Kobre & Kim LLP, based in New York, is launching an office in Hong Kong. William McGovern, from Morgan Stanley, will lead the office. The firm hopes to open the new office by the end of September.

Source:  www.sfgate.com

Baker Botts has added Dominic Pellew as a partner. Pellew, who joins the Moscow office, specializes in dispute resolution. He will practice in the International Arbitration group.

Source:  www.prenewswire.co.uk

K&L Gates has hired a talented litigator from Bracewell & Giuliani. Carol Elder Bruce joins the Washington office. Bruce was a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia from 1975 to 1985.

Source:  www.legaltimes.typepad.com

Ford & Harrison has boosted its Denver office with the hire of Shella Neba. Neba joins the firm as an associate from Faegre & Benson. She graduated from the University of Michigan Law School.

Source:  www.lawweekonline.com

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has snagged a corporate partner from Hogan Lovells' Moscow office. Suren Gortsunyan specializes in M&A, capital markets, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. He joins the international corporate transactions practice.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

Squire Sanders & Dempsey has announced its plan to close its Tallahassee office on October 1^st. The four residing lawyers will transfer to one of Squire's other Florida offices. The firm's decision to close this office rested largely on the loss of Jim Krog, who died in 2008.

Source:  www.law.com 

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has landed a group of Labor and Employment partners from Seyfarth Shaw. Amongst the group is Thomas R. Kaufman, co-chair of Seyfarth's national wage/hour class action practice. Joining him are Michael L. Gallion and Gregg A. Fisch. All three join Sheppard's Los Angeles office.

Source:  www.marketwire.com 

Cooley nabbed a Capital Markets partner from Proskauer Rose.  Ian Blumenstein joins Cooley’s New York office.  Prior to joining Proskauer in 2006, Blumenstein practice with Latham & Watkins.

Source:  www.nylj.com