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Ropes & Gray Ramps Up in Data Security, Plus More Lateral Moves
A data privacy expert joins Ropes & Gray on the West Coast; a former Bingham McCutchen practice leader lands at Mayer Brown; Epstein Becker & Green's 15-lawyer raid lands it an office in Princeton; Cleary Gottlieb hires a former Sullivan & Cromwell tax partner and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.
Borden Ladner Gervais Heads to Beijing
Borden Ladner Gervais, one of Canada's largest firms, will open an office in Beijing. The Toronto-based firm, which focuses on business and IP law, cited China's growing economic significance to Canada as the impetus for its new outpost.
Six Firms Assist on Latest Health Care REIT Merger
Arnold & Porter, Sidley Austin, Shumaker Loop and a trio of leading Canadian firms are advising on a deal that will see Health Care REIT, the largest U.S. health care landlord by market value, acquire HealthLease Properties for $950 million. The transaction value could surge to $2.3 billion when accounting for sidecar deals with Mainstreet Property Group.
REIT Work Keeps Half-Dozen Am Law 100 Firms Busy
Kite Realty Group Trust has tapped Hogan Lovells for counsel on its $1.2 billion buy of the Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust, which has retained Alston & Bird to advise on the proposed union of the two shopping center owners. Meanwhile, two other top REITS—including one led by a former Sullivan & Worcester partner—battle with activist investors.
DLA Eyes Canada After Heenan Blaikie Goes Bust
Buffeted by a wave of partner departures, Heenan Blaikie—one of Canada's most prominent law firms—announced Wednesday that it plans to cease operations on the way to becoming the first truly national Canadian firm to dissolve. Its collapse has Global 100 giants like Dentons and DLA Piper moving to extend their reach into the country.
Magic Circle Firms Lead on Global Chemical Deals
Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance have grabbed lead roles on a pair of large chemical industry mergers, while Covington & Burling, Weil, Gotshal & Manges and leading Australian firm Allens are advising on several other notable transactions in the same sector.
Thirteen Firms Advise on $2.6 Billion Pharmaceutical JV
Dutch life and materials sciences company Royal DSM is spinning off its pharmaceutical manufacturing unit into a joint venture with private equity firm JLL Partners that will then buy pharmaceutical company Patheon. The deal, worth roughly $2.65 billion in total, generated legal advisory roles for a host of large law firms.In Canada, Some Pipeline Plans Find Little Resistance
With the Northern Gateway oil pipeline slowed by controversy, other pipeline projects are moving ahead. It all depends on what's in the pipes.TRENDING STORIES
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