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Big Deals

1. Collectors Universe to be Acquired by Investor Group for Approximately $700 Million - CoinWeek, (Wilson Sonsini), December 2, 2020
2. Riverside Partners Completes Merger of Allied Dental with PG Dental - PRNewswire, (Choate Hall), December 2, 2020
3. Formentor Capital's €12 Million Acquisition of Excom – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle, (DLA Piper), December 2, 2020
4. Intel Corporation's Acquisition of SigOpt - Global Legal Chronicle, (O'Melveny & Myers), December 2, 2020
5. CSX' Acquisition of Pan Am Railways in New England - Global Legal Chronicle, (Davis Polk), December 2, 2020
6. IHS Markit's Merger With S&P Global – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle, (Davis Polk), December 2, 2020
7. Sysnet Global Solutions Acquires the Managed Compliance Solutions (MCS) Division of ControlScan, Inc. to Boost SMB Security Worldwide - Business Wire, (Sidley Austin), December 2, 2020
8. Enviva Partners' Acquisition of Georgia Biomass – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle, (K & L Gates), December 2, 2020
9. IN BRIEF: Latham leads law firm trio advising Facebook's Kustomer buy - Reuters, (Weil Gotshal; Latham & Watkins), December 2, 2020
10. Hawaiian Telcom to Acquire Inter-Island Submarine and Terrestrial Fiber Infrastructure Assets from Paniolo Cable Company - Valdosta Daily Times, (Morgan Lewis; Cravath Swaine & Moore), December 1, 2020
11. Vector Capital to Acquire Mood Media - StreetInsider.com, (Paul Hastings), December 1, 2020
12. Blackstone's Acquisition of DCI – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle, (Simpson Thacher), December 1, 2020
13. New York private equity firm acquires Angstrom Technology - grbj.com, (McGuireWoods), December 1, 2020
14. Atlas Holdings Announces the Sale of Novipax and Formation of NPX ONE - StreetInsider.com, (King & Spalding), December 1, 2020
15. McDermott Advises Kaiser Aluminum Corporation - Citybizlist, (McDermott Will), December 1, 2020

1. Venable Launches Chicago Office and Adds Construction Law Group, Venable, December 1, 2020
2. Weil Adds Corporate Partner Shawn B. Cooley in Washington, D.C., Weil Gotshal, December 1, 2020
3. Alston & Bird taps Cadwalader for trio of structured finance lawyers - The Global Legal Post, (Cadwalader Wickersham; Alston & Bird), December 2, 2020
4. WilmerHale Snaps Up Soros Fund General Counsel Boyd Johnson - Bloomberg Law, (Wilmer Hale), December 2, 2020
5. Mayer Brown hires five-strong German competition team from Baker McKenzie - The Global Legal Post, (Mayer Brown), December 2, 2020
6. Squire Patton Boggs makes double partner hire in Sydney to bolster energy practice - The Global Legal Post, (Weil Gotshal; Squire Patton Boggs; Shearman & Sterling), December 2, 2020
7. Former Head of SDNY Geoffrey Berman Joins Fried Frank - Bloomberg Law, (Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Fried Frank), December 1, 2020
8. Gibson Dunn Hires Former SEC Official From Sidley in Washington - Bloomberg Law, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher), December 1, 2020
9. Latham & Watkins Continues Bay Area M&A and Private Equity Practice Expansion - PRNewswire, (Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins), December 1, 2020
10. Ropes & Gray hires second Kirkland & Ellis partner in London this year - The Global Legal Post, (Weil Gotshal), December 1, 2020

1. Sarah Mitchell Montgomery Discusses COVID-19 Vaccinations and Impending Litigation in “Y’all-itics” Podcast, Jackson Walker, December 1, 2020
2. Allison Murdock Discusses Stinson's Support for Personnel Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic with American Lawyer, Stinson Leonard Street, December 1, 2020

US FIRM NEWS

Atlanta

1. Alston & Bird taps Cadwalader for trio of structured finance lawyers - The Global Legal Post, (Alston & Bird), December 2, 2020
2. Atlas Holdings Announces the Sale of Novipax and Formation of NPX ONE - StreetInsider.com, (King & Spalding), December 1, 2020

1. Riverside Partners Completes Merger of Allied Dental with PG Dental - PRNewswire, (Choate Hall), December 2, 2020
2. WilmerHale Snaps Up Soros Fund General Counsel Boyd Johnson - Bloomberg Law, (Wilmer Hale), December 2, 2020

