Sullivan & Cromwell LLP represents AbbVie Inc., which agreed to buy Shire Plc for approximately £ 32 billion ($ 54.8 billion), making it the youngest U.S. healthcare company to increase its tax residence in a record increase of Branch business relocated abroad. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Shire.
The New York-based Sullivan & Cromwell team on the transaction includes: Matthew G. Hurd, Mergers and Acquisitions; Matthew M. Friestedt, Executive Compensation and Benefits; and Steven L. Holley, Antitrust Law.
The Davis Polk corporate team consisted of partners: George R. Bason Jr. and William J. Chudd. Other partners include: Kyoko Takahashi Lin, Executive Compensation; Michael Mollerus, tax; and John B. Meade, Capital Markets.
Latham & Watkins LLP is representing JPMorgan Chase & Co. as AbbVie’s financial advisor with a corporate team led by partners Charles Ruck, Adel Aslani-Far and Richard Butterwick
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Former Deputy Director of the MSRB, Lanza, returns to Greenberg Traurig
Ernesto A. Lanza, former associate director of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, returned to Greenberg Traurig LLP as a shareholder in his public finance practice in the Washington office.
While at the MSRB, Lanza led the development of policy initiatives to regulate the municipal securities business of broker-dealers and municipal advisors, the company said in a statement.
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Dentons expands the African Network to include the Ghana Law Firm Association
Dentons, which has been active in Ghana for over 20 years, forms an association with the local law firm JLD & MB Legal Consultancy, which provides services in the field of commercial and corporate law.
“JLD & MB has an excellent track record and provides the ideal platform to support our global customers looking to do business in Ghana and the wider West Africa region,” said Thomas Laryea, chair of Dentons’ Africa Executive Committee, in a statement . “Our clients include the Ghanaian government and foreign investors in the country’s high-growth sectors.”
Dentons has offices and related offices in 20 countries. In April the company formed an association with Kapdi Twala to launch Dentons in South Africa.
Morgan Lewis appoints Hugh Tanner as managing partner in Houston
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has named energy lawyer Hugh E. Tanner as managing partner of the Houston office, succeeding Brady Edwards, who has led the office since it opened in 2010
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Tanner, who joined Morgan Lewis in 2008, focuses on complex trade disputes with an emphasis on the oil and gas industry. He led the Morgan Lewis team last year responsible for dismissing cases filed against Schlumberger Ltd. subsidiary MI Swaco that came from the Deepwater Horizon 2010 offshore rig blowout in the Gulf of Mexico .
Bryan Cave Appoints New Office Manager in London, Paris, Washington
Bryan Cave LLP recently announced several leadership changes. Carol Osborne, who focuses on corporate and transactional activities, succeeded Rodney F. Page as managing partner in the London office.
Constantin Achillas, who also heads the litigation and arbitration teams in Paris, became managing partner of the Paris office and succeeded Joseph Smallhoover.
LaDawn Naegle succeeded John C. Peirce as managing partner of the Washington office. Naegle is a federal securities attorney with an active law firm.
Bruce Duffield, a Chicago-based partner, succeeded Bettina Strauss as head of the product liability customer service group.
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