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Stroock Adds One to IP Practice |
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007 |
Brian M. Rothery has joined Stroock & Stroock & Lavan's Intellectual Property Practice Group as partner. Rothery was formerly a partner at Jones Day; prior to Jones Day he was a partner with Pennie & Edmonds. His practice handles litigation for federal patent and trademark claims, as well as state unfair competition and business tort claims. Stroock handles all aspects of intellectual property law and provides guidance to a variety of clients in the U.S. and overseas.
Source: www.businesswire.com |
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Latham & Watkins Had a Good Year |
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007 |
Latham & Watkins is one of several LA firms with strong 2006 numbers. The firm's revenues rose by 15 per cent from $1.412 billion to $1.624 billion. Partner profits also increased by 16 per cent. Last year was also one of expansion for Latham, as the firm opened offices in Madrid and Barcelona and also added two partners to its German branch. LA firms Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher also reported good years.
Source: www.legalweek.com |
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Alternative Energy Duo Joins Chadbourne & Parke |
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007 |
International firm Chadbourne & Parke have added two partners to their renewable energy practice in LA. Edward Zaelke and Adam Umanoff, who came from the LA office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, focus on wind power and other alternative energy sources. Both attorneys are nationally recognized as leaders in alternative energy development. Based in New York, Chadbourne & Parke offers a wide range of legal services including but not limited to securities, project finance, corporate finance, energy, commercial and products liability litigation, special investigations and litigation, intellectual property, antitrust, insurance and reinsurance, environmental, real estate, employment law and ERISA, and government contract matters.
Source: www.lawfuel.com |
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Linklater Flourishes Thanks to Lateral Hiring |
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Monday, 19 February 2007 |
Thanks to agressive lateral hiring, Linklater's banking practice has grown from 100 associates and 16 partners at the beginning of the decade to 430 lawyers and 26 partners. The firm gained several attorneys from Wilde Sapte, as well as from Clifford Chance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Though lateral hiring is an unusual strategy for growth for firms such as Linklater, it bode well for the firm, which has become one of the highest profile firms in the banking sector.
Source: www.thelawyer.com |
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Partners Leave Mayer Brown's NYC Office for White and Case |
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Monday, 19 February 2007 |
Five partners from Mayer Brown's New York office have made a move over to White & Case. All five are experienced in corporate finance, debt finance and high-yield debt offerings. Besides these new arrivals, White & Case has also hired seven new partners over the last three months. As for Mayer, sources within the firm tell us that this will result in some loss of business, but will result in a cultural improvement for those who had to work under the lead partner in the group.
Source: www.thelawyer.com |
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Simpson Thacher's Longtime London Chief Returns to NY |
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Monday, 19 February 2007 |
After 10 years heading Simpson Thacher Bartlett's London office, managing partner Walter Looney prepares to return to the firm's New York headquarters. The office's most senior partner under Looney, Greg Conway, will take over in London. London revenue increased by 10 per cent last year, reaching $52 million. The London offices houses around 50 Simpson Thacher attorneys.
Source: www.thelawyer.com |
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Farrer & Co Adds Two to Corporate Team |
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Monday, 19 February 2007 |
Farrer & Co has added two new senior attorneys to its corporate practice. Simon Graham joins Farrer as a partner from O'Melveny & Myers, where he was an associate. Competition law specialist Christopher Brown also joins the firm as a barrister from the Competition Appeal Tribunal, where he was a judicial assistant.
Source: www.thelawyer.com |
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Bankruptcy Lawyers Anticipate More Business |
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Sunday, 18 February 2007 |
Bankruptcy lawyers prepare for an increase in business around the end of the year. Though business bankruptcy filings are down by 45 percent and corporate debt default rates remain near all-time lows, a faith in business cycles has caused predictions of an eventual downturn. In preparation, some large firms are recruiting big-name attorneys from other firms. Winston & Strawn recruited four; Kirkland & Ellis acquired a lawyer from rival Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York; and top NY-firm Paul, Hastings Janofsky & Walker opened its Chicago office with two attorneys from Jones Day.
Source: www.blackenterprise.com |
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Holland & Knight Expands in Beijing |
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Saturday, 17 February 2007 |
Global firm Holland & Knight recently added Richard H. Lawrence III as partner resident in its International and China Practice Groups in its Beijing office. Fluent in Mandarin, Lawrence has extensive experience in China-related matters. He is a member of the Hong Kong Law Society and has advised clients on a variety of banking, coporate, and commercial issues. Among the world's 15 largest firms, Holland & Knight has over 1,150 attorneys in 17 offices worldwide.
