Simmons & Simmons has advised Chenavari Investment Managers on the establishment of a Luxembourg trading platform which is their first hedge fund to invest in European commercial real estate debt and preferred equity.

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP (GRS&D), one of New Jersey’s leading law firms, is pleased to announce the establishment of a new Environmental Department to augment its existing core practice areas – Litigation, Corporate, Real Estate and Tax, Trusts & Estates.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that it has named Jay L. Eizenstat as a partner in its Regulatory Practice Group, based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office.  Mr. Eizenstat  brings considerable public and private sector expertise on trade, World Trade Organization (WTO) and customs matters, particularly those of interest to multinational corporations doing business in Asia.

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that U.S. Department of Justice official Hank Bond Walther has joined the Firm’s Washington Office as a Partner in the Corporate Criminal Investigations Practice. He will also work on business and tort litigation matters. Mr. Walther served as Deputy Chief in charge of the Health Care Fraud Unit in the Fraud Section of DOJ’s Criminal Division and, previously, as Assistant Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit in the Fraud Section.

The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) today announced it is expanding its presence in Indiana by opening an office in Indianapolis to better serve its growing health care and life sciences client base.

Ropes & Gray announced today that James P. Dowden, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and a former associate at Ropes & Gray, is returning to the firm as a partner in the government enforcement practice in the firm’s Boston office.