CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Mayer Brown lawyer Evan Williams has been appointed as co-chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Public Contract Law Section's Bid Protest Committee for the 2024-2025 term. Evan, counsel in the firm's government contracts practice, represents clients in a large variety of complex government contracting matters with an emphasis on aerospace, technology, and defense sectors. He counsels contractors in regula  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: Kirkland & Ellis announced today that Kelly Mellecker, an accomplished attorney and thought leader in the structured finance and infrastructure financing space, will join the Firm as a partner in the Debt Finance Group. "Kelly has an outstanding reputation for leading complex securitization transactions, and she brings a multifaceted perspective gained as both a lawyer and investme  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised the ad hoc committee of noteholders (comprising international institutions and funds) in a successful restructuring of the New York-law governed $275 million senior notes issued by Hong Seng Limited and guaranteed by Hong Yang Group Company Limited (the "Company"), the controlling shareholder of Hong Kong-listed companies Redsun Properties Group Limited (HKSE: 1996) and Reds  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising Clearlake Capital Group on its acquisition of MV Credit, a pan-European private credit specialist, from Natixis Investment Managers, a global multi-strategy asset manager. The Kirkland team is led by asset management M&A partners Adrian Duncan and Michael Reeves; investment funds partners Aisling Campbell and Richard Watkins; financial services regulatory partners Ramya  more

ENCINO, California, Sept. 4 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release on Sept.3, 2024: EAST PEORIA, Ill., Sept.3, 2024 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of Gateway Plaza, a 14,449-square-foot retail strip center, and a net-leased Arby's location in East Peoria, Illinois. The property sold for $2.6 million. Chris Garavaglia and Al  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: Munich, September 3, 2024 - McDermott Will & Emery has advised NORD/LB on the financing of the acquisition of mps public solutions (mps) by software investor Main Capital Partners. As a strategic partner, Main Capital Partners will support mps in its next growth phase through both organic and inorganic initiatives. mps is a German Public Administration Software Provider. The core business of   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Alexander (Alex) Southwell has joined as a partner in its Litigation Practice Group in New York. A leading technology-focused litigator and investigations lawyer, Alex defends against regulatory investigations from the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and other federal, state, and local regulators and c  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: Munich, September 2, 2024 - McDermott Will & Emery is further expanding its private equity practice and is adding another counsel to the team. Alexandra Prato joins McDermott's Munich office as of September 1, 2024. Alexandra Prato advises private equity sponsors on national and cross-border M&A transactions. Her expertise covers a broad range of private equity transactions, including leverag  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 3 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: CHICAGO - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic is Counsel of Record for an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the U.S. v. Skrmetti case which will consider Tennessee's ban on gender affirming care for minors, specifically puberty blockers and hormone therapy. The brief, filed today, highlighted the centuries-old medical practice of gender-affirming care in the United States, r  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Sept. 4 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: Christopher J. Holley, associate professor of automotive technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, is one of three college faculty from across the U.S. interviewed by MOTOR magazine for its article, "Back-to-School at Automotive Colleges ." The article shares advice with automotive students, preparing them for a successful new school year. In addition to Holley, two other veteran au  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- City Colleges of Chicago issued the following news on Sept. 3, 2024: As part of celebrating Workforce Development Month in September, The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) and City Colleges of Chicago today announced the third co-location of an American Job Center (AJC) at a City Colleges location. * As of today, September 3, the AJC that had been located on Daley College property has moved into the college's main building, at 7500 South Pulaski  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Pritzker Molecular Engineering research holds promise for energy-efficient memory * * * By Sarah C.P. Williams Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have made unexpected progress toward developing a new optical memory that can quickly and energy-efficiently store and access computational data. While studying a complex material composed of manganese,   more