King & Spalding Expands Corporate, Transactional and Employment Bench With Addition of Three Partners

King & Spalding today announced that Darren Gardner, Amanda Sonneborn and Dominic Hodson join the firm as partners in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group. Gardner and Hodson will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office, and Sonneborn will split her time between its offices in Chicago and Los Angeles. Gardner, Sonneborn and Hodson, who join from Seyfarth Shaw, will anchor the firm’s new Global Human Capital and Compliance practice.

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With Global Bankruptcy Filings Increasing, Cozen O’Connor Adds Eight Veteran Attorneys to its Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice

With restructurings, workouts and bankruptcies spiking in many industries throughout the United States and abroad, Cozen O’Connor today welcomed eight of the country’s leading restructuring and insolvency attorneys to its nationally recognized Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice. All eight attorneys come to the firm as members from Fox Rothschild LLP and seven — Brian L. Shaw, Ira Bodenstein, Robert M. Fishman, Peter J. Roberts, David R. Doyle, Allen J. Guon, and Mark L. Radtke — will reside in the firm’s Chicago office, while the eighth, Thomas Horan, will take up residence in Cozen O’Connor’s Wilmington, Del. office. Fishman and Shaw previously served as co-chairs of Fox Rothschild’s Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Department.

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Former 21st Century Oncology Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President Joins King & Spalding’s Chicago Office

King & Spalding today announced that Amy Garrigues has joined as a partner in the firm’s Healthcare team in the Chicago office. In addition to holding senior law firm positions as a health law practitioner, Garrigues most recently has been chief legal officer and executive vice president of 21st Century Oncology, an international cancer care provider.

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Seasoned Immigration Partner Ian D. Wagreich Joins Hinshaw in Chicago

Ian D. Wagreich has joined the U.S. law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment practice in Chicago. With more than 20 years of experience, Wagreich provides counsel to multinational corporations, hospitals, nonprofit institutions, universities, professional athletes, artists, musicians and entrepreneurs in all aspects of immigration and nationality law.

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Lewis Brisbois Strengthens Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Capabilities in Chicago with New Partner from Insurance Industry

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Blair Dawson to its Chicago, Illinois office as a partner in its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Ms. Dawson brings to Lewis Brisbois two decades of experience in international insurance law coverage and litigation, as well as claims management, particularly in the London market. She also has extensive in-house experience, which included responsibility for information security matters. Ms. Dawson joins Lewis Brisbois from Acrisure, LLC, one of the largest international insurance brokers in the world.

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Eversheds Sutherland Tax Practice Expands SALT Team with Two Partners

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the addition of Breen M. Schiller and Nikki E. Dobay to the firm’s Tax Practice Group as State and Local Tax (SALT) partners. Ms. Schiller will join the firm’s Chicago office and Ms. Dobay will join the firm’s Sacramento office in the next few weeks. Ms. Schiller is joining the firm from Horwood Marcus & Berk in Chicago, where she had been the Chair of the SALT practice group. Ms. Dobay is joining from the Council On State Taxation (COST), where she had been senior tax counsel.

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K&L Gates Continues Growth of Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of Chicago Team

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Patrick Richards as a partner and Clare Frederick and Trevor Martin as associates in its IP procurement and portfolio management practice. They will be based in the firm’s Chicago office, and join K&L Gates from Richards Patent Law P.C., an intellectual property firm Richards founded in 2009 after previously practicing at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

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