Jenner & Block represented Brown Jordan International in financing matters related to Brown Jordan’s acquisition of Tropitone Furniture Co., Inc. Brown Jordan owns and operates companies that serve the indoor and outdoor furniture industries. The company offers a wide range of furniture products and accessories under various brands. The acquisition combines leading providers of outdoor casual furniture with the retail and hospitality markets into a company generating consolidated net sales of nearly $400 million. The combined company will be headquartered in Florida. News of the acquisition was reported in the Miami Herald and Furniture World, among other outlets. More >>

Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that William G. McCullough has joined the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services practices as a partner in Miami. Most recently, Mr. McCullough was a partner with Shutts & Bowen LLP.

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DLA Piper announced today that Jeremy Elman has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice and Patent Litigation group as a partner in the Miami office.

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Akerman LLP, a leading law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that Israel (“Izzy”) Alfonso has joined Akerman as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group in Miami. He joins the firm from Greenberg Traurig and is the fifth partner to join Akerman’s national Real Estate Practice Group since June and the 17th lawyer to join the Practice Group during the past twelve months.

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GrayRobinson P.A. announces today its acquisition of the Miami-based criminal and civil white collar defense law firm Hirschhorn & Bieber. As a result of this partnership, GrayRobinson will now offer criminal and civil white collar defense legal services to existing and new clients, in addition to bolstering the ranks of lawyers with extensive trial experience. The merger comes on the heels of the firm opening its 11th statewide office earlier this year in Boca Raton – further expanding its presence in the growing South Florida market.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that it has named Effie D. Silva as a partner in its Trial Practice Group, based in Miami.

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Akerman Senterfitt today announced that it has expanded its services for domestic and international clients within all three tiers of the alcohol industry, including national alcohol retailers, domestic and foreign alcohol suppliers, and alcohol importers and distributors with the addition of shareholders Robert Lewis and Marbet Lewis, and associate Valerie Haber. The team brings a wide range of experience in laws governing alcohol and other regulated products.

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Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Juan C. Zorrilla has joined the firm’s Miami office as a partner in the South Florida Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Zorrilla has practiced law in large firms and more specialized litigation boutique firms. Before joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Zorrilla was the founding member of Zorrilla & Associates, P.L.

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Ben Patrick, a national authority and leading author on intellectual property rights in the construction industry, has joined Wilson Elser as a partner.

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Hunton & Williams LLP advised Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Costa Rica’s largest power and telecom provider, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering and sale in the international markets of $500 million of 6.375 percent Senior Notes due 2043.

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