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...Kirkland & Ellis has hired tax lawyers David Levy and Brian Senie as partners. Levy and Senie join from Weil, Gotshal & Manges....
...Dechert has hired Brian Miner as a partner in its corporate and securities practice group. He joins from Schulte Roth & Zabel, where he co-chaired its M&A and securities group....
...Kirkland & Ellis is opening a new office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia led by corporate partner Kamran Bajwa....
...This year, it recruited China M&A veteran Peng Yu from Ropes & Gray, whose key clients include Jack Ma’s Alibaba, and Brian Ho, who previously ran the corporate finance division at the Securities and Futures...
...She joins from Kirkland & Ellis....
...Wilson Sonsini has hired Brian Dillavou as a corporate partner in its Austin office. He joins from Shearman & Sterling....
...Erin Nealy Cox, former US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, has joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in its government, regulatory and internal investigations group....
...Sara Orr has joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in the environmental, social, and governance practice, based in Chicago. She previously led Latham & Watkins’ ESG task force....
...William Barr, the attorney-general and another former Kirkland lawyer, also received a waiver to allow him to participate in the 1MDB case....
...Brunswick Group has hired Brian Potskowski as a partner focusing on climate issues in its London office. He was previously vice-president for the energy-focused investment group Riverstone Holdings....
...“Personnel at the bank allowed this scheme to proceed by overlooking or ignoring a number of clear red flags,” said Brian Rabbitt, the acting head of the US Department of Justice’s criminal division....
...He took up his post at the DOJ in July 2018 from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner....
...The centre of the West Coast outbreak is Kirkland, a city in the north-east suburbs of Seattle, where dozens of people unexpectedly fell sick in February at the Life Care Center nursing group....
...That job is currently held by Brian Benczkowski, a political appointee and former Kirkland partner who, as the Financial Times reported earlier this month, also received a waiver to participate in the 1MDB...
...Brian Benczkowski, head of the Department of Justice’s criminal division, has been issued an ethics waiver that allows him to oversee the US investigation into Goldman Sachs over its role in the 1MDB corruption...
...Mr Benczkowski worked on the department’s legislative and management side, including as a senior chief of staff in the second Bush administration, ahead of a career as a defence attorney at Kirkland, the...
...Among the most successful of the own-brands has been Costco’s Kirkland, whose products range from peanut butter to pet food....
...Brian Benczkowski, who was narrowly approved in a 51-48 vote, is the latest of just a handful of lawyers to have led the criminal division despite having never worked as a prosecutor....
...But the US insurance group is back on the acquisition trail under chief Brian Duperreault in the hopes of restoring some of the group's former glory. Investors are nervous about the plan....
...He joins from Kirkland & Ellis....
...In an interview with the Financial Times, Brian Duperreault, chief executive, said that life insurance could be the next place he looks for deals....
...Brian Kingston, the chief executive of Brookfield's property business, acknowledged that "thirty years ago, it was an industry largely dominated by families”....
...Law firm Arnold & Porter has hired Brian Lohan as a partner from Sidley Austin. Lohan will join the group’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice....
...The shortlist this year includes Brian Merchant’s The One Device, about the history and manufacture of the iPhone, and Ellen Pao’s Reset, published this week, which recounts her bruising experience as a...
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