Anthony Lin

March 09, 2007 | National Law Journal

Dewey Ballantine has added two corporate partners in New York. John J. Altorelli and Jeffrey A. Potash, who both come from the New York office of Pittsburgh's Reed Smith, are the first lateral partners to join Dewey since the January collapse of a plan to merge with San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Dewey had seen a number of partners leave ahead of the planned merger, and departures themselves contributed to the ultimate scuttling of the deal.

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July 07, 2008 | Law.com

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May 01, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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July 27, 2010 | Law.com

Most of Singapore's top domestic law firms got in on the action that saw Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund outbid an Indian health care group to acquire Parkway Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia's largest hospital chain, for about $2.6 billion in a deal announced Monday. The bid by a wholly owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional, an investment arm of the Malaysian government, beat out a $2.3 billion bid by India's Fortis Healthcare.

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September 27, 2007 | Law.com

The former attorney general of the United Kingdom has joined New York's Debevoise & Plimpton as the firm's London-based head of European litigation. Peter Goldsmith, who served as the chief lawyer for the British crown and government from 2001 until June, said in an interview that the fact that it was an American rather than a British law firm had not been important to him. "The key part for me is that this firm understands problems need to be dealt with on a global basis," said Goldsmith.

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October 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

Baker & McKenzie said Thursday that it had requested and received the resignation of indicted partner Martin Weisberg. Weisberg was indicted last week in the Eastern District of New York on charges that he participated with five other defendants in a stock-fraud scheme that netted two overseas short-sellers $55 million in illegal profits. He has pleaded not guilty.

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October 04, 2006 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Sidley Austin's petition for writ of certiorari in the age discrimination suit being brought against the firm by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The firm, which is facing allegations it demoted 31 partners in 1999 on the basis of age, had argued for the suit's dismissal on the grounds the EEOC had no authority to seek monetary damages. But that motion was denied by both the Chicago district court hearing the case and the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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July 09, 2008 | Law.com

One of White & Case's top partners has left to become co-head of the financial services practice at Arnold & Porter. Kevin F. Barnard, the former head of White & Case's bank advisory practice and a member of its management board, will join the New York office of Washington, D.C.'s Arnold & Porter, along with another former White & Case banking partner, Alan W. Avery. Arnold & Porter is hoping the arrivals of Barnard and Avery will contribute to the growth of its 100-lawyer New York office.

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September 07, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Geoffrey Lin is joining the Boston-based firm's Shanghai office from Hogan Lovells, where he was promoted to partner last year. Lin specializes in licensing agreements and technology transfers.

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January 05, 2006 | Law.com

Veteran white-collar criminal defense lawyer John "Rusty" Wing has left Weil, Gotshal & Manges to become a partner at 21-lawyer Lankler Siffert & Wohl. Wing, 68, cited Weil Gotshal's mandatory retirement policy as the reason for his departure after 28 years. Of the much smaller Lankler Siffert, Wing said, "the high quality of its civil and white-collar criminal litigators matches the best at Weil."

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