Reed Smith Adds Dealmakers To Global Corporate Group

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Rhyne, Phillpott, Acosta and Scharnberg join Global Corporate Group as partners March 22, 2021, HOUSTON –Reed Smith today announced the addition of four partners – Edward Rhyne, Robert Phillpott, Efren Acosta and Ron Scharnberg – to its Global Corporate Group in its 70 lawyer Houston office. The team brings decades of private equity, middle-market mergers & acquisitions (M&A), […]

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Brown Rudnick Expands IP Litigation and Technology Groups With Experienced Attorney Additions

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NEW YORK – Brown Rudnick LLP announced the addition of Ian DiBernardo and Jason Sobel, based in the Firm’s New York office. DiBernardo and Sobel have practiced together for nearly two decades, providing full-service Intellectual Property (IP) counsel to innovative technology clients in a wide range of industries. They have tried numerous cases, and they are trusted advisers

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Public Defenders to In-House Roles – The Diversity of New Zealand Legal Jobs

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In-House roles, RMA and Property Law to Disputes Tribunal Opportunities As the LawFuel law jobs platforms continues to expand, the range of new legal jobs for New Zealand lawyers continues to display its variety. In recent days the LawFuel law jobs network has featured some key New Zealand legal jobs for lawyers across different locations,

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Iranian Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Evade U.S. Sanctions on Iran by Disguising $300 Million in Transactions Over Two Decades

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         LOS ANGELES – A federal criminal complaint unsealed today charges 10 Iranian nationals with running a nearly 20-year-long scheme to evade U.S. sanctions on the Government of Iran by disguising more than $300 million worth of transactions – including the purchase of two $25 million oil tankers – on Iran’s behalf through front companies in the

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Should ‘Dear Sir’ Be Relegated To The ‘Don’t Use – Ever’ Bin?

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Time for lawyers to dump the ‘Dear Sir/s’ greeting? A recent article in LawyersWeekly from Jerome Doraisamy put the obvious to the legal audience, noting that ‘women are not a niche cohort’. Is it time for lawyers to take that message to heart? He notes that there is a wildfire response to comments about the

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Buddle Findlay Advise Infratril on $1.9 bn Tilt Renewables Sale

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Powered by LawFuel – Buddle Findlay is delighted to have advised Infratil on its conditional transaction announced on 15 March 2021 to sell its shareholding in Tilt Renewables Limited (Tilt) for ~NZ$1.926 billion.[1]  The proposed transaction will proceed by way of scheme of arrangement (Scheme), under which Powering Australian Renewables (PowAR) will effectively acquire Tilt’s Australian

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Senior Australian Lawyer Almost ‘Falls Off Chair’ Over Minters Email Imbroglio

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” . . it was “incomprehensible” that Ms Kimmitt did not contact Mr Bartlett before sending the email.” The scandal involving the email from MinterEllison’s former CEO Annette Kimmitt has lead one Australian law leader to describe the incident as “off the planet and incomprehensible.” Kimmitt has now resigned her position following the imbroglio over

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Law Firm’s Copied Correspondence Was Not The Sincerest Form of Flattery, But Simply Breach of Copyright

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Manchester-based law firm JMW Solicitors obtained a £45,000 damages payout from a law firm competitor after it saw with surprise and disappointment that the competitor had been plagiarising its correspondence. A partner at JMW saw the plagiarism when he was sent a letter of claim issued by Widnes-based law firm Hayes Connor, seeing that it was one

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DLA Piper advises Accel-KKR and Seequent on $USD1 Billion of Seequent Group

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DLA Piper has advised Accel-KKR and its portfolio company, Seequent Holdings Limited on the sale of Seequent Holdings Limited to Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY) for ~NZD 1.46 billion (USD 1.05 billion).  Seequent, head-quartered in Christchurch, is a global leader in software for geological and geophysical modeling, geotechnical stability, and cloud services for geodata management, visibility,

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