Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce that four attorneys have joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department. This major acquisition of talent comprises a group of three attorneys in New York and one attorney in Denver. More >>
Tags: Fox Rothschild LLP | Denver | New YorkAxinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP are acting as global coordinating antitrust counsel for Ball Corporation in its acquisition of Rexam PLC. The Axinn team is led by partners John Harkrider, Nick Gaglio and Mark Alexander and associates Irina Rodriguez, Eric Barstad, Christina Shin, Alexander Bergersen, James Goldfeier, Tracy Huang and Joe Antel. The European team is headed by John Boyce, Claire Jeffs and Jordan Ellison at Slaughter & May.
Tags: New YorkTheodora Oringher is pleased to welcome Seth Goldstein as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Orange County office. Seth’s practice has focused on the representation of financial institutions, with emphasis on the defense of consumer class actions and other complex matters brought against banks and other financial service providers in connection with retail banking and lending operations. Seth also has substantial experience in complex commercial disputes at both the trial and appellate levels for clients in a variety of industries, including government contracting, insurance, pharmaceuticals, securities and telecommunications. More >>
Tags: Theodora Oringher PC | Orange CountyTheodora Oringher is pleased to welcome Timothy Gorry as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Tim has specialized over the past 25 years in representing entertainment, sports, private equity, banking, software, financial, telecommunications and manufacturing companies in litigation matters in state and federal courts, federal agencies and arbitration panels. More >>
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP is expanding its Chicago office and bolstering its commercial litigation and toxic tort litigation practices with the addition of four partners. The group, led by noted first-chair litigator Michael Dockterman, brings decades of trial experience before federal and state courts across the country. More >>
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Shearman & Sterling advised Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, in connection with an asset-based financing related to the leveraged buyout of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. by Cutrale Group and Safra Group. More >>
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Laura Fraedrich and Grayson Yeargin have joined the Firm as partners in the Washington Office’s Government Regulation Practice. Ms. Fraedrich, who advises on international trade matters, was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Mr. Yeargin, who focuses on government contractor compliance and investigations, was a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP.
“Grayson and Laura’s vast experience with sensitive U.S. contracting and trade issues will be much appreciated by our clients, not just in D.C. but around the world,” said Greg Shumaker, Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day’s Washington Office. “We are extremely pleased that they have chosen to join us.” More >>
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Sidley Austin LLP announced a further expansion of its Energy and M&A practices with the addition of partners Karen A. Dewis, Kenneth W. Irvin and Daryl L. Rice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Irvin’s and Mr. Rice’s practices involve a broad cross-section of energy and commodities transactions, including energy trading and marketing, hedging and derivatives transactions, as well as the representation of clients in regulatory and investigation matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Ms. Dewis represents public and private clients in connection with complex M&A, joint venture, spin-off and other strategic transactions, with a particular focus on the energy/commodities, financial services and general industrial sectors. She also advises clients on capital raising transactions, corporate governance, conflict of interest, disclosure and related matters. More >>
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Dentons announced today that prominent defense industry and aerospace lawyers Giovanna Cinelli and Kenneth Nunnenkamp have joined Dentons as partners in its US Export Controls and National Security practice. With their arrival, the Firm will open an office in Tysons Corner, Virginia, an area recognized as a thriving business center and considered to be the heart of Washington’s technology corridor, where Cinelli, who will chair the practice area, and Nunnenkamp will be resident along with current Dentons lawyers and professionals.
Cinelli and Nunnenkamp are widely regarded as one of the foremost international trade and national security legal teams in the country. They advise a highly diverse client base on export controls and national security before Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS). They, and other Dentons lawyers, have numerous clients who will benefit from the geographic proximity of the Firm’s new Tysons office, located at 8300 Greensboro Drive, in McLean, Virginia. More >>
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Willkie assists longtime pharmaceutical client in multi-tier waterfall structure.
Willkie client Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. recently commenced a tender offer to purchase for cash for a combined aggregate purchase price of up to $1 billion of five series of senior notes issued by finance subsidiaries of Teva and guaranteed by Teva. The tender offer includes a waterfall structure in four tranches, with additional tender caps at two tiers. More >>
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