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NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) - Former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom capital markets partner Christopher Betts has left the firm to become general counsel at Grab Holdings Inc, the largest ride-hailing and food delivery firm in Southeast Asia.
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Betts move comes after Skadden, along with Hughes Hubbard & Reed, said it had advised the Singapore-based delivery service here on its record $40 billion blank-check merger with special purpose acquisition company Altimeter Growth in April. Betts, who is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, was not listed as an adviser on Grab s SPAC merger.
The deal, which paves the way for a backdoor Nasdaq listing for Grab here, is expected to close by the end of this year and will be the largest U.S. equity offering by a Southeast Asian company. Ropes & Gray is advising Altimeter, while Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is representing Altimeter Capital Management and Altimeter Capital Markets.
Around the house: former GC for The New Yorker moves to Ballard Spahr
13 May 2021
Around the house: former GC for The New Yorker moves to Ballard Spahr
This week s round of in-house appointments also sees ride-hailing giant Grab name a Skadden partner GC as it gears up for a record-setting SPAC merger
Former
First Look Media GC joins Ballard Spahr Noted First Amendment attorney Lynn Oberlander, whose CV includes the GC spot at The New Yorker and First Look Media, has begun a role as of counsel in the New York office of Am Law 100 firm Ballard Spahr. Oberlander has joined the firm’s media practice and will provide it with broad media counsel, including general counsel services, newsgathering and newsroom policies, counsel on Freedom of Information Act requests, copyright and content litigation and all types of media-related contract negotiation, drafting and review. She will also become an active member of the firm’s team of defence couns
BPD: ‘Career criminal’ assaulted girlfriend, faces felony, multiple charges; arrested hiding in bushes
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BLANCHESTER A ‘“career criminal” was arrested hiding in bushes after a foot chase and he faces multiple charges for allegedly assaulting a woman.
On Wednesday afternoon a 42-year-old Blanchester woman came to the police station to report that her live-in boyfriend had assaulted her twice over the past week, according to a news release from Police Chief Scott Reinbolt, who said both reside in the mobile home park at 800 E. Center St.
“The woman stated she was able to get away from the home and drove to the police station,” said Reinbolt. “She stated she last saw her boyfriend, who she identified as Christopher Betts, age 25, walking on State Route 28 headed west.”
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