Source: www.lawfuel.com |
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Lateral Moves from K&L Gates to Hogan & Hartson |
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Friday, 16 February 2007 |
Four partners from K&L Gates have moved to a different firm. Carl J. Chiappa, John J. Sullivan and Jason P. Isralowitz are joining Hogan & Hartson's 150-lawyer NY office and specializing in automotive industry law. Colm A. Moran will move to the firm's office in LA. Hogan & Hartson is based out of Washington, D.C., and has 1,050 attorneys.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Nixon Peabody Opens in Palo Alto |
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Friday, 16 February 2007 |
Nixon Peabody announced this week the opening of their new Palo Alto, CA office. Five lawyers from the Silicon Valley Law Group opened the office, and will be later joined by Nixon Peabody attorneys from San Francisco. The Silicon Valley group was led by corporate partner James Chapman, who claims to bring a business worth up to $2 million. Nixon Peabody has 622 lawyers nationwide.
Source: www.law.com |
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Foley & Lardner Opens Downtown LA Office |
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Friday, 16 February 2007 |
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today the opening of another office in Los Angeles. Adding to the Century City branch, the firm will open an office in downtown LA catering more to its corporate and litigation practices. Jack Lasater, the current managing partner in Century City, will also oversee the new LA office. This office is the firm's 7th in CA and 20th worldwide.
Source: www.lawfuel.com |
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Real Estate Practice Moves from Atlanta to NY |
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Friday, 16 February 2007 |
King & Spaulding announced that it will be moving its real estate capital markets practice from Atlanta to New York. Starting with the addition of Andrew H. Charles as partner, the firm plans to expand this practice area to as many as 25 attorneys in NY. Six lawyers from Atlanta are also relocating to NY to join the real estate industry team there. King & Spaulding has over 800 lawyers around the world and was ranked one of the top ten firms representing Fortune 250 companies.
Source: www.marketwire.com |
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Hiscock & Barclay's New Boston Office |
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Thursday, 15 February 2007 |
Albany-based firm Hiscock & Barclay has opened an office in the Boston metro area after gaining six patent attorneys and a patent litigator from Marjama & Bilinski. The office will deal primarly with intellectual property and technology law. Also in NY, Sullivan & Worcester has named Karen M. Kozlowski, a real estate attorney, to the partnership.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Edwards Angell's New NJ Office |
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Thursday, 15 February 2007 |
Boston-based firm, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, announced plans to open a new office in Madisonn, NJ by March of this year. The new office has 31,491 square feet of space and is located at One Giralda Farms. This will be the firm's second NJ office, already having a location in Short Hills.
Source: www.globest.com |
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Changes in NY Private Equity Practice |
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Thursday, 15 February 2007 |
After founding and 22 years of heading Dewey Ballantine's private equity practice, Sanford Morhouse is stepping down. New York partner Joseph Smith will take over as chair, and Morhouse will continue work in NY as of counsel. The NY private equity practice gained one new partner as a result of recent firmwide promotions; the practice now has five partners who work solely in private equity and one who works in private equity and real estate.
Source: www.thelawyer.com |
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No Merger for Cozen O'Connor and Wolf Block |
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007 |
As of late yesterday (Feb. 13) Cozen O'Connor and Wolf Block have ended merger talks. The firms began discussion of a possible merger about three months ago, but decided that business and structural differences were too difficult to overcome. They both reported feeling great respect for each other still, despite the fact that they weren't able to join forces. Had the firms combined, they would have had over 370 attorneys in Pennsylvania, more than any other firm in the state.
Source: www.law.com |
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Davis Polk Opens in Beijing |
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell just opened its third Asian office. The new Beijing site comes after offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Even before having an office in China, the New York-based firm has advised in some of the biggest deals in the country. Davis Polk & Wardwell has about 640 attorneys worldwide.
Source: www.law.com |
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Heller Ehrman Picks up Three for London |
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007 |
Soon after the announcement of the opening its new London office, Heller Ehrman recruited three corporate lawyers from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. Richard Eaton, Christopher Grew and Struan Penwarden will join the three Heller Ehrman partners already chosen to open the new office. The three Wilmer Cutler attorneys' practices deal with emerging companies and corporate technology. The firm will be recruiting associates and aims to have 25 lawyers in London by the end of '07. Already present in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore, this office will be the firm's fourth outside the U.S.
Source: www.law.com |
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Hiked Salaries and Lateral Moves in SE U.S. |
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007 |
There has been a lot of activity recently in Southeast U.S. McKenna Long & Aldridge raised its first-year associate salary to $130,000 in Atlanta, where it has 55 attorneys. Kilpatrick Stockton gained a partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York who will out of the firm's Atlanta and New York offices. Three attorneys have also left Greenburg Traurig for Carlton Field's intellectual property practice; they joined the firm as of counsel.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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