Hughes Hubbard announced today that Jeffrey S. Tenen has joined its Aviation Practice as a partner and Israel I. Sanchez has joined the group as counsel in the firm’s Miami office. Both lawyers were previously shareholders at Greenberg Traurig, P.A. The addition of the aviation duo follows the expansion of the Litigation Department in Miami with partner Rafael Cruz-Alvarez, who joined the office in January.

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Akerman Senterfitt recently represented AutoNation, the largest vehicle retailer in the United States, in the acquisition of six automobile dealerships in Texas with about $575 million in annual sales in one of the largest acquisitions of U.S. dealerships in a decade.

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Arnstein & Lehr is pleased to announce that Miguel Diaz de la Portilla and Elinette Ruiz joined our Miami office Monday, January 7, in the Municipal & Governmental Practice Group.  Prior to joining Arnstein & Lehr, Miguel was a shareholder and Elinette was an associate at the firm of Becker & Poliakoff in Miami.

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Hughes Hubbard announced today that Rafael Cruz-Alvarez has joined its Litigation Department as a partner in the firm’s Miami office. Cruz-Alvarez was most recently a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP in its Miami office.

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Holland & Knight is pleased to announce Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz and Barbara Ferrer have joined the firm as partners in the Real Estate Practice Group. Ms. de las Cuevas-Diaz and Ms. Ferrer will be based in Miami, working closely with the firm’s established team of real estate professionals. They are part of a five-lawyer team from Broad and Cassel that is making the transition to Holland & Knight.

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Hogan Lovells advised the Republic of Ecuador in the negotiation of a US$127 million financing protocol that was executed on 4 December 2012 by the Minister of Foreign Trade of France and the Minister of Finance of Ecuador. Under the protocol, the government of France will extend a loan to be used for the construction of an urban transportation project in the city of Cuenca in southern Ecuador.

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Foley announced today that Robert Q. Lee has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Orlando and Miami offices, where he will be a part of the Transactional & Securities, China and Latin America Practices. Prior to joining Foley, Lee was a partner with Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP.

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Hogan Lovells has advised the Republic of Ecuador in the execution of an approximately US$260 million loan facility that closed on 28 November 2012. We also represented the state-owned Empresa Pública Municipal Metro de Quito in the negotiation and execution of an agreement on the project.

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Fowler White Burnett, P.A. announced today that Mr. Robert M. Kritzman has joined the firm as a Shareholder at the Fowler White Burnett downtown Miami office working in their general practice group.

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Lewis R. Cohen has joined GrayRobinson, P.A. as a shareholder in the firm’s Miami office and brings with him Associate Christina Guzman. Cohen brings more than 32 years of experience in commercial practice to the firm, with a strong background in advising banks and representing lenders. Both Cohen and Guzman will focus their practice on banking and finance issues.

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