Hogan Lovells has advised the Phoenix Group on the sale of annuity business with liabilities of approximately £5 billion to Guardian Assurance Limited. The transaction was announced on Wednesday 27 June.
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Michelle De Blasi Joins Greenberg Traurig
International law firm Greenberg Traurig hired Michelle De Blasi for a Phoenix legal job, according to a press release.
De Blasi was named shareholder and will chair the energy and infrastructure practice for the firm’s environmental group.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | PhoenixGreenberg Traurig Continues Strategic Expansion of Global Energy Practice, Adds Michelle De Blasi in Phoenix
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Michelle De Blasi has joined its Phoenix office as a shareholder and will serve as chair of the office’s Energy & Infrastructure Group and as a member of the firm’s Environmental Group. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, De Blasi was a partner with Quarles & Brady.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | PhoenixGreenberg Traurig Expands its Phoenix Office with the Addition of Nicole Maroulakos Goodwin
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Nicole Maroulakos Goodwin has joined its Phoenix office as a shareholder in the Litigation Department. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Goodwin was a partner with Quarles & Brady.
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Former Homeland Security Deputy General Counsel Joins Quarles & Brady
Leezie Kim, former White House appointed deputy general counsel in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is rejoining the Phoenix office of national law firm Quarles & Brady LLP. She will be continuing her corporate transactions practice counseling clients on the laws at the intersection of international business transactions and national security; on compliance with government regulations affecting business transactions in the healthcare industry; on the laws affecting the restaurant industry; and on how to utilize and manage immigration benefits and enforcement matters affecting businesses.
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Perkins Coie Adds White Collar Partner in Phoenix
Perkins Coie announced today that Jean-Jacques “J” Cabou has joined the firm in Phoenix as Partner in the Investigations & White Collar Defense practice. He joins the firm from Osborn Maledon, P.A.
Tags: Perkins Coie LLP | Phoenix Former Chief Counsel at AG’s Office Melanie Pate Joins Lewis and Roca’s Labor and Employment Group
Lewis and Roca is pleased to announce that Melanie Pate has joined the firm’s Phoenix office as a partner in the Labor and Employment practice group. Previously, Pate served as Chief Counsel of the Arizona Civil Rights Division (“ACRD”) at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, where she worked for 15 years in litigation and management-level employment-related positions.
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Ogletree Deakins Expands Phoenix Office, Adds Mark Kisicki and Thomas Stanek as Shareholders
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that Mark Kisicki and Thomas Stanek have joined its Phoenix office as shareholders. Both join Ogletree Deakins from Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where they were resident in the firm’s Phoenix office. Kisicki and Stanek’s practices are national in scope, with a balance of traditional labor, employment law and litigation. Their arrival deepens Ogletree Deakins’ labor and employment law experience in Phoenix and reaffirms the firm’s status as the “go-to” firm for employers – not merely in Arizona but throughout the nation.
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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Leonardo Loo has joined the Firm’s Phoenix office as a partner in the Corporate Services and China Law Groups.
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Wragge & Co advises Phoenix Pharmahandel on €3.6 billion refinancing
Wragge & Co has advised Germany’s largest pharmaceutical wholesaler, Phoenix Pharmahandel, on the UK aspects of its €3.6 billion refinancing. A team led by corporate partner Jeremy Millington and banking director Edward Sunderland advised in connection with the complex refinancing. This involved a €500 million unsecured bond issue and a €2.6 billion syndicated loan through the company’s subsidiary Phoenix PIB Finance BV. Hengeler Mueller was the lead firm advising Phoenix Pharmahandel.
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