• December 7, 2009 | National Law Journal

    DOJ's manipulation case against BP traders crumbles

    The criminal case against four BP natural-gas traders looked like a textbook prosecution. The U.S. subsidiary of the British energy giant had already agreed to pay $303 million to settle civil alle

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  • February 11, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Corporate Lawyers Shift Gears

    As the capital market freeze wears on, corporate lawyers' energies have shifted from helping clients borrow money or raise cash through stock offerings to crafting complex debt-restructuring de

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  • December 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    BP Asset SalesBP p.l.c. has been on a selling spree. In October the company struck a deal to sell its 50 percent stake in

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  • July 28, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Dashboard

    A Good Deal After almost 25 years at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in San Antonio, Cecil Schenker joined Cox Smith Matthews as a sh

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  • November 13, 2006 | Legal Times

    As Dems Seek Answers, Lawyers Get Busy

    He has instigated some of the most memorable hearings of the past quarter-century: In 1994, when all seven tobacco company chief executives declared under oath that nicotine is not addic

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  • February 7, 2006 | Legal Times

    D.C. Firms View China With Caution

    Political winds shape business plans, and in 1994 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld scented something in the air. With the fall of the Soviet Union and a flood of outside capital into the former c

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  • December 6, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New Partners Arnold & Porter (Washington): Dara Corrigan joins the pharmaceutical and medical device practice group as partner in the firm's home office. She previo

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  • November 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    The Counsel You Keep

    Click Here For The ChartWhen William Lytton arrived at scandal-ridden Tyco International Ltd.,

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  • January 25, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Weil, Allen & Overy Land Asia Work for GE

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Allen & Overy are advising General Electric on two major transactions announced this week. Chris Moore, a corporate partner in Allen & Overy's Singapor

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  • January 25, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Weil, Allen & Overy Land Asia Work for GE

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Allen & Overy are advising General Electric on two maj

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