Partner Danish Hamid Joins Cooley in Washington, D.C.

Cooley LLP announced today that Danish Hamid has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Hamid has nearly 15 years’ experience supporting a variety of Fortune 500 and other clients on international business transactions, compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption laws, as well as internal investigations. His arrival further strengthens Cooley’s 130-lawyer Mid-Atlantic presence, which has been expanding in fields such as health care, e-health regulatory and International Trade Commission (ITC) work.

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DLA Piper Expands Trusts and Estates Practice in California

DLA Piper today announced that S. Andrew Pharies has joined the firm as a partner in the Trusts and Estates group of the San Diego office.  Pharies is joined by associate Michelle C. Glasser. Pharies and Glasser both move to DLA Piper from Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, where Pharies was the head of the firm’s Private Client Group.

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Pillsbury Expands in Structured Finance with New York Partners

Pillsbury today announced that Anthony Schouten and Jeffrey Stern have joined its Finance group as partners in New York. Formerly with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, the highly-regarded partners’ experience includes securitization, derivatives, commodities and cross-border structured financings. Their addition continues Pillsbury’s strategic expansion of its New York office and further strengthens the firm’s capabilities for advising commercial and investment banks, asset managers, private equity funds and global businesses in structured finance.

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Eric Simonson Joins Blank Rome and Enhances the Firm’s Corporate and Securities Experience

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Eric Simonson has joined the Firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity group. Mr. Simonson has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate finance, technology transactions, general business and corporate law. Mr. Simonson is based in the Firm’s New York office.

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