Gadsby Hannah LLP, a leading business and technology law firm, announced today that Peter M. Zuk, a nationally recognized construction expert, has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Zuk comes back to New England from Colorado, where he recently served as Vice President of Global Construction for industry giant Level 3 Communications. Prior to […]

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it advised WTF Holdings (Switzerland) Ltd. (“WTF Holdings”), a joint venture of Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners and PSP Swiss Property AG, on the real estate aspects of the € 699 million Eiger Trust Securitization, a multi-tranche CMBS benchmark issue for WTF Holdings. The transaction is the first ever

Northrop Grumman Corporation has agreed to an $80 million joint settlement of two civil False Claims Act complaints filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Of the $80 million, the government allocated $60 million to settle allegations that Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc., acquired by Northrop Grumman in December 2001, improperly charged certain independent research and

Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented subsidiaries of Allegheny Energy Inc. in negotiations of the June 10 global settlement with agencies of the State of California to resolve a dispute over a $4 billion energy supply contract. The suit related to long-term energy supply deals entered into by California and others in 2001 during the height

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Michigan’s largest and longest-established law firm, announced today the launch of an Aviation and Transportation Group. The new group will build on Miller Canfield’s existing experience in representing aviation and transportation-industry organizations, including commercial and on-demand air carriers, freight forwarders, corporate flight departments, banks and commercial lenders engaged in

Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP announced this month that 19 attorneys, formerly with the Hong Kong-based firm of Siao Wen & Leung, are joining the firm’s Hong Kong office. Among those joining the firm are four partners, including Siao Wen & Leung lead partner Carson Wen, Michael Phillips, Katherine C.M. U, and Susan Yu.

Adding further depth and profile to its Asian real estate finance and investment banking practice, Paul Hastings announced today that Naosuke Fujita has joined the Taiyo Law Office in Japan, a registered association with the Firm, as a partner. Mr. Fujita worked as the core legal team member on the launch of the distressed asset

Baker & McKenzie announced today that Vladimir Dragunov and Andrei Soukhomlinov, members of the Banking & Finance Practice and the Real Estate & Construction Practice respectively, have been appointed partners in the Firms Moscow office. Their appointments were recognized at a Baker & McKenzie reception in Moscow on 27 May 2003 held in honor of

Coming on the heels of its extensive role in the drafting and passage of the Safety Act, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLPhas assembled the Patriot Coalition, a broad coalition of interested contractors . MLA is helping the Patriot Coalition (Providers of Anti-Terror Research, Innovations or Technology) implement and interpret the regulations required by the “Support

The law firm Harris Beach LLP is pleased to announce that former United States Congressman John J. LaFalce has joined the firm’s Buffalo office. The Honorable John J. LaFalce will assist the firm with small business and financial services matters and project development and financing initiatives. Congressman LaFalce will utilize Harris Beach’s Buffalo location as