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Eversheds has taken on another new partner in its rapidly growing Paris office. Pascal de Moidrey joined the firm on 1 September 2003. Pascal joins from Paris firm Latournerie Wolfrom & Associés, where he advised on a wide variety of corporate finance matters. His expertise covers M&A deals, corporate restructuring, IPOs and private equity transactions

Takashi Suzuki, one of Japan’s top M&A and corporate finance lawyers, has joined the international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP and its joint enterprise office, Kyo Sogo Law Offices, as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. The addition of Suzuki reflects Dorsey’s confidence in the continued long-term growth of business in Asia,

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a leading national full-service law firm, and D’Ancona & Pflaum LLC, a 100-year-old Chicago law firm, today announced the merger of the two firms effective October 1, 2003. As one of the largest mergers of two Chicago-based law firms in recent years, the addition of D’Ancona’s 60 attorneys to Seyfarth Shaw creates

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced today that Peter Alexiadis has joined the firm as a partner to assist in the launch of the Firm’s Brussels office and in the development of a pan-European competition law practice along with Munich’s Michael Walther. Alexiadis practiced formerly with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP in Brussels. With the

France Telecom, represented by Coudert Brothers, will sell its indirect interests in Telecom Argentina to W de Argentina, an affiliate of the Los W group, a leading Argentinean investment company. Consideration is US$125 million, to be paid in full at closing. The closing of the transaction is expected to take place as soon as all

Thelen Reid & Priest LLP announced that former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Linda Key Breathitt has joined the firm’s growing FERC practice as Senior Energy and Regulatory Consultant. Ms. Breathitt will consult with domestic and international clients on emerging regulatory issues, energy services, formation of regional transmission organizations, independent transmission companies, FERC matters,

Columbia Law School has honored Covington & Burling with the 2003 Lawrence A. Wien Prize for Social Responsibility. The annual award ceremony, which took place at Columbia University on August 27, 2003, recognizes those individuals or organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to pro bono activities and community service. Lanny A. Breuer, a partner at

White & Case represented Lloyds TSB on its entry into the UK electricity and gas market through an agreement with Scottish Power which enables the bank to supply gas and electricity to its customers. This is the first time a High Street bank has branched out into UK utilities. White & Case supplied both legal

McCarthy Tétrault is acting as lead counsel to Outokumpu of Finland in a high-profile transaction with Boliden of Sweden worth $1.1 billion. The transaction represents an important step by Outokumpu in its previously announced strategy of focusing on its stainless steel and other downstream metals businesses. The transaction also marks an important new phase in