International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that it has named Effie D. Silva as a partner in its Trial Practice Group, based in Miami.

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Akerman Senterfitt today announced that it has expanded its services for domestic and international clients within all three tiers of the alcohol industry, including national alcohol retailers, domestic and foreign alcohol suppliers, and alcohol importers and distributors with the addition of shareholders Robert Lewis and Marbet Lewis, and associate Valerie Haber. The team brings a wide range of experience in laws governing alcohol and other regulated products.

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Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Juan C. Zorrilla has joined the firm’s Miami office as a partner in the South Florida Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Zorrilla has practiced law in large firms and more specialized litigation boutique firms. Before joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Zorrilla was the founding member of Zorrilla & Associates, P.L.

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Ben Patrick, a national authority and leading author on intellectual property rights in the construction industry, has joined Wilson Elser as a partner.

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Hunton & Williams LLP advised Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Costa Rica’s largest power and telecom provider, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering and sale in the international markets of $500 million of 6.375 percent Senior Notes due 2043.

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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Rafael Aguilar has joined its Miami Office as a partner in the Banking & Finance Practice. Mr. Aguilar comes from the Miami office of Akerman Senterfitt where he was a shareholder and co-chair of Akerman’s Latin American and Caribbean practice.

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Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, today announced the addition of Florida Third District Court of Appeal Judge Angel A. Cortiñas as a shareholder in its Miami office. Cortinas will focus his practice on white-collar defense, complex litigation, receiverships, appeals and arbitration. The new hire bolsters the firm’s strategic plan to grow its Miami office and its white-collar defense practice.

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Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Miguel De Grandy has joined the firm’s Miami office as a partner. Mr. De Grandy was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1989 to 1994 and most recently was the principal shareholder at his own boutique government affairs firm.

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A multi-office team of attorneys with international law firm Greenberg Traurig represented Hard Rock International (HRCAF: US) in a $640 million financing transaction that closed May 14. The transaction is comprised of $350 million Senior Notes due 2021 and a $290 million Senior Secured Term Loan. The Notes were issued in a Rule 144A/Reg. S private offering.

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