Burr & Forman LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Laurence S. Litow as a partner in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office and a member of the Commercial Litigation practice group. He was previously a partner with Roetzel & Andress. Litow’s arrival follows the firm’s recent relocation to a larger office in Fort Lauderdale to accommodate the growth of the firm’s South Florida practice since the office opened in 2012. More >>
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Akin Gump today announced that Andrew J. Brady, a former special counsel in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Office of Chief Counsel of the Division of Corporation Finance, has joined the firm as a corporate partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Brady comes to Akin Gump from Skadden Arps, where he served as a primary point of contact on complex matters arising under various securities regulations and the listing standards of the major stock markets. More >>
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Jeff Hoffman and Susan Wolfe have joined the Firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations group in New York. Mr. Hoffman joins the Firm as a partner with more than 40 years of criminal defense experience, representing politicians, business leaders, attorneys, and many others in scores of federal and state cases. Ms. Wolfe, who joins Blank Rome as of counsel, also works with individuals facing criminal prosecution, focusing primarily on cases at the appellate level. Mr. Hoffman, a founding partner of Hoffman & Pollock, and Ms. Wolfe, also a partner at that firm, have moved their practices to Blank Rome. More >>
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Nossaman LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Ashley Dunning and Michael Toumanoff to the Firm’s Public Pensions and Investments Practice Group. Ms. Dunning will be based in the Firm’s San Francisco office as a Partner and Co-Chair of the Public Pensions and Investments Group, and Mr. Toumanoff will be based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office as Of Counsel. Both join from Manatt Phelps & Phillips. More >>
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has served as US counsel to Canada’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada, in its SEC-registered US$1 billion offering of 1.625% global bonds due 2019 which closed in December 2014. Proceeds will be used for corporate purposes. More >>
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A team of Goodwin Procter attorneys recently advised Partners Group in connection with the global investment manager’s announced acquisition of a controlling stake in Dynacast International. The transaction has an enterprise value of $1.1 billion and is expected to close in February 2015. More >>
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. on its proposed issue of 1.92 billion new H-shares at HK$15.62 each aiming to raise a total of US$3.9 billion in a private placement to seven institutional investors. The deal is subject to shareholders’ and regulatory approvals. More >>
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, begins the year by opening an office in Milwaukee with a group of nine experienced and highly regarded attorneys. Tim Costello will serve as the managing shareholder of the Milwaukee office and is joined by four other shareholders, one of counsel, one special counsel, and two associates. In addition to Costello, the shareholders joining Ogletree Deakins’ Milwaukee office are Robert Bartel, Timothy Kamin, Kevin Kinney, and Brian Radloff. David Loeffler joins as special counsel, Keith Kopplin joins as of counsel, and Mark Johnson and Dean Kelley join as associates. By opening in Milwaukee, Ogletree Deakins now has 47 offices and extends a growth trajectory that includes 13 new offices since 2010 and international expansion into Europe and Mexico.
“Milwaukee has been an attractive market for the firm for years and has a number of synergies with our Chicago and Minneapolis offices,” said Kim Ebert, managing shareholder of Ogletree Deakins. “We are excited to expand into Milwaukee and have found a great group of talented professionals who fit our culture and share our values.”
“Ogletree Deakins is a first-class organization, and we are excited to be a part of the firm,” said Costello. “Our clients will immediately benefit from the firm’s depth of knowledge, boundless resources, and culture of unparalleled client service.”
“Both the firm and I have similar approaches in providing value and service to our clients,” said Kinney. “I’m eager to offer these combined with the enhanced capabilities that a firm like Ogletree Deakins possesses.”
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Linklaters are the lead counsel on the US$26 billion merger of CSR Corporation Limited (“CSR”) and China CNR Corporation Limited (“CNR”). This is the first-ever merger of two companies with dual listings in Shanghai and Hong Kong and the first-ever securities exchange involving two sets of A shares and two sets of H shares. More >>
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