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Former chief of DOJ’s Market Integrity and Major Frauds Unit Brian K. Kidd joins Morrison & Foerster as partner in Washington, D.C.

Morrison & Foerster announces that Brian K. Kidd has joined the firm as a partner in its Investigations + White Collar Defense Group in Washington, D.C. Mr. Kidd joins Morrison & Foerster from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he most recently served as chief of the Market Integrity and Major Frauds (MIMF) Unit in the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, having joined the DOJ in 2009.

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AlixPartners strengthens EMEA restructuring team with new hire, managing director, Dr. Karsten Lafrenz

AlixPartners announces that Dr. Karsten Lafrenz has joined as a managing director. He will focus on developing and delivering business transformation strategies for the firm’s turnaround and restructuring clients in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland as well as the wider EMEA region.

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Weil advises California-based growth equity firm TCV on investment in Mambu GmbH

Weil advises California-based growth equity firm TCV on the Series-D financing round of Mambu GmbH (Mambu). This $135 million funding round was headed by TCV as lead investor with additional investments being made by Tiger Global and Arena Holdings, as well as existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Runa Capital and Acton Capital Partners.

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FTI appoints Dave Katz as senior managing director

FTI Consulting, Inc. announces the appointment of Dave Katz as a senior managing director in the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment, further enhancing the firm’s Senior Lender Advisory practice.

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Morae expands with the acquisition of information management provider Trinogy

Morae Global Corporation announces the expansion of the company’s Asia-Pacific operations and business with the strategic acquisition of Sydney-based information management provider Trinogy Systems PTY Ltd. (“Trinogy”).

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McGuireWoods advises Teledyne Technologies in $8 billion acquisition of FLIR Systems Inc.

McGuireWoods advises longtime client Teledyne Technologies Incorporated in its merger agreement to acquire FLIR Systems Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $8 billion.

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Akin Gump advises Emerald Solar Energy in $37 million secured project financing

Akin Gump represented Emerald Solar Energy S.R.L. in a $37 million secured project financing facility from Fondo de Inversión Cerrado Libre para el Desarrollo de Infraestructuras Dominicanas I, managed by Administradora de Fondos de Inversión Universal, S.A.

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McNees announces the addition of David Evenhuis, Sarah Hyser-Staub, Jeffrey Esch McCombie and Kenneth R. Stark to membership.

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC announces the addition of David Evenhuis, Sarah Hyser-Staub, Jeffrey Esch McCombie and Kenneth R. Stark to the firm’s membership.

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Former U.S. attorney David Freed and assistant U.S. attorney James Clancy join McNees

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC announces former U.S. attorney David J. Freed has joined the firm, along with former longtime assistant U.S. attorney James T. Clancy. Together, the pair brings to McNees more than 50 years of investigative and prosecutorial experience.

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Washburn University School of Law completes $1 million matching gift challenge for Dole Plaza

The Washburn University Alumni Association and Foundation announces that a $1 million matching gift challenge has been completed and will pay tribute to Sen. Bob Dole, BA ’52, JD ’52, H ’69, H ’85, by naming a new plaza outside of the planned Washburn University School of Law building.

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