• August 14, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

    Experienced Finance Attorney to Lead Legal Department at Transamerica

    Karyn Polak served as the deputy general counsel of PNC Bank in Philadelphia and also served as chief counsel of the bank’s asset management group.

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  • Levy v. BASF Metals Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff‐Appellant: Susan Levy, pro se, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendants‐Appellees BASF Metals Limited and BASF Corporation: Peter A. Farrell, on the brief, Michael F. Williams, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; For Defendant‐Appellee HSBC Bank USA, N.A.: Leigh M. Nathanson, Laura C. Harris, on the brief, Damien J. Marshall, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants‐Appellees Goldman Sachs International, the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC f/k/a Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Stephen Ehrenberg, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendant‐Appellee ICBC Standard Bank PLC.: Robert G. Houck, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendants‐Appellees UBS AG and UBS Securities LLC: Mark A. Kirsch, D. Jarrett Arp, Melanie L. Katsur, Indraneel Sur, on the brief, Eric J. Stock, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, N.Y. For Defendant‐Appellee The London Platinum and Palladium Fixing Company Ltd: Morgan J. Feder, on the brief, Ethan E. Litwin, Dechert LLP, New York, N.Y.

    Case Number: 17-3823

    Limitation Period on Commodity Exchange Act Claims Accruing in 2008 Expired in 2010

  • July 11, 2018 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: July 12, 2018

    • Skadden advises mobile chat app Momo's $650 million convertible notes offer.• Paul Hastings acting on Korean logistics investment in Illinois.• Allen & Gledhill guides Singapore's first retail private equity bond.

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  • December 1, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Just in Time for the Holidays, Kirkland Recruits Another Rainmaker

    The head of Debevoise & Plimpton's investment management and funds group and the deputy chair of its corporate department have left the firm to join Kirkland & Ellis in New York.

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