Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Andrew Pincus (Washington DC), and Lauren Goldman (New York) are quoted throughout Law360’s profile on Mayer Brown’s Supreme Court & Appellate practice, which is recognized among Law360’s "Appellate Groups of the Year."

Nicolette Kost De Sevres and Jean-Philippe Lambert are quoted in an article discussing first steps of Agence Française Anti-Corruption action in application of the French Sapin II law.

Mayer Brown announced today that Glen A. Kopp, a former prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. Previously, Mr. Kopp was a partner with Bracewell, where he served as the chair of that firm’s white collar practice.

Bylined article by Corporate & Securities partner Amy Pershkow, counsel Leslie Cruz, and associate Andrew Getsinger (all Washington DC).

In Law.com, Intellectual Property partner Brian Nolan (New York) weighs in on CRISPR patent suit.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Timothy Bishop (Chicago) is quoted and partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC), counsel Chad Clamage, and associates Jed Glickstein and Samuel Block (all Chicago) are mentioned in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Archis Parasharami (Washington DC) is quoted throughout Law360’s profile on Mayer Brown’s class action practice, which is recognized as one of the publication’s “Class Action Group Of The Year.”

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Keri Borders (Los Angeles) and Andy Pincus (Washington DC) are quoted throughout Law360’s profile on Mayer Brown’s consumer protection practice, which is recognized as one of the publication’s “Consumer Protection Group Of The Year.”

Banking & Finance partners Matthew Ingber (New York), David Duffee (New York), Ann Richardson Knox (New York) and Thomas Panoff (Chicago) are quoted throughout Law360’s profile on Mayer Brown’s Banking & Finance practice, which is recognized as one of the publication’s “Banking Groups of the Year.”

Bylined article by Tax partners Gary Wilcox and Jason Osborn (both Washington DC), and Technology Transactions partner Rebecca Eisner and Brad Peterson (both Chicago).

Bylined article by Government Contracts partners Marcia Madsen, David Dowd and associate Roger Abbott (all Washington DC).

Mayer Brown has been appointed to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) new legal panel.

Mayer Brown JSM announced today that Kayal Sachi and Ian Roebuck have joined the firm as Banking & Finance partners in Singapore. The new hires, who are joining from Allen & Overy, will focus on acquisition and leveraged finance, event-driven finance, corporate lending and restructuring transactions in South East Asia and India on behalf of regional and global financial institutions, corporates, private equity funds and debt funds.

Mayer Brown announced today that it advised Nestlé SA on its agreement to sell its US confectionary business to The Ferrero Group, a global confectionary group, for $2.8 billion in cash.

Corporate & Securities counsel Laura Richman (Chicago) was quoted in this article.

Mayer Brown announced today that it is advising SCANA Corporation, an NYSE-listed energy-based holding company, in its merger with Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D). The value of the transaction, including assumption of debt, is approximately $14.6 billion.

Mayer Brown JSM represented both Standard Chartered APR and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) on the divestment of all 154 million of their shares in Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), one of Vietnam’s largest private sector banks. These shares represent 15% of ACB’s capital.

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Mayer Brown JSM represented Principal Financial Group (NASDAQ:PFG), one of Southeast Asia’s largest asset managers, in its proposed acquisition of controlling stakes in CIMB-Principal Asset Management Group and CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management from its joint venture partner CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (KLSE:1023), pending regulatory approval.

Mayer Brown has been named by Law360 as a “Practice Group of the Year” for 2017 in eight practice areas. The award recognizes law firms “behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year.”