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Kirkland & Ellis announced that Fern Han had joined its Debt Finance Practice Group as a partner, focusing on project, energy and infrastructure finance. The firm said she moved from Simpson Thacher, where she was a partner, and identified Houston as her office in the announcement’s professional listing.
Mayer Brown announced that three of its lawyers had been recognized in the F.A.Z. Institut’s TOP Lawyers 2027 ranking in Germany. The firm said the ranking was produced with QuantiQuest and assessed recommendations from legal peers together with feedback from approximately 15,500 in-house lawyers.
Mayer Brown said it had represented the underwriters on Teva Pharmaceutical’s approximately $4.9 billion senior notes offering, which it said closed on September 16. White & Case separately announced that it advised Teva, describing five dollar- and euro-denominated tranches intended to support refinancing and other corporate purposes.
Milbank announced that Forbes had included partners Daniel Bartfeld and Neal Katyal in its 2026 list of America’s Top Lawyers. The firm said both lawyers had appeared in all three editions of the list, with practices spanning energy and infrastructure finance and appellate litigation.
Milbank announced that partner Grant Bermann would moderate a panel on antitrust developments at the American Bar Association’s Forum on Air and Space Law. The firm said the program would take place in Denver on September 17 and identified lawyers and an economist joining the discussion.
Milbank announced that partner Josh Sterling had appeared on The Prediction Markets Report to discuss legal issues surrounding event contracts. The firm said the conversation considered procedural questions and the Commodity Exchange Act, drawing on Sterling’s regulatory background and his work involving prediction markets.
Morrison Foerster announced that it had advised Germany’s Infineon Technologies on the sale of its NOR flash and FRAM memory business to Taiwan’s Winbond Electronics. The firm said the all-cash transaction valued the business at $1.12 billion on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
Polsinelli announced that shareholder Sara A. Begley had been named to Forbes’ 2026 America’s Top Lawyers list. The firm said the selection process considered professional reputation, impact, substantial matters, client and peer feedback, thought leadership, and pro bono and community contributions.
Quinn Emanuel announced that London lawyers Alex Bromwich and Marina Boterashvili had written a New Law Journal article about issue estoppel across jurisdictions. The firm said the article appeared in the September 11 edition and examined how earlier decisions could affect later proceedings involving overlapping issues.
Ropes & Gray said it advised EQT on a logistics portfolio sale to an affiliate of LBA Realty. The firm said the approximately 10.5-million-square-foot portfolio belonged to EQT Real Estate Industrial Value Fund V and that the transaction had been announced on August 27.
Ropes & Gray announced that it had reached the shortlist in two categories at The Lawyer European Awards 2026. In describing its European operations, the firm said its offices in London, Paris, Milan and Dublin worked together as an integrated regional hub on cross-border matters.
Ropes & Gray reported that Amish Shah had been featured in a STAT article about Democrats’ health-care oversight agenda. The firm said the discussion addressed congressional investigations in the context of November’s midterm elections and included the relationship between executive testimony and subsequent legislation.
Ropes & Gray said it represented TPG on financing its acquisitions of Waste Eliminator and Liberty Waste Solutions. The firm said the two businesses would operate under common ownership with a single leadership team, describing a financing assignment led by its finance partners.
Stinson announced that senior counsel Pat Konopka had been named to Missouri Lawyers Media’s employment-law POWER List for the fourth consecutive year. The firm said her practice combined employer representation in litigation with advice on human resources, internal investigations and compliance of employment policies.
Taft announced that it had acted as legal counsel to Franklin Electric in its acquisition of Cat Pumps Corporation. The firm said the deal involved $350 million in cash and a potential earnout of up to $50 million payable in Franklin Electric stock.
Vinson & Elkins announced that partner Hilary Preston had appeared on IPWatchdog Unleashed to discuss intellectual-property risks associated with artificial intelligence data centers. The firm said the conversation covered technology supplied by vendors and the integration of intellectual-property planning into data-center development and operation.
Weil announced that five partners had been named to Forbes’ 2026 America’s Top Lawyers list. The firm said the list was in its third year and described selection as involving editorial research, nominations and recommendations from legal-industry professionals, alongside assessment of candidates’ work and professional standing.
Weil announced that Kyle Krpata and Michael Lubowitz had become co-chairs of its Corporate Department, effective immediately. The firm said the appointments brought together its private equity and mergers and acquisitions leaders to oversee a department spanning 600 lawyers across three continents.
White & Case announced that it had advised Adelis Equity Partners on acquiring a majority stake in Newground. The firm said existing shareholders were expected to reinvest and retain substantial holdings, with the transaction expected to close in November 2026 subject to customary regulatory approvals.
WilmerHale announced that five partners had been selected for Forbes’ 2026 America’s Top Lawyers list. The firm said the selection process considered reputation, industry recognition, advocacy performance, feedback from clients and peers, thought leadership and work on substantial matters, and identified the honorees’ leadership roles.
WilmerHale said it advised Thermo Fisher Scientific on the creation of Precure with Mayo Clinic. The firm said the venture would combine genomic, proteomic and longitudinal clinical information to support research into early biological changes associated with disease, with artificial intelligence and large-scale analytics used to identify patterns.
McGuireWoods announced that Allison Kendrick had joined as counsel and David Lassen as a partner in Seattle, following legal roles at Boeing. The firm said the additions brought its Seattle office to 16 lawyers after it opened in February with nine partners.
Appleby announced that it had promoted Freya Xu to partner in Hong Kong, effective August 1, 2026. In its September 16 announcement, the firm said Xu belonged to its Asian investment funds practice and that her work covered Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands funds and related investment management structures.
Ward and Smith announced that attorney Mary Catherine Baker had been appointed to Wake Forest University School of Law’s Rose Council for a three-year term. The firm described the council as the law school’s principal young-alumni organization, supporting relationships through service, mentoring and professional engagement.