Brown Rudnick LLP, an Am Law 200 law firm with offices in the US and Europe, announced today that leading antitrust attorneys Helene D. Jaffe and Alan R. Kusinitz have joined the Firm’s New York office as partners. Both Ms. Jaffe and Mr. Kusinitz join the Firm from Proskauer Rose where Ms. Jaffe was head of the Antitrust practice group. Prior to that, Ms. Jaffe served as co-head of the Antitrust Group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

With the addition of Ms. Jaffe and Mr. Kusinitz, Brown Rudnick will be introducing its new Antitrust practice. The Antitrust practice will be led by Ms. Jaffe and will be an important complement to the Firm’s existing corporate, healthcare, life sciences and white collar practices. More >>

Signet Jewelers Limited, the largest specialty retail jeweler in the U.S. and the UK, and Zale Corporation, a leading specialty retailer of fine jewelry in North America, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Signet to acquire all of the issued and outstanding stock of Zale for $21.00 per share in cash consideration, representing an enterprise value of approximately US$1.4 billion. Cravath represented Zale in connection with this transaction, which is subject to Zale stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. More >>

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that prominent trial attorney Andrew E. Tomback has joined the Firm as a partner in its White-Collar & Securities Defense Practice Group, based in New York. More >>