Baker Donelson Adds Seven Attorneys to New Orleans Office

Friday, January 23, 2015

Baker Donelson announces the addition of seven attorneys to the Firm’s New Orleans office.

“We are pleased to welcome this outstanding group of practitioners to our New Orleans office,” said Roy C. Cheatwood, managing shareholder of Baker Donelson’s Louisiana offices. “The addition of these highly qualified attorneys is a tremendous asset to our clients with business interests located in Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and throughout the Southeast.” More >>

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K&L Gates Continues Growth of Labor and Employment Practice with Portland Partner Addition

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP continues to expand its Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety practice area with the arrival of Portland partner Román D. Hernández. Hernández joins K&L Gates from Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.

With a focus on employment law, labor law, and business litigation, Hernández represents employers in the defense of such areas as discrimination, unfair labor practices, harassment, and wage abuse allegations, and on international matters involving multinational contracts. He also acts as lead counsel in class action disputes at the state and federal level, in addition to arguing before the National Labor Relations Board. More >>

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Manatt Adds Former FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Of Staff In Washington, D.C.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Katherine Winfree has joined the Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the State Attorneys General practice group. Winfree previously served as chief of staff for the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau.

With more than 30 years of government experience, Winfree has served in multiple high-level roles in state and federal government. As chief of staff in the Enforcement Bureau of the FCC, she was a key policy advisor to the bureau chief and provided oversight and guidance on a broad array of projects relating to communications and technology law and regulation. She previously served as the chief deputy attorney general for the state of Maryland, the second-highest law enforcement officer in the state, where she was responsible for the supervision of 32 divisions, including antitrust, consumer protection, criminal, environment, public safety and transportation. Winfree also served as a federal and state prosecutor, including 19 years as an assistant United States attorney in the District of Columbia, where she tried several high-profile cases. More >>

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Seven Attorneys Join Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in Seattle and Anchorage, Enhancing the Firm’s Government Contracting, Litigation, and Construction Practices

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Seven attorneys joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT) today as members of the firm’s government contracting, litigation and construction practices. Six of these attorneys came from the Seattle office of Dorsey & Whitney and they are: partners Lisa Marchese, Traeger Machetanz, James E. Howard, and Jonathan A. DeMella, and associates Nathan Rouse, and Kate Kennedy. Christine V. Williams, who most recently served as vice president and general counsel of the Bering Straits Native Corporation, has also joined DWT as a partner. Each of the partners will spend a significant amount of time working out of DWT’s Seattle and Anchorage offices, with Williams officially based in Anchorage and all the others in Seattle. More >>

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Pablo L. Petrozzi Joins Taft in Chicago

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that Pablo L. Petrozzi has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Real Estate group. Practicing law for 15 years, Petrozzi focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions including acquisitions and dispositions, financings and joint ventures. More >>

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Vinson & Elkins Advises on $3.2 Billion Take-Private of Eurasia Drilling Company Limited

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Eurasia Drilling Company Limited (EDC) announced on 20 January 2015 that it has agreed with members of its management team the terms of a merger between EDC and EDC Acquisition Company Limited, which will result in EDC being delisted from the London Stock Exchange and its minority shareholders being paid US$22 per Global Depositary Receipt. The transaction values EDC at approximately US$3.2 billion. Conditional on the merger taking place, affiliates of Schlumberger Limited have agreed to buy approximately 45.65 percent of the shares in EDC, with an option to buy the balance of the EDC shares in the future. The deal is subject to a number of conditions and is expected to close in the second half of February 2015. More >>

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Real Estate Attorney Douglas Praw Joins Holland & Knight in Los Angeles

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Holland & Knight today announced that real estate attorney Douglas Praw has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Praw has extensive experience in a wide range of real estate and public finance matters. He comes to Holland & Knight from Goodwin Procter.

“Doug is an excellent addition to our real estate practice in California,” said Susan Booth, head of Holland & Knight’s West Coast Real Estate Group. “He regularly represents some of the major players in the industry. His experience not only in real estate, but also in land use and finance, will be a valuable asset to the firm and our clients.” More >>

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