Amy Guthrie

1 week ago | law.com | Amy Guthrie

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Amy Guthrie

Lefosse, a leading Brazilian law firm that was once linked with Linklaters, has promoted three lawyers to partner just days after rainmaker Carlos Mello departed for cross-town rival TozziniFreire. Mônica Murayama, Pedro Cruciol, and Rafaela Canito will reinforce the firm’s dispute resolution, capital markets, and tax practices, respectively. With these promotions, the firm now employs 69 partners and more than 600 professionals, including both legal and administrative staff.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Amy Guthrie

TozziniFreire, a large full-service Brazilian law firm, has lured two corporate partners from cross-town rival Lefosse, including a rainmaker who was previously the firm’s managing partner. Carlos Mello and Mirella Abe both bring significant experience in M&A and other corporate matters. But it’s the defection of Mello, who will lead a team of 20 corporate partners at TozziniFreire, that has Brazilian lawyers abuzz.

3 weeks ago | law.com | Amy Guthrie

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Mayer Brown have advised on a $1.5 billion acquisition in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale deposit, where an oil and gas boom is taking place. The deal comes as the Argentine government promotes drilling in the Neuquén Basin of northern Patagonia in the hopes that energy exports can help salvage the country’s troubled economy.

1 month ago | law.com | Amy Guthrie

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.