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Bernard Taylor, Sr., Esq., joins JAMS in Atlanta

JAMS announces the addition of Bernard Taylor, Sr., Esq., to its panel. Mr. Taylor joins JAMS following a legal career spanning almost 40 years. He has a proven track record in resolving complex litigation involving millions of dollars in claims across the U.S.

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Salvador P. LaViña is named chair of Barnes & Thornburg’s real estate department

Barnes & Thornburg names Salvador P. LaViña chair of the firm’s national Real Estate Department. LaViña is a partner in the law firm’s Los Angeles office.

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McGuireWoods’ Emily S. Voorheis to join Marriott as privacy and data security corporate counsel

Emily S. Voorheis, an associate in McGuireWoods’ IP Litigation & Transactions Department in Tysons, will join Marriott International Inc. on Jan. 19, 2021, as privacy and data security corporate counsel.

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Weil adds banking & finance partner Dr. Ralf Defren in Frankfurt

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announces that Dr. Ralf Defren has joined the Firm as a partner. Based in the Firm's Frankfurt office, he will lead Weil's Banking & Finance practice in Germany.

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Former chief of DOJ’s Market Integrity and Major Frauds Unit Brian K. Kidd joins Morrison & Foerster as partner in Washington, D.C.

Morrison & Foerster announces that Brian K. Kidd has joined the firm as a partner in its Investigations + White Collar Defense Group in Washington, D.C. Mr. Kidd joins Morrison & Foerster from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he most recently served as chief of the Market Integrity and Major Frauds (MIMF) Unit in the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, having joined the DOJ in 2009.

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AlixPartners strengthens EMEA restructuring team with new hire, managing director, Dr. Karsten Lafrenz

AlixPartners announces that Dr. Karsten Lafrenz has joined as a managing director. He will focus on developing and delivering business transformation strategies for the firm’s turnaround and restructuring clients in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland as well as the wider EMEA region.

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Weil advises California-based growth equity firm TCV on investment in Mambu GmbH

Weil advises California-based growth equity firm TCV on the Series-D financing round of Mambu GmbH (Mambu). This $135 million funding round was headed by TCV as lead investor with additional investments being made by Tiger Global and Arena Holdings, as well as existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Runa Capital and Acton Capital Partners.

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FTI appoints Dave Katz as senior managing director

FTI Consulting, Inc. announces the appointment of Dave Katz as a senior managing director in the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment, further enhancing the firm’s Senior Lender Advisory practice.

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Morae expands with the acquisition of information management provider Trinogy

Morae Global Corporation announces the expansion of the company’s Asia-Pacific operations and business with the strategic acquisition of Sydney-based information management provider Trinogy Systems PTY Ltd. (“Trinogy”).

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McGuireWoods advises Teledyne Technologies in $8 billion acquisition of FLIR Systems Inc.

McGuireWoods advises longtime client Teledyne Technologies Incorporated in its merger agreement to acquire FLIR Systems Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $8 billion.

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