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Jones Day Hires Former Orrick Securities Litigation Leader
3+ day, 52+ min ago (145+ words) Paul Rugani joins Jones Day after nearly 18 years at Orrick. Jones Day on Thursday announced the hiring of partner Paul Rugani to the firm's Irvine office. Kate Robinson joined the firm with a group of lawyers from Seattle-area firm Karr…...
Jones Day Hires Orrick Securities Litigation Leader
3+ day, 52+ min ago (136+ words) Paul Rugani joins Jones Day after nearly 18 years at Orrick. Jones Day on Thursday announced the hiring of partner Paul Rugani to the firm's Irvine office. Kate Robinson joined the firm with a group of lawyers from Seattle-area firm Karr…...
Jones Day Hires SDNY Civil Frauds Co-Chief
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (155+ words) Jacob Bergman joins the firm's health care and life sciences practice as a partner. Jones Day on Monday announced the hiring of partner Jacob Bergman, who joins the firm's health care and life sciences practice in New York. "If you're…...
Global 200 Firms Position for Mining Bonanza with Strategic Hires
1+ week, 5+ day ago (167+ words) The Am Law 100 Rankings DLA Piper, Norton Rose Fulbright and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer are among the firms expanding mining teams as geopolitics, the race for critical minerals, and the demand for precious metals fuel M&A activity. The surge…...
Latham and Paul Weiss Lead on $3. 9 B Mining Deal
2+ week, 5+ day ago (140+ words) Minter Ellison is also advising on the sale of the steelmaking coal portfolio in Australia. Latham & Watkins and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, are in the lead adviser roles on the sale of Anglo American's steelmaking coal portfolio in Australia…...
Rio Tinto Hits Rival BP for Next Legal Head
2+ week, 6+ day ago (159+ words) The mining giant has found Isabelle Deschamps' successor, who is due to step into the role in August. Rio Tinto has appointed its next chief legal officer, governance & corporate affairs, to take over from Isabelle Deschamps on August 1. Blakes eighth…...
Canada-U. S. Legal Teams Join Forces to Advise on $5. 1 billion Deal to Create Gold Mining Giant
3+ week, 2+ day ago (165+ words) Blake, Cassels & Gordon, Cassels Brock & Blackwell and Fasken Martineau Du Moulin worked with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Crowell & Moring in a transaction driven in part by soaring gold prices. Canadian firms Blake, Cassels & Graydon, Cassels Brock & Blackwell, and…...
Australia's Corrs, Mallesons Advise on $8 B Gold Merger
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (82+ words) Corrs has acted on several recent gold deals. The dual-track investment deal was years in the making and involved hundreds of lawyers." For Latham, the deal represents one of several recent big-ticket transactions for the firm in Latin America. Konrad…...
Akin Loses Private Capital Team to DLA Piper
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (131+ words) "Steven Andrews" AND Litigation "Steven Andrews" OR "Roger Dalton" Litigation NOT "Roger Dalton" "Steven Andrews" AND Litigation NOT Florida The team will be led by the head of Akin's global capital solutions team. U. S. firms have been leading much of the…...
Unlicensed Crypto Businesses Could Face Criminal Charges Under New York Bill
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (181+ words) Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, D-Brooklyn on Thursday announced new legislation that, if passed, would criminalize the operation of virtual currency business in New York's Gov. Kathy Hochul said she wants to target…...