1. Collectors Universe to be Acquired by Investor Group for Approximately $700 Million - CoinWeek, (Wilson Sonsini), December 2, 2020
2. Intel Corporation's Acquisition of SigOpt - Global Legal Chronicle, (O'Melveny & Myers), December 2, 2020
3. IN BRIEF: Latham leads law firm trio advising Facebook's Kustomer buy - Reuters, (Latham & Watkins), December 2, 2020
4. Gibson Dunn Hires Former SEC Official From Sidley in Washington - Bloomberg Law, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher), December 1, 2020
5. Latham & Watkins Continues Bay Area M&A and Private Equity Practice Expansion - PRNewswire, (Latham & Watkins), December 1, 2020
6. Vector Capital to Acquire Mood Media - StreetInsider.com, (Paul Hastings), December 1, 2020

1. Formentor Capital's €12 Million Acquisition of Excom – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle, (DLA Piper), December 2, 2020
2. Sysnet Global Solutions Acquires the Managed Compliance Solutions (MCS) Division of ControlScan, Inc. to Boost SMB Security Worldwide - Business Wire, (Sidley Austin), December 2, 2020
3. Mayer Brown hires five-strong German competition team from Baker McKenzie - The Global Legal Post, (Mayer Brown), December 2, 2020
4. Latham & Watkins Continues Bay Area M&A and Private Equity Practice Expansion - PRNewswire, (Kirkland & Ellis), December 1, 2020
5. McDermott Advises Kaiser Aluminum Corporation - Citybizlist, (McDermott Will), December 1, 2020

1. Alston & Bird taps Cadwalader for trio of structured finance lawyers - The Global Legal Post, (Cadwalader Wickersham), December 2, 2020
2. CSX' Acquisition of Pan Am Railways in New England - Global Legal Chronicle, (Davis Polk), December 2, 2020
3. IHS Markit's Merger With S&P Global – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle, (Davis Polk), December 2, 2020
4. IN BRIEF: Latham leads law firm trio advising Facebook's Kustomer buy - Reuters, (Weil Gotshal), December 2, 2020
5. Squire Patton Boggs makes double partner hire in Sydney to bolster energy practice - The Global Legal Post, (Weil Gotshal; Shearman & Sterling), December 2, 2020
6. Former Head of SDNY Geoffrey Berman Joins Fried Frank - Bloomberg Law, (Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Fried Frank), December 1, 2020
7. Hawaiian Telcom to Acquire Inter-Island Submarine and Terrestrial Fiber Infrastructure Assets from Paniolo Cable Company - Valdosta Daily Times, (Cravath Swaine & Moore), December 1, 2020
8. Blackstone's Acquisition of DCI – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle, (Simpson Thacher), December 1, 2020
9. Ropes & Gray hires second Kirkland & Ellis partner in London this year - The Global Legal Post, (Weil Gotshal), December 1, 2020

1. Hawaiian Telcom to Acquire Inter-Island Submarine and Terrestrial Fiber Infrastructure Assets from Paniolo Cable Company - Valdosta Daily Times, (Morgan Lewis), December 1, 2020

1. WilmerHale Snaps Up Soros Fund General Counsel Boyd Johnson - Bloomberg Law, (Wilmer Hale), December 2, 2020
2. Squire Patton Boggs makes double partner hire in Sydney to bolster energy practice - The Global Legal Post, (Squire Patton Boggs), December 2, 2020

1. Enviva Partners' Acquisition of Georgia Biomass – Global Legal Chronicle - Global Legal Chronicle, (K & L Gates), December 2, 2020
2. New York private equity firm acquires Angstrom Technology - grbj.com, (McGuireWoods), December 1, 2020

SEE ALSO

Legal Vendor / Consultant News

1. A Measured Response: Revising Lawyer Compensation Models in a Distressed Economy, Legal Executive Institute: Blog, December 1, 2020
2. 10 Must-Haves for Great Legal Operations, Mitratech: Press Releases, December 1, 2020
3. ContactEase Recommended Reading: When COVID Came, Law Firms Delivered Important Messages in Perilous Times, Cole Valley Software: ContactEase, December 1, 2020
4. The Thomson Reuters Institute: Insights, Thought Leadership & Engagement, Legal Executive Institute: Blog, December 1, 2020