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General Counsel of Canadian Cannabis Company Slated to Leave Amid US Expansion
Benjamin Rootman said in an interview Tuesday that over the last year the company has been in the process of moving to California and selling off its Canadian assets. As a Canadian citizen, he said U.S. immigration laws would not allow him to work for a cannabis company.
Asia Deal Digest: Jan. 10, 2019
• Sullivan & Cromwell and Dentons on $2.74 billion Hong Kong insurance deal. • Clifford Chance helps Chinese gold miner raise $840 million for Canadian mining takeover. • Vedder Price and Stephenson Harwood on aircraft lessor sale from Malaysian airline.
Better Late Than Never: Canadian Firms Are Finding Ways to Innovate
Facing pressure from clients, associates and a competitive market, law firms in Canada are being forced to catch up to their American brethren.
Kirkland, Wachtell, Paul Weiss and Blakes Advise on $7.7B Texas/Canada Energy Acquisition
Kirkland & Ellis partner Sean Wheeler, who represented Newfield Exploration Co. of Houston in the acquisition, also worked on another $2.4 billion energy company acquisition around the same time.
The Global 100 Grew by Leaps and Bounds in 2018
Revenues reached new heights thanks to steady demand as the Global 100 took on a more international flavor.
Litigation Giant Follows Johnny Football to Montreal
Bentham IMF has opened an office in Quebec's largest city as the Great White North warms to litigation finance.
Daily Dicta: Tinder Founders Swipe Right on Gibson Dunn's Orin Snyder in $2B Suit
In a New York State Supreme Court lawsuit, Tinder co-founders and key employees allege that the parent companies manipulated financial information to undercut the value of their stock options.
Cooley, Canadian Law Firms Advise on Big Cannabis IPO
"It was a no brainer," said a private equity firm general counsel, a former DEA agent, about his decision to hire Cooley for the first major listing of a legal cannabis company on a U.S. stock exchange.
Big Texas Energy Deals Include Unique Mineral Interests Acquisition
The Texas energy and oil and gas sectors are keeping deal lawyers busy.
Meet the GC at Outdoor Recreation Software Maker Aspira, Jeff Dalton
Jeff Dalton, the top lawyer at Dallas-based Aspira, talks with Texas Lawyer about everything from whom he uses for outside counsel to what he's been reading lately.