Morgan Lewis today welcomes antitrust partner Christina Renner, expanding the firm’s global capabilities to provide advice on competition matters to clients undertaking mergers and acquisitions or those confronting cartel investigations or regulatory matters. She will be resident in the firm’s Brussels office.
We are pleased to announce that Ellen Ehrenpreis has joined Orrick’s Technology Companies Group, resident in our Silicon Valley office. Ellen is the 12th partner we have added to our global Technology Companies team since 2016, including new talent in the Bay Area, Santa Monica, New York, London and Washington, D.C.
Orrick is pleased to announce that Paul Fakler, a nationally recognized adviser in complex copyright litigation and policy matters, including the unique area of royalty rate disputes before the Copyright Royalty Board and PRO Rate Courts, has joined the firm as a partner. Paul joins our IP practice group in New York from Arent Fox.
Dentons, the global law firm, today announces the arrival of Michael Smith and Walter Van Dorn as partners in its New York office. Both partners join the firm's Corporate practice, expanding key global offerings, including corporate finance, capital markets and securities.
Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the hire of Isabel Burón as partner in its Madrid office and Healthcare group.
Isabel is a leading healthcare lawyer with recognised experience in handling of complex medical malpractice claims and professional negligence matters. Her practice focuses predominantly on personal injury, with a significant emphasis on medical malpractice and professional indemnity. She represents insurers and healthcare professionals before the civil, criminal and administrative courts.
A team led by Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt, Partner at the Hamburg office, advised RPC Group Plc on the acquisition of NORDFOLIEN GmbH. The purchase price is based on an enterprise value of EUR 75 million.
The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant antitrust authorities in Germany and Poland. The NORDFOLIEN management team will continue to manage the business from its current sites.
Shoosmiths has advised Mexican venture capital fund Dalus Capital on its investment into the largest Google Cloud partner in Latin America.
The $6.5 million investment into Xertica, which Dalus Capital led alongside Endeavour Catalyst and EMTV, will allow it to expand its digital capabilities and take advantage of the growing public cloud storage and processing market, both in Latin America and across the globe.
Slaughter and May is advising Prudential plc on the proposed demerger of its UK & Europe business (M&G Prudential) from Prudential plc, resulting in two separately-listed companies. M&G Prudential will be an independent, capital-efficient UK & Europe savings and investment provider, headquartered in London and holding a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Stewarts has commenced litigation in the High Court claiming damages on behalf of Terry Madden, who sustained career ending injuries during the filming of the James Bond film ‘Spectre’ in Austria in 2015.
Mr Madden was working as Second Unit Assistant Director on Spectre for B24 and Eon Productions, the companies behind the famous 007 franchise. He is highly-regarded in the film industry for his work on the Bond films and many other blockbuster movies dating back over 45 years to the original Star Wars in 1976.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised Tank & Rast Group (“Tank & Rast”) on its acquisition of assets from fromAtoB GmbH (“fromAtoB”).
With offices in Berlin and Aachen, fromAtoB operates a travel-app which helps users to determine the easiest, fastest and most cost-efficient way to get from their starting point to their chosen destination. By acquiring assets from fromAtoB Tank & Rast is set to further expand its growing digital business.