Hogan Lovells announced today that Dean Hansell has joined its Los Angeles office as a partner in the Litigation, Arbitration and Employment practice, further building the practice on the West Coast.
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Corporate Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles, Adding Diverse Transactional Strengths
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Casey Fleck has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Fleck has extensive experience in a broad range of corporate transactions, including public and private securities offerings, corporate restructurings, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers and consent solicitations.
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Nixon Peabody LLP Expands West Coast Intellectual Property Practice; New Partner Seth Levy and Three Associates Join Los Angeles Office
Los Angeles, CA. International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP announces the arrival of intellectual property partner Seth D. Levy. Based in Los Angeles, his arrival adds depth to the firm’s already strong national intellectual property platform.
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White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer Anthony Pacheco Joins Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
White collar criminal defense lawyer Anthony Pacheco has joined Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Previously with Proskauer Rose LLP, Pacheco has significant expertise in white collar criminal defense, regulatory representation, and complex civil litigation, including internal investigations and crisis management. A former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, he is experienced in all aspects of federal criminal prosecution. Pacheco is an accomplished criminal and civil trial lawyer.
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Loeb & Loeb Expands Land Use Practice with Addition of Partner Paul Rohrer in Los Angeles
Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Paul Rohrer has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Land Use Practice. Rohrer was most recently a partner in the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.
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Orrick Grows IP Group with Two Partners in Los Angeles and Orange County
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has added two highly respected lawyers to its Intellectual Property Group. Formerly of DLA Piper, Robert Benson and Chris Broderick join as partners in the firm’s Los Angeles and Orange County offices, respectively.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Oaktree Capital Group, LLC in the initial public offering of its Class A Units
The Firm represented Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (“Oaktree”) in its initial public offering of 8.8 million units representing limited liability company interests. Oaktree is a Los Angeles-based investment management firm with approximately $75 billion of assets under management. Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley were the joint global coordinators for the $380 million offering. The units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “OAK” on April 12, 2012.
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Simpson Thacher recently represented Goldman, Sachs & Co. as sole placement agent in the private placement of $128 million in equity securities of Legend Pictures, LLC, the parent company of Legendary Entertainment. Legendary plans to use the net proceeds of the transaction to retire and refinance debt and for investment and working capital purposes.
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David Smith Joins Stradling as Corporate Shareholder in Santa Monica
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C. announced today that David Smith has joined the firm as a Shareholder, in its Santa Monica office. Mr. Smith will continue to focus his practice on corporate transactions, private equity, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital.
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Veteran Corporate and Finance Partner Masood Sohaili Joins DLA Piper in Los Angeles
DLA Piper today announced that corporate and finance lawyer Masood Sohaili has joined the firm’s Los Angeles (Century City) office as a partner.
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