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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Thomas and Wallrabenstein Join Taft’s White Collar Criminal Defense Practice

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that David H. Thomas and Kathryn Wallrabenstein have joined the firm’s Columbus office as members of the Corporate Compliance & White Collar Criminal Defense practice.

Thomas has more than 15 years of experience as a defense attorney, with a practice in state and federal courts around Ohio focused on complex criminal cases and white collar criminal defense. He has argued in the Ohio Supreme Court and has presented more than 50 cases in courts of appeals. Thomas is board-certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Criminal Trial Advocate and has represented individuals and corporations involved in government investigations, including state and federal law enforcement agencies, the United States Department of Justice, and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. Many of Thomas’s clients are professionals, public officials and health care providers who are the subject of state and federal investigations and prosecutions. He also represents individuals in asset forfeiture proceedings, grand jury investigations and administrative matters involving the Ohio Ethics Commission and the Ohio Inspector General. More >>

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Akerman Continues Expansion in Real Estate Sector with Partners Richard Leland and Ian Tattenbaum

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the continuing growth of the firm’s capabilities in the real estate sector with recognized environmental lawyer and litigator Richard G. Leland and transactional lawyer Ian Tattenbaum, who join as partners in the New York office.

“Rick and Ian build upon the firm’s core strength in the real estate sector and add a new depth of experience for clients facing complex environmental issues and zoning challenges,” said Richard Bezold, chair of the Real Estate Practice Group. “We are committed to hiring exceptional lawyers like Rick and Ian who mirror the core strengths of our firm and who bring heightened experience in the areas where our clients need us the most.” More >>

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Jon Hyland and Thomas Haskins Join Barnes & Thornburg’s Dallas Office

Monday, July 6, 2015

Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Jon B. Hyland and Thomas Haskins have joined the firm as partners in the Intellectual Property and Litigation departments, respectively. They are the most recent additions to Barnes & Thornburg’s Dallas office, joining prominent litigator Mark Bayer, who launched the office in early June.

Resident in the Dallas office are Bayer, who is the office managing partner; Hyland, who was a shareholder at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr P.C.; and Haskins, who will be reunited with former Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP colleague Bayer. More >>

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Hogan Lovells Adds Top-Ranked Disputes Team in Houston

Monday, July 6, 2015

Hogan Lovells announced today that Maria Boyce, Jennifer Smith, and Cristina Rodriguez will be joining the Litigation and Arbitration practice group as partners in the firm’s Houston office.

“As Houstonians with global practices and perspectives, Maria, Jennifer, and Cristina are the kind of market leaders who will add to our diverse, collaborative, and client-centered team,” said Stephen Immelt, CEO of Hogan Lovells. “Houston is critical for many of our energy clients in Texas and international clients in Latin America and beyond. We welcome Maria, Jennifer, and Cristina and the ability they bring to serve clients in this important market.” More >>

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Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp and Richardson Patel Announce Merger

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, the 107-year-old full-service law firm with extensive ties to digital media, entertainment, and other industries, and Richardson & Patel LLP, a boutique firm concentrated largely on corporate finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and general corporate matters since its founding in 2000, announced that the law firms will merge effective July 1, 2015. The merged firm will retain the Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp (MSK) name and combine offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C.

“We’re very proud to be joining forces with the talented and entrepreneurial team at Richardson Patel”

Kevin Gaut, currently managing partner of MSK, has been appointed Chairman of the merged MSK, and Nimish Patel, currently co-founder and co-managing partner of Richardson Patel, has been appointed Vice Chairman. More >>

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