International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Manulife Financial Asia Ltd on its entry into a bancassurance distribution arrangement with DBS Bank Ltd More >>
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Sara A. Weinberg Joins Dinsmore’s Chicago Office
Dinsmore & Shohl continues to make strategic moves to grow its Chicago office by welcoming Sara A. Weinberg to the firm. Weinberg will practice out of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department, expanding that location into a new service area More >>
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Dentons US and McKenna Long to Combine
A merger of Dentons US LLP (“Dentons US”) and McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (“McKenna Long”) has been approved by the partners of both firms. The news builds on the momentum of the previously announced combination between Dentons and 大成, creating the world’s largest law firm. Clients inside the US will gain unrivaled access to markets around the world, and international clients will enjoy increased strength and reach across the US More >>
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Cravath – Mylan’s $35 Billion Proposed Acquisition of Perrigo
On April 8, 2015, Mylan N.V. announced that it has made a proposal to acquire Perrigo Company plc in a cash‑and‑stock transaction that would create a unique global pharmaceutical leader. Cravath is representing Mylan in connection with this proposed transaction. Under the terms of the non‑binding proposal, Perrigo shareholders would receive $205 in a combination of cash and Mylan stock for each Perrigo share, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $35 billion More >>
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Jeff Beatrice, Former Federal Prosecutor and General Counsel for Anti-Money Laundering at Citigroup, Joins Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Continuing the firm’s strategic growth, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that anti-money laundering specialist and former federal prosecutor Jeff Beatrice has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. He will be a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense, Internal Investigations, and Corporate Compliance Practice Group and Financial Services Litigation and Compliance Team More >>
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Employee Benefits Attorney Marc Purintun Joins Williams Mullen as Partner
Williams Mullen is pleased to announce that Marc Purintun has joined our firm as a Partner in our Employee Benefits practice. Mr. Purintun comes to the firm from Hunton & Williams and will be working out of the Richmond office More >>
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Steptoe Adds Noted Litigator Jim Christman and Caroline Carlson in Chicago
Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that noted trial lawyer James Christman has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner. Caroline Carlson has also joined as of counsel. Their arrivals continue the expansion of Steptoe’s commercial litigation practice in the Windy City, which over the past two months has added 10 litigators More >>
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Sidley Austin LLP Continues Expansion of Energy Practice With New Partner in Boston
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Terence T. Healey has joined the firm’s growing Energy practice as a partner in its Boston office. His arrival follows closely that of energy partners Karen A. Dewis, Kenneth W. Irvin and Daryl L. Rice in Washington, D.C., and Robert Stephens in Houston More >>
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Reed Smith Adds Partner in Corporate & Transactional Advisory Group
Reed Smith today announced the addition of George D. Pavlenishvili as a partner in its Corporate & Transactional Advisory Group (CTAG) in New York. He was formerly a partner in the Energy Group at Stoel Rives LLP in Washington, D.C More >>
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Milbank Advises Japanese Power Company Chubu Electric in $899M Financing for Energy Project in Ohio
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised Japan-based electricity utility Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. in its acquisition of an interest in a state-of-the-art 700 megawatt electricity generating plant to be constructed in northeastern Ohio More >>
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