Greenberg Traurig Continues Growth in Texas, Adds Two Bankruptcy and Restructuring Pros, Karl D. Burrer and Lenard M. Parkins

Bankruptcy and restructuring attorney Karl D. Burrer has joined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in the firm’s Houston office and a member of its Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring Practice. Burrer and colleague Lenard M. Parkins, who also recently joined Greenberg Traurig, will help to expand the firm’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice in Texas. Parkins will split his time between the Houston and New York offices. Both attorneys previously practiced law at Haynes and Boone. More >>

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Zelle LLP Opens Miami Office

Zelle LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its insurance and Latin American capabilities with the addition of experienced insurance attorneys and the opening of an office in Miami, Florida. More >>

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Milbank Advises Lenders in $4.3 Billion Indonesia Power-Generation Project

Reflecting the strength of its large-scale project finance and energy work in Asia, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) (as Documentation Bank) and 8 commercial lenders on the development and financing of a US $4.3 billion 2,000-megawatt coal-powered electricity generation plant in Central Java, which on completion will be one of the largest IPP’s in Asia. More >>

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Boston Labor Lawyer Robert Fisher Joins Seyfarth

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today that Robert A. Fisher has joined the firm’s Labor and Employment department as a partner in Boston. Fisher joins Seyfarth from Foley Hoag LLP, where he was partner and deputy chair of the Labor and Employment Law Department in Boston. More >>

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