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...Lauren Collins, tax partner at Vinson & Elkins, said the law firm saw an “avalanche” of interest in corporate transfer deals, clinching more than $1bn worth of transactions last year....
...Mercury partner Bryan Lanza, a one-time adviser to former president Donald Trump, has made $2.3mn since 2014 by representing Russia’s Sovcombank and EN+....
...The bank also said that Bryan Ho will become global head of financial institutions for the region....
...Early this month, Mr Trump and the Pentagon announced the departure of the USS Carl Vinson strike group to waters off Korea in a show of force that prompted North Korean threats of nuclear war....
...On Sunday, the US Navy deployed its USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group to waters off Korea in a calculated show of force just days after Washington launched missile strikes on Syria....
...Baker Botts has hired four new partners from Vinson & Elkins, including three lawyers who will be based in New York and one in Washington....
...The Pentagon has deployed the USS Carl Vinson strike group, which includes an aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyers, to the area....
...Additional reporting by Robin Harding in Tokyo Follow Demetri Sevastopulo, Lucy Hornby, Bryan Harris and Robin Harding on Twitter: @dimi @HornbyLucy @bryanhimself @RobinBHarding...
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