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Firm News | 3 min read | 10.08.24

Corporate Partner Arinze Ike Joins Crowell & Moring’s New York Office

Arinze Ike joins Crowell & Moring’s Corporate Group as a partner in the firm’s New York office, expanding the firm’s transactional depth in securities and capital market transactions.

Firm News | 8 min read | 08.15.24

The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 42 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, Three Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 15, 2024: The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 42 Crowell & Moring lawyers as "Best Lawyers" and 29 lawyers as “Ones to Watch.”
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Firm News | 9 min read | 06.06.24

Crowell Attains Leading Rankings in Chambers USA 2024

Washington – June 6, 2024: Crowell & Moring earned 78 rankings for 67 lawyers, as well as 41 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2024 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.
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Firm News | 3 min read | 05.01.24

Crowell Continues Corporate Expansion in Chicago

Crowell & Moring announced today that partner Elaine Taussig is joining the firm’s Corporate group and partner Tom Williams is joining the firm’s Corporate and IP groups in Chicago from Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg. 

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.18.24

Highly Respected Corporate Team Joins Crowell’s Chicago Office

Crowell & Moring announces that John Koenigsknecht and David Stone, two highly respected partners with sophisticated corporate and commercial experience, including in M&A, capital markets, securities, and governance matters, are joining the firm’s Chicago office. The partners have a long history of serving as trusted advisors and outside general counsel to public and private companies and advising management and boards of directors on governance, compliance, executive compensation, and other matters.

Firm News | 1 min read | 02.14.24

Crowell & Moring Represents Rekor on Public Offering

Crowell & Moring advised Rekor Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: REKR), in its $28.75M firm-commitment underwritten public offering of common stock, including exercise in-full of the over-allotment option granted by Rekor to the underwriters.

Firm News | 3 min read | 11.13.23

Financial Services Litigator Josh Sohn Joins Crowell & Moring

Joshua Sohn has joined Crowell & Moring, bringing more than 25 years of experience as a litigator handling a wide range of commercial and regulatory matters, including complex disputes involving financial services, real estate, construction, and securities.

Firm News | 4 min read | 03.18.21

Crowell & Moring and Kibbe & Orbe to Join Forces

New York – March 18, 2021: Crowell & Moring and Kibbe & Orbe have agreed to join forces to provide expanded service offerings to clients in the financial services industry. As part of the transaction, 24 lawyers from the storied financial law firm would become part of Crowell & Moring’s New York, London, and Washington, D.C. offices, including Jennifer Grady, managing partner and chair of the firm’s executive committee, three founding partners, Jonathan Kibbe, William Orbe, and Michael D. Mann, and the managing partner of the London office, Andrew M. Martin. The transaction is expected to close in April.
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Firm News | 2 min read | 11.03.16

Crowell & Moring Earns 50 Practice Area Rankings in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" Survey

Washington, D.C. – November 3, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has received 50 practice area rankings in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2017 “Best Law Firms” list, 21 of which are first-tier practice rankings. The firm has 18 practice areas ranked among the best nationwide, and 32 practice areas ranked among the best regionally. They are:
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Firm News | 3 min read | 10.10.16

Experienced International Corporate Partner Lex Eley Joins Crowell & Moring

Washington, D.C. – October 10, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Claud v.S. "Lex" Eley to its Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the firm's Corporate Group. He brings more than 25 years of experience handling and advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and business transactions on both sides of the Atlantic. He serves public and private strategic investors as well as private equity and venture capital firms and their portfolio companies across an array of industries.
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Firm News | 1 min read | 04.05.16

Deal Note: Crowell & Moring Represents GigOptix, Inc. in Acquisition of Magnum Semiconductor, Inc.

Washington, D.C., April 5, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP represented GigOptix, Inc. in its acquisition of Magnum Semiconductor, Inc., a privately-held California-based provider of silicon ICs, SoCs, software, and IP for the professional video broadcast and IoT camera markets. GigOptix is a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor communications components for use in Cloud connectivity, data centers, and high-speed optical and wireless networks. Upon closing on April 5, 2016, GigOptix, Inc. will be renamed GigPeak, Inc. The cash and stock transaction is valued at approximately $54 million net.
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Firm News | 2 min read | 01.19.16

Crowell & Moring Releases Fourth Annual Litigation Forecast Report and Second Annual Regulatory Forecast

Washington, D.C. – January 19, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the publication of its fourth annual "Litigation Forecast 2016: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year," and its second annual "Regulatory Forecast 2016: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know in the Coming Year."
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Firm News | less than 1 min read | 11.24.15

Deal Note: Crowell & Moring Client NRG Yield, Inc. Acquires Wind Assets from NRG Energy, Inc.

