The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today the expansion of its international practice to include Warsaw, Poland and Kyiv, Ukraine. In Poland, the Firm operates as a Polish partnership with 35 attorneys, and in Ukraine has opened an office with nine attorneys. All of the attorneys were formerly with Altheimer & […]

Arnold & Porter has been named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2004 by Fortune magazine. Making the select list for the second consecutive year, Arnold & Porter is one of only three law firms, and one of only two companies based in the Washington, D.C. area to be named. The

Infrastructure, Construction and Environmental specialist, Sheena Brand has joined Holman Fenwick & Willan (HFW) as a Partner in Hong Kong. In addition to transactional project work, Sheena advises on litigation and arbitration matters and is an accredited mediator. Sheena’s career started in Scotland. She moved to Hong Kong in 1980 and was first promoted to

Covington & Burling represented Cysive, Inc. (“Cysive”), a provider of interaction server technology, in its going private transaction that was consummated on December 1, 2003. Cysive was acquired by Snowbird Holdings, Inc. (“Snowbird”), a newly formed entity owned by Nelson A. Carbonell, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of

Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Webzen Inc. on its $97 million SEC-registered initial public offering of 8,700,000 ADSs representing one-tenth of a common share. The shares are listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “WZEN”. The offering is the first IPO listing of ADSs since 2000 from a Korean issuer. Based in Seoul,

Skadden, Arps is representing The Dial Corporation in connection with its approximately $2.9 billion acquisition in the form of an all cash merger by Henkel KGaA of Germany. The merger, priced at $28.75 per share in cash, is scheduled to be voted upon by the shareholders of Dial during the first quarter of 2004. Dial,

Reed Smith LLP has added aviation attorney Patrick Bradley as a partner in its Princeton office, effective January 2. A former partner at Herrick Feinstein, Mr. Bradley concentrates his practice on the defense of aviation and other product liability actions. Much of his work involves the defense of airlines, aircraft and component parts manufacturers, and

Reed Smith LLP is expanding its Washington, DC office with a strong core of intellectual property lawyers. Seven attorneys are joining Reed Smith from Shanks & Herbert, a boutique IP firm formerly based in Alexandria, VA, effective, January 2. Shanks & Herbert will wind down its operations and dissolve the firm. A total of 15

Global law firm Clifford Chance advised the investment banks Merrill Lynch International (“Merrill Lynch”) and Bayerische Hypo- Und Vereinsbank (“HVB”) on the “Paris Residential Funding PLC” transaction, which consisted of a public issue of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) for an aggregate nominal amount of €1,000,130,000. Merrill Lynch was the Sole Arranger and Merrill Lynch and

Time Warner has announced that its Board of Directors has elected former Harvard Law School Dean Robert C. Clark to join on the Board in January 2004 and serve on its Nominating and Governance Committee and its Audit and Finance Committee. Ambassador Carla A. Hills, who chairs Time Warner’s Nominating and Governance Committee, said: “We’re