Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Mark L. Durbin and Peter N. Moore have joined the firm’s Chicago office as partners in the Litigation Department. Previously, Durbin and Moore worked in the Chicago office of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP.
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National law firm Polsinelli welcomes Karen Dickinson to its Phoenix office. Dickinson has extensive experience negotiating and advising on complex international and e-commerce legal issues involving international contracting, joint ventures and alliances, software and intellectual property licensing, joint developments, trademark prosecution and licensing, and web development.
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The Charlotte office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Kevin A. Christmas as a partner in its corporate/M&A practice. He arrives from Reed Smith LLP.
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Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Rickmers Holding GmbH & Cie. KG, parent of Rickmers Group, on the issue of its corporate bond in an amount of €175m.
Tags: Norton Rose FulbrightWolff & Samson PC is pleased to announce that Matthew E. Beck has joined the firm as a member from the United States Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey, where he most recently served as chief of the General Crimes Unit. Mr. Beck, an accomplished trial attorney, focuses on white collar criminal defense, securities litigation, internal corporate investigations and complex civil litigation.
Addleshaw Goddard has announced the appointment of restructuring expert Simon Thomas to its Business Support and Restructuring (BSR) team in London. The hire is part of the firm’s strategy to strengthen its restructuring practice and broaden its banking offering with existing clients.
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International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Marcus S. Simon has joined the Firm’s Patent group as a partner, establishing a patent practice in the Firm’s Salt Lake City office. Mr. Simon’s practice encompasses many aspects of patent work, including patent portfolio development and management, infringement and validity risk analysis, as well as licensing and transactional IP due diligence. His technical expertise includes materials science, mechanical and electro-mechanical devices, chemistry, electronics and photonics. Mr. Simon has broad experience serving clients engaged in development and manufacture of superabrasive and superhard materials used in cutting tools and bearings, oil and gas exploration drilling systems, implantable medical devices (such as stents and embolic filters), alloys for implantable medical devices (superelastic and shape-memory alloys), fiber optics, lasers and micro-electro-mechanical systems. He also has experience in trademark matters.
Tags: Dorsey & Whitney LLPVerrill Dana’s Business & Corporate Group continues to grow with the addition of Elizabeth Myers. Elizabeth joins the firm as Partner in the Boston office after having previously practiced at Hinckley Allen & Snyder, LLP.
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Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as joint bookrunners on an SEC-registered offering by Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc of $3 billion aggregate principal amount of notes guaranteed by Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited. The offering consisted of $1 billion principal amount of 1.375% notes due 2016, $1.25 billion principal amount of 2.250% notes due 2018, $250 million principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2015 and $500 million principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2016.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 1% convertible senior notes due 2018.
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