Washington, D.C., November 24, 2015: Crowell & Moring, LLP represented NRG Yield, Inc. in the acquisition of a 75 percent interest in a portfolio of wind assets from NRG Energy for $210 million in cash plus assumed project debt of $145 million and tax equity of $97 million. The portfolio consists primarily of assets acquired by NRG Energy from Edison Mission in 2014. The assets represent 814MW of generating capacity in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah.
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Firm News | 1 min read | 08.21.15

Deal Note: Crowell & Moring Advises GigOptix on Underwritten Public Offering

Washington, D.C. – August 21, 2015: GigOptix, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor communications components for use in Cloud connectivity, data centers, and high-speed optical and wireless networks, announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 9,218,000 newly issued shares of common stock at a price of $1.70 per share. GigOptix expects to receive gross proceeds of $15.67 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and other estimated offering expenses. The underwriters have also been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,425,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. In addition, certain officers and directors as selling stockholders sold 282,000 shares of previously issued shares of common stock in the underwritten public offering at a price of $1.70 per share. Subject to customary conditions, the offering is expected to close on August 26, 2015. 
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Firm News | less than 1 min read | 07.21.15

Deal Note: Crowell & Moring's Antitrust Group Advises AT&T on Acquisition of DIRECTV, DOJ Will Not Challenge Acquisition

Washington, D.C. - July 21, 2015: The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division announced that it will not challenge AT&T's $48 billion acquisition of DIRECTV. Crowell & Moring served as lead antitrust counsel for AT&T in the matter.
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Firm News | 5 min read | 05.19.15

Chambers USA Ranks 53 Crowell & Moring Attorneys and 20 Leading Practice Areas Among Best in U.S.

Washington, D.C. – May 19, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has secured 64 attorney rankings for 53 individual attorneys in the 2015 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide. The prestigious rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and members of the legal community at peer firms.
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Firm News | 3 min read | 03.09.15

Crowell & Moring Elects Angela Styles as New Chair and Salutes Kent Gardiner for Three-Term Tenure of Leadership

Washington, D.C. – March 9, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the firm's partnership has elected Angela B. Styles, partner and co-chair of the firm's Government Contracts Group, to succeed Kent A. Gardiner as chair of the firm. 
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Firm News | 1 min read | 02.11.15

Four Crowell & Moring Partners Recognized Among "2015 Client Service All-Stars" By BTI Consulting Group

Washington, D.C. – February 11, 2015: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that  San Francisco-based litigation partner Doug Sullivan, corporate partner Murray Indick, and senior counsel Mike Kahn, as well as Washington, D.C.-based partner and  Government Contracts Group co-chair, Dan Forman, have been named to BTI Consulting Group's list of 2015 "Client Service All-Stars." The BTI list recognizes attorneys for their superior client focus, innovative thought leadership, unmatched business understanding, legal skills, outsized value, and outstanding results delivered to clients, according to a survey of general counsel conducted by BTI. This is the third consecutive year that Sullivan and Kahn have been named to the All-Stars list, as well as the second consecutive year that they have been named to the "Client Service All-Star MVP" list.
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Firm News | less than 1 min read | 11.04.14

Deal Note: Crowell & Moring Client, NRG Yield, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Second Set of Assets from NRG Energy, Inc.

Washington, D.C. – November 4, 2014: Crowell & Moring, LLP represented client NRG Yield, Inc. in the negotiation of a definitive agreement to acquire the following assets from NRG Energy: Walnut Creek, Tapestry and Laredo Ridge for $480 million in total cash consideration, plus assumed project debt of $746 million excluding adjustments for working capital at close. The sale is subject to certain third party approvals and is expected to close this quarter. These assets will augment NRG Yield's portfolio with an additional 211 MW of wind generation and 500 MW of natural gas generation.
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Firm News | 3 min read | 11.03.14

U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers Recognizes Crowell & Moring for Excellence with 48 Practice Area Rankings

Washington, D.C. – November 3, 2014: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has received 48 practice group rankings in the 2014 U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" list of rankings. The firm has 17 practice areas ranked among the best nationwide and 31 practices ranked among the best regionally.
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