The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Ronie M. Schmelz has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Department. She will divide her practice between the firm’s offices in Los Angeles and New York.

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Theodora Oringher PC is pleased to welcome Helen B. Kim as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Los Angeles office.  Helen is a commercial litigator focusing on the representation of public and private companies and their directors, officers and principal shareholders in complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of securities and other class actions, shareholder derivative suits and regulatory investigations.

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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has announced a definitive agreement to acquire David’s Bridal, Inc., the leading specialty retailer of bridal gown and wedding-related apparel and accessories in North America. Leonard Green & Partners will continue as a minority partner. The transaction values the company at approximately $1.05 billion.

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The Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Meyers announced the recruitment of Mark Easton back to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Easton returns to the firm from Warner Bros. Entertainment where he was general counsel. Mr. Easton’s career focuses on mergers and acquisitions, with significant attention to media, sports and entertainment.

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O’Melveny & Myers LLP announced today that Mark Easton is rejoining the Firm from Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. where he served as Deputy General Counsel. Easton will reside in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office as a partner and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. He also will spend significant time in the Firm’s Century City office working with members of O’Melveny’s Entertainment, Sports and Media Practice Group.

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O’Melveny & Myers LLP announced today that Bruce Tobey, a highly regarded entertainment transactions lawyer with more than a decade of executive experience, has joined the Firm’s Entertainment, Sports and Media Practice. He will reside in the Firm’s Century City office.

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Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of C. Edward Langhammer, Jr., as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Mr. Langhammer will be a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Practice.

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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) continues to expand its presence in Southern California and Washington, D.C., through the recent addition of Kim Tyrrell-Knott, a seasoned health care IT attorney. Tyrrell-Knott joins the Health Care and Life Sciences practice as a Member of the Firm in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices.

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A team of Goodwin Procter attorneys advised Outright, a cloud-based financial management application company, in its recent acquisition by Go Daddy, the world’s largest Web hosting provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Watermark Capital Partners and its real estate investment trust (REIT), Carey Watermark Investors, Inc. in the acquisitions of the Hampton Inn Boston/ Braintree, The Hilton Garden Inn in New Orleans French Quarter/ Central Business District and the acquisition of a 97% interest in Lake Arrowhead Resort & Spa in Lake Arrowhead, California.

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