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Deepak Reddy Joins McGuireWoods as Partner in New York

Top aviation finance lawyer Deepak Reddy has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in New York, bringing a wealth of experience as one of the nation’s leading aviation finance lawyers.

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Akin Gump Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief, Challenging 2020 Census Citizenship Question

Akin Gump served as lead pro bono counsel on an amici curiae brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a group of social justice organizations and individuals supporting a challenge to the federal government’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

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Clifford Chance Applied Solutions Brings Document Automation to Clients With CCDr@ft

According to its CEO Jeroen Plink, a legal tech pioneer with over two decades of experience in the industry, Clifford Chance Applied Solutions aims to help clients meet that demand by working with them to develop new tech solutions, like CCDr@ft, a cloud-based document automation application that can be applied to a variety of contracts for companies across multiple sectors, and the company's first digital product.

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Houston Bar Association Recognizes Akin Gump for Pro Bono Work

For the second straight year, Akin Gump has been selected by the Houston Bar Association and the Harris County judiciary as the recipient of a Harris County Bench Bar Pro Bono Award for outstanding service.

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Weil Advises Willis Towers Watson in Acquisition of TRANZACT

Weil is advising Willis Towers Watson in its pending up to $1.4 billion acquisition of TRANZACT. Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory, broking and solutions company and TRANZACT is a direct-to-consumer health care organization that links individuals to U.S. insurance carriers.

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Allen Shyu Joins Akin Gump as Corporate and Capital Markets Partner in Beijing

Akin Gump announced that Allen Shyu has joined the firm as a partner in its Beijing office. He comes to Akin Gump from Stephenson Harwood, where he was the lead partner in the Beijing office.

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Clifford Chance Advises J.P. Morgan on Financing of the Planned Acquisition of WABCO by ZF Friedrichshafen

Clifford Chance advised J.P. Morgan acting as financial advisor and provider of acquisition financing to ZF Friedrichshafen AG in connection with its contemplated acquisition of U.S. automotive supplier WABCO Holdings Inc. The Clifford Chance team advised J.P. Morgan on all issues relating to the financing as well as on takeover aspects of the transaction.

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HRC’s Annual Corporate Equality Index Says Top U.S. Law Firms Continue to Establish Gold Standard for LGBTQ Workplace Inclusion

Law firms continue to work toward LGBTQ workplace equality and inclusion, according to the 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) issued by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization.

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Johnson & Johnson Worldwide VP Moves to Stryker as GC

Stryker (NYSE:SYK) announced today that Rob Fletcher will be joining the company as vice president, chief legal officer effective April 22, 2019. Mike Hutchinson will be transitioning from his current role to serve as advisor to the chief executive officer through May 2020.

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Deputy GC and Senior VP of Fifth Third Bancorp to Succeed FDIC's Charles Yi as General Counsel

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Jelena McWilliams announced the appointment of Nick Podsiadly as general counsel. In addition, FDIC veteran Harrel Pettway has been promoted to senior deputy general counsel, and Leonard Chanin, has joined the FDIC as deputy to the chairman.

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