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Kilpatrick Stockton Adds Atlanta Corporate Partner |
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
Mike Delaney has joined Kilpatrick Stockton as a partner in the Atlanta office. Delaney joins the Corporate Department from Powell Goldstein. He has significant experience in mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance, including structuring and financing acquisitions and divestitures for public and privately-owned companies. Kilpatrick Stockton has over 500 attorneys in seven domestic and two foreign offices.
Source: www.lawfuel.com |
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Vinson & Elkins Raises Starting Salaries in Texas and DC |
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
Vinson & Elkins raised Texas first-year associates' salaries to $160,000, becoming the first Texas-based firm to match the New York market rate. V&E also raised pay for its Washington, D.C. associates. Salaries for first through eighth year associates were raised, but starting in the third year, associates must work 2,000 credit hours in order to be eligible for the complete raise. With this system, associates earn salaries comparable to those in NY, but if they are not able to make the 2,000 hours their pay is reduced only slightly, and only for that year.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Foley Hoag Adds Lateral Partner to Government Strategies Practice |
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
Foley Hoag welcomed Jayne Bultena to its Washington, DC office today. She joins the firm from Hogan & Hartson as a partner in the Government Strategies Practice. Bultena will work with life sciences companies on FDA matters. Her practice focuses on products in the biotech, pharmaceutical and consumer health care sectors. She also has done work creating marketing plans addressing policy and regulatory concerns, preparing clients for advisory committee presentations, and conducting internal compliance audits and training. Foley Hoag's Government Strategies Practice attorneys counsel clients in regulated industries to reach mutually beneficial solutions to public policy issues.
Source: www.home.businesswire.com |
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Hot Indian Market for U.S. Firms |
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
The Indian market is second only to China in its economic growth rate, and law firms are beginning to take notice. However, because foreign firms cannot practice or set up offices in India, many conduct their business from Singapore, London, or elsewhere. The booming economy is generating tons of work for U.S. firms, ranging from international public offerings to overseas acquisitions. New York firms such as Davis Polk & Wardwell; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; and Shearman & Sterling dominate the market in high end securities work. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Fenwick & West; and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman are particularly strong in tech work. One issue for U.S. firms is that Indian clients often try to cap costs, pushing down normal firm billing rates.
Source: www.law.com |
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King & Spalding Opens in Charlotte, NC |
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
King & Spalding has opened an office in Charlotte, NC. Launching the new office are four partners and one associate from the Charlotte office of 200-lawyer Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman. Opening in Charlotte was a wise move considering the city's position as the second largest financial center in the country, and among the top five cities for Fortune 500 corporate headquarters. Jefferson Brown will serve as managing partner of the new office, and the other partners are George C. Covington, Cory Hohnbaum and Mark V. Thigpen. William O. L. Hutchinson joins as counsel. Their practice areas include land use, zoning, real estate, financial institutions and services, securities, and litigation.
Source: www.law.com |
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Partners Jump Ship in the Big Apple |
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
New York partners are making lateral moves to new firms. Bankruptcy partner Richard Miller left Greenberg Traurig for Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis. Eric Piasta joined Reed Smith's private equity practice from Schulte Roth & Zabel. Warren McRae and Stephen Cohen have joined Loeb & Loeb as partners; McRae was with Bryan Cave and Cohen was previously of counsel at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Richard Liskov has rejoined the insurance practice at Chadbourne & Parke as special counsel. He was of counsel to the New York office of White & Case.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
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Gambrell & Stolz Combines with Baker Donelson |
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
Atlanta firm, Gambrell & Stolz, has combined with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, and Gambrell & Stolz's 36 attorneys will join Baker Donelson's Atlanta office. Linda Klein, the managing partner of Gambrell & Stolz, will become the co-managing shareholder of her new firm's Atlanta office. Baker Donelson opened its Atlanta office in 2001; the acquisition of Gambrell & Stolz will build its base there for clients from Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi who are doing business in Georgia. For Klein, the deal was a way to better meet the needs of the firm's clients; the Gambrell & Stolz lawyers also already were familiar with some Baker & Donelson attorneys.
Source: www.law.com |
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Reed Smith is Close to Merger with Richards Butler's Hong Kong Practice |
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
International firm Reed Smith is in merger talks with Richards Butler's Hong Kong partners. The Hong Kong practice was not a part of the merger between the two firms last year; it was treated as financially separate from the London and European partnership of Richards Butler. Partners from both firms are favorable towards a merger, and an agreement is expected to be reached by the end of the summer.
Source: www.legalweek.com |
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Cooley Godward Opens in Boston |
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
Cooley Godward Kronish has opened an office in Boston, launched by ten Boston-based partners from national firms. Considering that Boston is one of the leading technology and life sciences centers in the world and Cooley's strength in these areas, expansion to the new market was natural. The new office will boast market-leading expertise in emerging and public companies, life sciences, venture and private equity fund representation, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and commercial litigation. The firm expects associates to join the partners in Boston in the next few weeks. The opening in Boston continues Cooley's expansion on the East Coast, as last fall the firm merged with New York firm Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman.
