Hogan Lovells is pleased to that Michael Szlamkowicz has joined the New York office as Counsel in the Corporate practice. Mr. Szlamkowicz joins from Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP where he focused on private equity and mergers and mergers and acquisitions.
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It was Gayle Killilea Dunne’s first business foray into the US and not a happy one: She was ripped off by her lawyer, who stole half a million dollars within weeks of her wiring it to his account. But nearly four years later, she has earned some revenge as the lawyer, Phillip Teplen, has been
UK justice minister Chris Grayling has received a judicial slapping and been prevented from turning legal aid into “an instrument of discrimination” today, after three judges found his reforms to be unlawful. In a devastating judgement which could bring the residency test requirements to a halt, the judges found the lord chancellor had radically overstepped
Dechert – Around the globe, bankruptcy courts are constituted in different ways. In the United States, they are constituted as courts of equity. For anyone who wishes to have some sense of the logic of the US bankruptcy system, it is helpful to understand both what this means and how it fits into the larger
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The death of Google executive Forrest Hayes at the hands of a call girl who was allegedly giving him heroin was not something she had any reason to do, according to the attorney representing Alix Tichelman, 26. The death of Hayes has shocked Silicon Valley and others as the highly successful high tech executive and
(CHICAGO) July 15, 2014 – Locke Lord Chicago Associate Nicholas O’Conner has been named to the 2014 Lawyers of Color Hot List, which recognizes early- to mid-level associates of color in law firms, corporations and government. He will be profiled in the Lawyers of Color Hot List 2014 issue, scheduled to be published July 28.
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Cleary Gottlieb advised on two matters selected by The American Lawyer as winners of its 2014 Global Legal Awards, which recognize the most distinguished cross-border legal work across a range of practice areas. The American Lawyer received more than 270 nominations, including more than 170 transactions, from 66 law firms. Cleary Gottlieb earned the “Global
Who are the elite law firms who have most benefited from the megadeals and mergers? Who are the firms that garner the massive fees from the biggest deals? The top five law firms in dollar terms who had more than three-quarters of the market in the first half of the year were assembled by Dealogic
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SAN DIEGO – San Diego criminal defense attorney James Warner pleaded guilty today to two federal felony offenses, admitting that he laundered $100,000 of a client’s drug trafficking proceeds and then tampered with a potential witness in the case. Warner, 65, a San Diego resident who has been a member of
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Holman Fenwick Willan – Leading international law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) is delighted to announce that Leigh Borrello has joined the firm as a Partner, effective 1 July 2014. Leigh will work from Sydney and Singapore and help to develop the firm’s asset finance practice, with particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Leigh is
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