Hillary Flynn

December 06, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Kaye Scholer loses a partner on each coast while hiring senior attorneys in its Chicago and Frankfurt offices; the former director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition returns to Boies, Schiller & Flexner; and Gardere Wynne Sewell expands by three in Dallas. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected].

By Hillary Flynn

6 minute read

December 03, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi hires The Beatles' longtime U.S. lawyer; a former U.S. ambassador to Australia rejoins Munger, Tolles & Olson; and Sidley Austin hires two new partners. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected].

By Hillary Flynn

4 minute read

December 02, 2013 | The American Lawyer

French telecommunications giant Orange has agreed to sell its Dominican Republic–based subsidiary Orange Dominicana S.A. to Luxembourg-based Altice for $1.44 billion. Jones Day is advising Orange on the deal, while Altice is being represented by Ropes & Gray, French firm Franklin Associes and Dominican firm Castillo y Castillo.

By Hillary Flynn

4 minute read

November 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The general counsel of American Express is slated to join Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in April; Morrison & Foerster expands in Washington, D.C., with a hire from O'Melveny & Myers; and Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn adds an intellectual property partner. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected].

By Hillary Flynn

2 minute read

November 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Bain Capital said Tuesday it has agreed to sell software maker Applied Systems for $1.8 billion to fellow private equity firms Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity. Bain is being advised on the deal by frequent outside counsel Ropes & Gray, as is Applied. Hellman & Friedman and JMI are, respectively, relying on Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Goodwin Procter as their lead outside counsel.

By Hillary Flynn

4 minute read

November 22, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman will acquire 70 percent of German advertising company Scout24 from telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom. Latham & Watkins is advising Hellman & Friedman on the transaction, German firm Hengeler Mueller is representing longtime client Deutsche Telekom, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher is acting as counsel to Scout24.

By Hillary Flynn

4 minute read

November 22, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Michael Best & Friedrich gains nine attorneys in Salt Lake City; a deputy general counsel at Philip Morris returns to Shook, Hardy & Bacon; and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr brings in a special counsel from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected].

By Hillary Flynn

4 minute read

November 20, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Apollo Global Management has agreed to sell its majority stake in CKE Restaurants—the parent of fast food chains Hardee's, Carl's Jr., and Green Burrito—to Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital Group for an undisclosed sum. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is acting as lead counsel to CKE on the deal, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is advising the company's senior management and King & Spalding is representing Roark.

By Hillary Flynn

35 minute read

November 19, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Weil, Gotshal & Manges loses three partners to Greenberg Traurig and gains one in Dallas; Jackson Lewis hires a new managing partner for its San Francisco office; and a longtime Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner joins Wiley Rein in Washington, D.C. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected].

By Hillary Flynn

4 minute read

November 18, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Private equity firm Advent International has turned again to frequent outside counsel Allen & Overy for legal advice on its acquisition of Dutch software company Unit4 for $1.58 billion. Unit4, meanwhile, is relying on Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek as its lead legal adviser on the matter.

By Hillary Flynn

3 minute read