Anthony Lin

March 08, 2007 | National Law Journal

Former New York Gov. George E. Pataki has joined 400-lawyer Chadbourne & Parke as a counsel focusing on matters involving environmental issues, particularly renewable energy. Pataki, who served as the state's Republican governor for 12 years before stepping down this year, will be joined by his former chief of staff, John Cahill, who will also become counsel at Chadbourne.

By Anthony Lin

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February 24, 2006 | Law.com

A second partner from Boies, Schiller & Flexner has left the firm to join litigation boutique Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. Philippe Selendy, a Boies Schiller partner since 2000, worked last summer with senior partner David Boies on a $1 billion lawsuit brought by investor Carl Icahn in an ultimately successful bid to stop a planned merger between two drug companies. Selendy's move follows that of former Boies Schiller partner Stephen Neuwirth, who joined Quinn Emanuel earlier this year.

By Anthony Lin

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July 10, 2007 | National Law Journal

Shearman & Sterling has opened an office in Shanghai to be headed by project finance partner Andrew Ruff. It is the New York-based law firm's 20th office worldwide and its third in China, after Beijing and Hong Kong. The Shanghai office, which includes five associates, will focus on project finance, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions work.

By Anthony Lin

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June 03, 2011 | Law.com

Veteran China lawyer Jingzhou Tao has joined Dechert's Beijing office, where he will lead the firm's Asia practice. A Jones Day partner since 2007, Tao is a general corporate partner focused on multinationals' China investments and also has a substantial international arbitration practice.

By Anthony Lin

2 minute read

June 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd., which holds a number of infrastructure and consumer product companies owned by the Beijing municipal government, last month issued two tranches of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade bonds totaling $1 billion.

By Anthony Lin

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December 15, 2006 | Law.com

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Sullivan & Cromwell have followed Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and others in announcing bonuses starting at $30,000 for first-years. The announcement is in keeping with the recent trend of firms swiftly matching the first-mover in associate pay, reducing the drama from past years when bonuses often fluctuated as firms tried to one-up each other.

By Anthony Lin

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December 01, 2005 | Law.com

Winston & Strawn has asked a Manhattan court for permission to depose former General Electric Chairman Jack Welch on the eve of trial in a suit against the firm by one of its partners. Anthony LoFrisco claims Winston & Strawn owes him millions of dollars for breaching an agreement that would have allowed him to avoid a process by which partner compensation is reduced each year after age 65. LoFrisco was among Winston & Strawn's most highly paid partners, due largely to his role as billing partner for GE.

By Anthony Lin

2 minute read

March 31, 2011 | Law.com

Show-Mao Chen, the managing partner of Davis Polk's Beijing office, is considering running to be a Member of Parliament in Singapore. Chen, who moved to Singapore from Taiwan as a child, says many senior lawyers at law firms in Singapore hold part-time jobs as MPs.

By Anthony Lin

2 minute read

July 08, 2008 | Law.com

Access to chauffeured cars is one of the more ubiquitous perks of big law firm life. Now, former Skadden counsel Rita W. Gordon, who was fired for allegedly inappropriately charging clients for personal use of the cars, is claiming that her car service use was no different from that of other lawyers at the firm and that Skadden's real aim was to "replace her with a younger man whose demeanor and conduct was more consistent with the 'macho' image of Skadden's Litigation Department."

By Anthony Lin

4 minute read

March 28, 2008 | National Law Journal

Howrey has recruited a New York litigation partner from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Gregory G. Ballard has focused primarily on securities litigation but he also has handled a number of complex commercial cases. Washington, D.C.-based Howrey opened its 20-lawyer New York office in 2006.

By Anthony Lin

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