Source: www.marketwire.com |
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Bingham McCutchen's San Fran Office Faces Losses, Names New Head |
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
Bingham McCutchen's San Francisco office has named Geoffrey Howard to be its new managing partner; firm Vice Chairman Donn Pickett had been serving de facto in the position until now. Howard aims to rebuild the office that has seen six partners and several associates leave since the beginning of the year, most recently losing antitrust practice leader Alfred Pfeiffer Jr. Few attorneys left after Bingham's merger with McCutchen, but departures have increased this year. The majority of those who have left were litigators, a significant loss to a firm that was before a litigation powerhouse.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Venable Adds Five Saul Ewing Laterals |
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
Five lateral attorneys have joined D.C.'s Venable from Saul Ewing. Herbert D. Frerichs and George F. Ritchie are joining Venable as partners. Frerichs is a business lawyer, and Ritchie is a litigator who specializes in product, pharmaceutical and medical device defense work. Bernard Rhee will be of counsel, and Guido J. Galvez and Aida M. Lebbos join as associates. Rhee and Galvez are known for their expertise in life sciences.
Source: www.bizjournals.com |
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Tech Boutique Closes to Combine with NC Firm |
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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
Technology boutique Daniels, Daniels & Verdonik has closed its doors and will be absorbed into Ward & Smith's Raleigh office. DD&V specialized in corporate and tax law, structuring venture financing deals and patent and copyright work. Though always a small firm, when its numbers got down to only four attorneys, the firm leaders decided to combine with Ward & Smith in order to provide their clients with additional resources.
Source: www.triangle.bizjournals.com |
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Dallas Litigation Partner Joins Jones Day |
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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
Jones Day recruited Weston Loegering for its litigation practice in Dallas. Loegering joins the firm from Hughes & Luce as a partner. He has done work in civil and criminal litigation, as well as white collar crime defense, securities litigation, and class actions. Jones Day employs more than 2,200 lawyers in 30 offices around the world.
Source: www.lawfuel.com |
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Duane Morris Opens Two Vietnam Offices |
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
Philadelphia's Duane Morris has recently opened two new offices in Vietnam. The offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi will specialize in energy, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance. They are intended to supplement the firm's office in Singapore, which has become an up-and-coming hub of pharmaceutical development and international finance. The Singapore office opened in January with eight attorneys focusing primarily on finance and energy. Duane Morris has been growing over the past decade, opening offices in nine cities between 1997 and 2005, and more than doubling its size. The firm now has about 650 lawyers.
Source: www.philly.com |
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Bingham McCutchen Adds Two Film Finance Partners |
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
Bingham McCutchen has recently acquired two film finance partners for its Los Angeles office. Rose PeBenito Shiner and Ronald K. Sittler joined the firm's financial institutions practice from Buchalter Nemer. Shiner represents financial institutions involved in motion picture lending, as well as clients in co-production arrangements, tax credits, and incentives for domestic production. Sittler focuses on litigation and represents financial institutions in motion picture finance and independent film finance.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Ogletree Deakins Acquires Labor & Employment Firm, Adds Two Offices |
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart acquired labor and employment firm Lewis, Fisher, Henderson & Claxton on July 1. Ogletree gained two offices from the deal, one in Memphis and the other in Jackson, MS, as well as 19 attorneys. Ten lawyers work in the Memphis office, seven in Jackson, and two will join the firm's L.A. office.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Pillsbury Hires Tax Partner to Build Tax Controversy & Policy Team |
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has gained a tax partner in its D.C. office. Former assistant attorney general for the tax division of the DoJ, Eileen O'Connor, will head Pillsbury's new federal tax controversy and tax policy team. As head of the DoJ's tax division, she oversaw the litigation of approximately 350 attorneys. At Pillsbury, O'Connor aims to round out the firm's tax practice by building the new team.
Source: www.washington.bizjournals.com |
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Sheppard Mullin Welcomes Business Litigation Partner from Lord Bissell |
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
Christopher Reeder and a team of three other attorneys have joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton as a part of the firm's Business Trial practice group. The team joins the firm's L.A. office, which has over 150 attorneys. Reeder, along with special counsel Beverly Lu and associates Gabriel Green and Gene Wu most recently practiced with Lord, Bissell & Brook in Los Angeles. Reeder's work focuses on commercial law, real estate, franchise, business practices, intellectual property, employment and labor, construction, aviation, entertainment, hospitality and class action litigation.
Source: www.earthtimes.org |
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Boston Firm Loses Nine Partners |
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
Nine partners and one of counsel from Boston's Donovan Hatem have left to launch LeClair Ryan's Boston office. The group of ten are all joining the Richmond, VA-based firm as partners. The attorneys will primarily deal with construction litigation, professional defense, products liability and financial services matters. Kevin Kenneally, who was the former chair of Donovan's health care litigation group and insurance & tort litigation practice groups, will head the new office. The other lawyers making the move include Neil Hartzell, Paul G. Boylan, Michael P. Giunta, Jay S. Gregory, Warren D. Hutchison, Michael B. Weinberg, Jeffrey L. Alitz, Janet Barringer Pezzulich, and Christopher J. Supple.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Shearman & Sterling Opens Shanghai Office |
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Tuesday, 10 July 2007 |
Shearman & Sterling has opened an office in Shanghai, its third in China after Beijing and Hong Kong. The new office will be headed by project finance partner Andrew Ruff. Ruff was previously a partner in the firm's Hong Kong office, but he relocated to Shanghai last October to prepare for the opening. The Shanghai office also includes five associates, and will focus on project finance, capital markets, and M&A work. Shearman & Sterling has 20 offices worldwide.
Source: www.law.com |
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