CLEVELAND–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire –Thompson Hine LLP has elected six lawyers to the firm’s partnership effective January 1, 2008. They are: Eric S. Clark, a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice group in the Cincinnati office. He is experienced in a variety of labor and employment matters, including union organization campaigns, union

PITTSBURGH– LAWFUEL – Legal News Service –Cohen & Grigsby, a business law firm with offices in Pittsburgh, PA; Bonita Springs, FL; and Naples, FL, is pleased to announce the promotion of four associates to director. The new directors are based in the firm’s Pittsburgh office: Michael J. Dougherty, a director in the firm’s Business Practice

Clyde & Co has advised Dubai-headquartered Dodsal Resources in connection with the recently executed Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between Dodsal’s wholly-owned subsidiary Dodsal Hydrocarbons and Power (Tanzania), the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Minerals and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation for exploration for oil and gas for the RUVU block in Tanzania. Dubai based corporate partner

CHICAGO– LAWFUEL – Immigration Legal News –Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms has established an initiative offering an innovative service to companies to obtain outbound work authorizations for employers seeking to place employees in Canada and other foreign countries. The firm’s new service assists companies in securing all the appropriate paperwork

LAWFUEL – The US Legal Newswire – Cravath represented Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., in the sale of its interest in its vinyl acetate ethylene polymers joint ventures to Wacker Chemie AG for $265 million. The lawyers involved in this matter are partner James C. Woolery and associate Travis D. Rundlet on corporate matters and

NZ Legal Jobs – Briefcase Blog – www.lawfuel.co.nz – Year-end roundups can be a bore, but we must undertake this important role and as its Christmas I will be kind. Kind of. These are the Briefcase Oscars, let’s call them the ‘Boscars’ for the sake of cheesy charm. Drum roll, Bill Crystal . . here

London – LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – DLA Piper UK LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of Will Rosen as a partner in its Corporate Group. Will is a highly regarded private equity and international mergers and acquisitions lawyer who spent over ten years at Weil Gotshal & Manges, where he was a partner

Frankfurt, 12 December 2007 – Baker & McKenzie has announced that a leading German corporate and M&A lawyer, Dr Nikolaus Reinhuber, will join its Frankfurt office as a Partner in January 2008. He is a partner coming from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he has been since 1991. Dr. Reinhuber is recognized as one of Germany’s