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Global leading law firm Mayer Brown is extending its German practice with the hire of Dr. Manfred Balz, 68, as Senior Counsel in the Frankfurt Office. Mr. Balz will be active particularly in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Restructuring and Compliance.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown's Litigation and Construction teams in London secured a successful judgment in the High Court for Carey Value Added, S.L. against the claimant, Spanish hotel company group, Grupo Hotelero Urvasco. The judgment followed a 10-week trial.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that Lawrence V. Berkovich has joined the firm in Charlotte as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice. Previously, he was a counsel with Dechert LLP in Charlotte.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that two transactions on which the firm played leading roles were recognized as “Deals of the Year” in the Global M&A Network’s 2013 Global Major Market M&A Atlas Awards. The winning deals are:
• Western Europe M&A Deal of the Year – Nestlé’s $11.9 billion acquisition of Pfizer’s infant nutrition business; and
• “North American Deal of the Year” – Capital One Financial’s $9 billion acquisition of ING Direct USA from ING Group.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, received three Tier 1 rankings in the 2013 edition of Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s “World IP Handbook and Survey,” an annual reference guide that provides a state-by-state analysis of the IP market based on extensive research among IP professionals. The firm was top ranked in:
• Patent Contentious – New York and Washington, DC; and
• IP – Illinois.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown represented Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbH, a leading, family-owned producer and supplier of tissue products in Europe, on the inaugural offering of €275 million of its 6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and on a new €90 million Senior Revolving Credit Facility.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, was recognized as a top law firm in the Reactions Insurance and Reinsurance Legal Survey 2013, a key industry benchmark highlighting the best insurance and reinsurance law firms globally. Mayer Brown was ranked among the top three law firms within three insurance and reinsurance-related categories in the North America region.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, has been retained to act as outside common counsel to the International Aerospace Environment Group (IAEG), a worldwide group of aerospace companies including Boeing, EADS and Airbus, Bombardier, Dassault Aviation, Embraer, GE Aviation, Northrop Grumman, Rolls Royce, SAFRAN, UTC and Zodiac Aerospace as founding members. Mayer Brown will provide US and EU regulatory, antitrust, export control and intellectual property advice to the IAEG on an ongoing basis.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, advised Reinhold Industries, Inc., on its definitive agreement to be acquired by HEICO Corporation from certain affiliates of The Jordan Company, L.P., a New York-based investment firm, and Reinhold management. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Media Coverage
6 mai 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that prominent tax attorney Edward C. Osterberg, Jr. has joined the firm in Houston as a partner in the Tax Transactions & Consulting practice. Previously, he was a partner at Vinson & Elkins in Houston.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that the 2013 edition of Chambers Europe: Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked the firm in 21 geographic and/or practice categories in Belgium, Europe-wide, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, including three top-band rankings.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised Indonesian property developer, Sinar Mas Land Limited, on the £84m purchase of New Brook Buildings, 8-18 Great Queen Street, London. The purchase is their first acquisition outside of Asia.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised the management team of UK premium parcel delivery firm, City Link, in connection with the sale of City Link by Rentokil Initial to private equity fund Better Capital.
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News Release
29 avril 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Scott Chesin has been selected as one of New York Law Journal’s 2013 “Rising Stars.” The award recognizes New York’s most promising lawyers under 40 who have made significant contributions to the practice of law and their communities.
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News Release
16 avril 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, secured a victory before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on behalf of Glaxo Group Ltd. and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in a patent infringement suit brought by Biogen Idec Inc. and Genentech Inc. In the suit, the plaintiffs alleged that GSK’s monoclonal antibody cancer treatment, ARZERRA®, infringed their patent relating to the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) through administration of an anti-CD20 antibody. ARZERRA® is the first FDA approved fully human monoclonal antibody for the treatment of CLL and competes with Genentech’s cancer treatment Rituxan®.
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News Release
11 avril 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, is ranked in 15 categories in the 2013 edition of Legal 500 EMEA, a guide to the leading financial law firms in Europe, the Middle East & Africa.
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News Release
9 avril 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Michael Martinez has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and White Collar Defense & Compliance group. Previously, he was the Executive Assistant United States Attorney in the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, the office’s third-highest ranking position.
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News Release
1 avril 2013
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Michael (Mickey) Kantor, a partner in the Los Angeles office of global law firm Mayer Brown and a former US Secretary of Commerce and US Trade Representative under President Bill Clinton, will chair the “Los Angeles 2020 Commission,” an independent 12-member panel that will assess Los Angeles’ financial picture and recommend strategies for job creation and eliminating the city’s projected $165 million budget deficit for fiscal 2014.
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News Release
1 avril 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, represented WVB East End Partners, LLC, a private sector consortium comprised of affiliates of Bilfinger Project Investments North America, Inc., VINCI Concessions S.A.S. and The Walsh Group Ltd., as sponsors’ counselon the financial close of the East End Crossing, a new toll bridge and roadway spanning the Ohio River between Louisville, KY and Southern Indiana.
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News Release
22 mars 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that the 2013 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked the firm in 71 categories in 12 geographic regions, including: Africa-wide, Asia-Pacific Region, Belgium, China, Europe-wide, France, Germany, Global-wide, Latin America-wide, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.
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News Release
20 mars 2013
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London head of Tax, Sandy Bhogal comments on George Osborne’s plans to implement a General Anti-Avoidance Rule as announced in the Budget today.
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News Release
20 mars 2013
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London Employment partner Bernadette Daley comments on George Osborne’s plans to implement employee shareholder schemes as announced in the Budget today.
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News Release
20 mars 2013
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London Corporate & Securities partner Rob Hamill comments on George Osborne’s plans to increase investment in UK Shale Gas industry as announced in the Budget today.
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News Release
19 mars 2013
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte, Government & Global Trade counsel in the firm’s Brussels office, has been elected Vice Chair, Lawyer/Consultant and member of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) for a two-year term.
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News Release
18 mars 2013
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown advised EXEL Industries S.A. on the acquisition of HOLMER Group.
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