New General Counsel at Entelos

09/19/06

New GC at Entelos

John T. Rigsbee has been named General Counsel for Entelos, Inc. Working on the company's corporate matters, including intellectual property, licensing, and technology issues, Rigsbee brings with him a rich twelve years of experience in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Prior to his appointment to General Counsel, he was Corporate Counsel at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, where he focused on research and development issues, licensing and acquisitions, and medical and clinical matters. A life sciences company, Entelos specializes in providing predictive models to validate new drugs and introduces novel ways to discover and develop medicines.



Kansas City Southern appoints Associate GC
Kansas City Southern, a transportation holding company, appointed David Reeves Associate General Counsel at its headquarters. Reeves will represent the company on regulatory and litigation matters before the Surface Transportation Board and the U.S. Department of Transportation. As a former employee of Washington-based Baker & Miller, PLLC, Reeves has the experience to represent Kansas City Southern on acquisition assignments. The company will gain leverage from Reeves' expertise and seek his advice regarding its capacity expansion plans. The company intends to increase traffic in the Meridian Speedway corridor and also reconstruct the Victoria to Rosenberg strip in Texas.

Mannatech nominates Keith Clark as Senior VP and GC
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Spartan Stores appoints Executive VP, GC, and Corp. Secretary
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Lehman Brothers hires MD and GC in Europe
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PrivateBancorp, Inc., nominated Christopher J. Zinski to their recently created General Counsel post. Zinski will assist with a wide range of company, regulatory, and risk management issues. He comes from Chicago-based Schiff Hardin, LLP, where he was an equity partner and headed the financial institutions practice. At Schiff Hardin, he focused on corporate, securities, and regulatory work, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, de novo bank formations, corporate governance, employee benefits, and SEC reporting for financial institutions, and their holding companies. Prior to joining Schiff Hardin, Zinski was partner and co-founder of Breyer & Zinski in Washington, D.C., a law firm representing financial institutions in corporate transactions and regulatory matters.

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