Medical device regulatory lawyer Suzanne Levy Friedman has joined Honigman LLP’s Washington, DC office from Hogan Lovells, continuing the firm’s strategic growth in the life sciences.

Akerman acted as a representative for Foundation Investment Partners, LLC (FIP), a private equity group, in its purchase of Paper Converters Inc., a producer of industrial cardboard goods for the Southeastern US textile sector.

BCLP has given longtime clients advice. One Hanover Street’s office space was pre-let by the Crown Estate to Ares Management (“Ares”), a prominent international alternative investment management. One Hanover Street will be Ares’ biggest office in Europe when it is finished.

For sponsors Monaco Énergies Renouvelables (M.E.R.) and Monégasque de l’Electricité et du Gaz (SMEG), BCLP advised Générale on a financing and refinancing transaction including a portfolio of solar and wind power assets.

NRW.BANK has received legal and tax advice from Hogan Lovells for the signature of an InvestEU guarantee agreement with the European Union.

We are happy to announce that Jon Trotta has joined the Birmingham office of Balch & Bingham as a partner in its highly regarded Energy Practice.

Zachary K. Goldman, a resident of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s New York office, has returned to the firm as a partner in its Financial Services and National Security Groups, the firm said today.

German prop-tech startup GNIW (Gesellschaft für Nachhaltige Immobilienwirtschaft) has received advice from international law firm Hogan Lovells on a forward flow agreement with global investment management Fortress Investment Group, under the leadership of lawyers Dr. Dietmar Helms and Martin Günther.

SpaceX received advice from Gibson Dunn about the purchase of xAI.

The Jacksonville office of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (“SGR”) is happy to welcome Senior Associate Sabrina Smith.