Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is pleased to announce that Justice Dale Wainwright has joined the firm’s appellate practice in Austin. Justice Wainwright recently stepped down as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court after 10 years of service.
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Global legal practice Squire Sanders has opened an office in Seoul, after its application to practice in the Republic of Korea was approved by the Korean Ministry of Justice. The office is led by Joon Yong Kim, a US licensed lawyer who was admitted as a foreign legal consultant by the Ministry of Justice in July.
Tags: Squire Patton BoggsSquire Sanders is pleased to announce that Eric W. Cowan and Glynna K. Christian have joined its global legal practice as partners in the Corporate Transactions, Finance & Governance Practice Group. The new partners will be resident in both the New York and London offices.
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Laura L. Chapman has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Chapman joins from Foley & Lardner.
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Adams and Reese is pleased to announce the addition of a new office in Tallahassee, its 14th in 13 markets. The firm’s Southern footprint already includes Florida offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota. The new office opens with attorneys and staff from the Tallahassee-based firm, Igler & Dougherty, P.A. The announcement was made by Charles P. Adams, Jr., Managing Partner of Adams and Reese.
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Thomas J. McWilliams and Edward “Ted” F. Behm, Jr. have joined the firm’s Wilmington, Del. office as partners in the Intellectual Property Department. They come to Barnes & Thornburg from Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP.
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Global law firm White & Case has advised on the acquisition of a 10% interest in the petroleum licenses covering the Wheatstone/Iago gas fields located off the shores of Western Australia, and an 8% interest in the related Wheatstone Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility, by the joint venture entity PE Wheatstone Pty Ltd (PEW), which completed on September 25, 2012.
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Bryan Cave HRO announced today that an additional litigation partner will join the Denver office from the firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber and Schreck. Zhonette Brown will practice in the Litigation client service group, and is the fifth lateral partner to join Bryan Cave HRO in Denver in the last two months.
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Shearman & Sterling represented American Axle Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM), along with its parent and subsidiary guarantors, in connection with its shelf takedown of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2022 and in connection with its concurrent tender offer and consent solicitation for all of the outstanding $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.25% Senior Notes due 2014.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as sole bookrunning manager and representative of the several initial purchasers in connection with HudBay Minerals Inc.’s (“HudBay”) offering of $500,000,000 of its 9.50% Senior Notes due 2020.
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