerings under the Securities Act of 1933, as well as public company corporate compliance under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. More >>

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Mayer Brown advises Baxter International on $5 billion private placement by Baxalta spinoff

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Mayer Brown represented Baxter International Inc. on the financing of Baxalta Incorporated, the new public company spun off by Baxter on July 1, 2015 that holds the former biopharmaceuticals business of Baxter. The financing consisted of a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $5 billion of senior notes of Baxalta and the concurrent tender offer by Baxter for approximately $3 billion of its outstanding public debt. The transaction also involved establishing new domestic and international credit facilities for each of Baxter and Baxalta. More >>

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