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Thompson Hine Grows Environmental Practice

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Terrence M. Fay has joined the law firm Thompson Hine LLP as a partner
in the firm’s Columbus office.
Fay, a member of the firm’s Environmental group, focuses his practice on
civil and criminal environmental litigation, public contract litigation
and environmental counseling in real estate and corporate transactions.
He has almost 30 years of experience in all aspects of environmental and
public law. Fay is a former assistant attorney general for Ohio and
former chief civil attorney of the Environmental Enforcement Section of
the Ohio Attorney General’s office. He has participated in landmark
environmental and public law events in Ohio, including the Erie Nuclear
Power Station proceedings, the filing of the first state cost recovery
action under the federal Superfund Act, extensive re-drafting of Ohio’s
strip-mining laws to conform to the requirements of the federal Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act and the letting of millions of
dollars in contracts for the clean-up of unreclaimed strip-mined lands
in Ohio.
“I’m very pleased to join Thompson Hine,” says Fay. “The firm’s focus on
client service excellence is admirable, and their environmental practice
has an impressive reputation.”
Andrew Kolesar, who leads the firm’s Environmental practice group,
states, “Terry’s experience and knowledge will greatly benefit our
firm’s clients. His background in civil and criminal litigation in these
areas is very valuable to our environmental practice.”
Columbus office partner-in-charge Tony White adds, “Terry is a strong
addition to our Columbus office and to the firm.”
Fay earned his J.D., cum laude, from The Ohio State University
Moritz College of Law and his B.A., cum laude, and his B.S., cum
laude, from Baldwin-Wallace College. He is admitted to practice in
Ohio.
About Thompson Hine LLP: Established in 1911, Thompson Hine is a
business law firm dedicated to providing superior client service. The
firm has been recognized as one of the Best Corporate Law Firms in
America (in an annual survey of corporate directors conducted by Corporate
Board Member magazine). With approximately 400 lawyers, Thompson
Hine serves premier businesses worldwide. The firm has offices in
Atlanta, Brussels, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, New York and
Washington, D.C. For more information, go to www.ThompsonHine.com

Source: Business Wire

PricewaterhouseCoopers wins the “India Tax Firm of the Year” Award

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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been named the “India Tax Firm of the Year” by International Tax Review (ITR). The awards were presented at the ITR Asia Tax Awards Ceremony in Singapore on 24 November 2009.

Speaking on the occasion, Dinesh Kanabar, PwC tax leader, India said, “It is a tremendous achievement and we are delighted to receive this award. The award is in recognition of our commitment towards partnering with our clients in one of the most difficult years of our time.” He added, “Our global experience of working with a diverse client base spread across economies has helped us gain new perspectives and develop inventive solutions.”

With over 6600 employees in India, PwC is one of the largest professional services firm in the country. Its tax practice alone has over 55 executive directors and over 1200 employees.

Shyamal Mukherjee, deputy tax leader, PwC India, commented, “The win is an impetus for employees to continue striving towards the high benchmark set by them in delivering value to our clients, and continuously exceed the same. It is also an appropriate time to thank each client and employee for their continuous support over the past year.”

PwC also won the “Asia Tax Firm of the Year” along with host of other awards including the Tax Firm of the year award for China, Taiwan, Thailand Hong Kong and Singapore, the Transfer Pricing Tax Firm of the Year for Australia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines. The awards, launched by ITR, a world-renowned magazine focusing on international tax strategy, resulted in leading firms from over 10 Asian countries competing in various categories. These awards recognise PwC’s depth of specialised resources and experience in the tax and regulatory services domain.

As a global market leader for tax services, PwC assists businesses and organisations with tax strategy, planning and compliance. The firm also delivers a wide range of business advisory services with dedicated professionals to support clients both locally and globally.

Schillings grows family department to meet increasing client demand

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Schillings, the leading law firm protecting the rights and reputations of corporate organisations, high-profile individuals and those in the public eye, has increased its family department to meet the growing demand from its clients, particularly those who want to ensure their family and matrimonial matters are not publicised by the media.
Schillings has recently recruited Davina Hay to join its family law department alongside Keith Schilling, Rachel Atkins and David Greer. A litigator with expertise in family law, Davina advises on separation, divorce and ancillary relief, jurisdictional disputes, multi-jurisdictional divorce cases involving significant assets and enforcement issues. Before she joined Schillings, Davina trained and qualified at a City law firm where she spent six years acting for a number of well known actors, successful entrepreneurs and international clients. She brings with her extensive experience as a litigator and enhances the firm’s provision of advice to high net-worth and high profile individuals in all aspects of divorce, relationship breakdown, ancillary relief, pre- and post-nuptial agreements and private children matters.
Schillings’ family department is led by Keith Schilling, the founder and senior partner of the firm, who represented Shan Lambert in her successful appeal in 2002, achieving the first 50/50 split of assets in a big money divorce.
Working alongside Mr Schilling is Partner Rachel Atkins who earlier this year, together with Associate David Greer, acted for a celebrity father in a test case following the introduction of new rules allowing media attendance in family proceedings, and succeeded in application to exclude the media from attending court hearings concerning his child.
When speaking about the growing family department Keith Schilling said, In the last few years we have seen a significant increase in the demand for advice from high net worth and high profile individuals in connection with matters relating to divorce, often involving multiple jurisdictions, children and most notably pre- and post-nuptial agreements
Mr Schilling went on to say, High net worth individuals and those in the public eye regularly discover their privacy has been invaded or their reputation defamed when details of their personal lives or the breakdown of their relationship are leaked to the press and publicised. It is logical, therefore, to respond to the demand from our clients by strengthening our team and combining our family and matrimonial advice with the firm’s pre-eminent experience in the area of reputation protection, so that we can ensure that press interest is managed to our client’s advantage
Speaking about the press interest surrounding high net worth individuals and those in the public eye Davina Hay said, Clients, even those without a high public profile, are increasingly finding themselves the subject of intrusive press interest following relationship breakdown or in the event of disputes involving children. Aside from the unwanted emotional strain at an already stressful time, the financial consequences of the resulting reputational damage can be devastating. However, it is possible to manage such threats and give clients the space to resolve family issues free from unwanted media scrutiny
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About Schillings:
Schillings is one of Britain’s top law firms dedicated to safeguarding the rights and reputations of international corporations and brands, high-profile business people and those in the public eye. The firm’s 25 year track-record in defamation, privacy law and copyright cases together with family and matrimonial and commercial dispute resolution is second to none.
Defamation, privacy law and copyright are at the heart of the firm’s work, prompting The Independent newspaper to call Schillings a spectacularly efficient media law firm.
Schillings clients include entertainer Madonna, supermodel Naomi Campbell, actress Kate Winslet, seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, international footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Potter author JK Rowling, pharmaceuticals maker GlaxoSmithKline, steel maker Arcelor Mittal, the Harrods Group and the London Stock Exchange.
Schillings PR contact:
Christopher Mills
Commercial Director
Schillings
41 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3HX
020 7034 9000
www.schillings.co.uk

Source: WEBWIRE