As outside general counsel for Alliance Ground International (AGI), an airport services company, Akerman also represented the management team of AGI when Lone Star Funds, a multinational private equity group, acquired AGI from Audax Private Equity and Greenbriar Equity Group.

Katrina Murphy has joined the private equity team at the London office of the multinational law firm BCLP, the firm announced today. Her arrival demonstrates the firm’s dedication to expanding its private equity portfolio.

Nathaniel (“Nat”) Halvorson has joined Baker McKenzie, a renowned international law firm, as a partner in its Washington, DC, International Trade Practice, the firm announced today. The scope and direction of US trade enforcement are being redefined by recent legal and policy developments, making his arrival at a critical juncture for global trade policy. Nat,…

Bryan R. Farris is a new partner in the Corporate and Business Transactions Practice Group of Spencer Fane LLP’s Salt Lake City office.

The Republic of Angola has received advice from international legal firm Norton Rose Fulbright about its dual-tranche issuance of US$2.5 billion sovereign bonds and its concurrent strategic tender offer for outstanding government debt that is due in 2028.

Banca Progetto, which has been under exceptional management since March 2025, received advice on its restructuring process from the international legal company Hogan Lovells, which resulted in the end of the special administration regime.

Gordon McAllister has joined Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (“SGR”) as a Partner in the firm’s litigation and international arbitration areas. He leaves Crowell & Moring to join the London office.

In its constitutional appeal regarding Quebec’s Act, Baker McKenzie represented the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) before the Supreme Court of Canada. Honoring the State’s Laicity (Bill 21).

Saronic Technologies declared that the $1.75 billion Series D preferred stock investment transaction, which valued the firm at $9.25 billion, has attained its initial closure. Kleiner Perkins led the investment round.

In the final lawsuit aimed at the over-issuance, Barclays Bank PLC won in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit four years after disclosing that it had unintentionally issued securities in excess of the amount listed on a shelf registration statement.