Monthly Archives: April 2007

Thompson & Knight Hires Lateral Partner to Tax Practice

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Tyree C. Collier has joined Thompson & Knight as a partner in the Tax practice of the Dallas office. Collier specializes in the representation of nonprofit organizations, including large and small private foundations, hospitals and health systems, university-affiliated organizations, private schools, fundraising organizations, other types of public charities, and non-charitable tax exempt organizations. Thompson & Knight has around 420 attorneys in offices in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.
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Tags:  Thompson & Knight LLP | Dallas

Shearman & Sterling Approved for Shanghai Launch

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Shearman & Sterling was finally granted a license to open in Shanghai today; the firm expects to open the new office later this spring. This will be the third office in the firm’s China operations after those in Hong Kong and Beijing. Corporate partner Andrew Ruff will head the new office; he has worked in the region for over 10 years focusing on M&A, infrastructure projects, and project finance. Chicago firm McDermott Will & Emery also launched in Shanghai this year.
Source: www.legalweek.com

Tags:  Shearman & Sterling LLP | Shanghai

Seven Wilson Elser Litigation Partners Start Their Own Firm

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Seven former partners at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker have left to form their own firm, Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Park. Robert Littleton, Robert Joyce, James Ughetta, Yong Jin Park, Bryon Friedman, Bruce Ainbinder, and Michael Bai are all partners in the new firm, which focuses on complex litigation. The firm has offices in Manhattan and in Westchester County.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

Tags:  Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Lateral Hiring at Bracewell – Two More Bingham Partners Join in NY

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Two more Bingham McCutchen partners have joined Bracewell & Giuliani. Mark B. Joachim and Robert T. Carey will both become corporate partners in Bracewell’s New York office. Joachim represents investment funds and financial institutions, while Carey focuses on corporate finance and securities. Just last month two restructuring partners from Bingham also made the lateral move. Bracewell’s New York office houses about 33 of its 400 lawyers.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

Tags:  Bracewell LLP | New York

Appellate Justice Joins Locke Liddell in Austin

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Former Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, Judge Sarah Duncan, has joined Locke Liddell & Sapp’s Appellate Section. She will be based in Austin, but will still continue work in San Antonio and other parts of the state. One of Duncan’s responsibilities with the Appellate Section is to expand the firm’s work with criminal appeals. One of the leading firms in Texas, Locke Liddell has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C.
Source: www.lawfuel.com

Tags:  Locke Lord LLP | Austin

Kemp Little Launches IP Litigation Practice

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Technology firm Kemp Little has launched an IP litigation practice with the arrival of Paul Garland, a senior associate at from White & Case. Garland joins as a partner, and will focus on patent litigation and trademark portfolio management. This hire is part of the firm’s move to broaden its practice areas and strengthen key groups like litigation. Kemp Little has also recently promoted two attorneys in its corporate and employment groups to partnership.
Source: www.thelawyer.com

Salans Opens Two Offices in Spain

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Salans has launched a 24-lawyer Spanish practice with offices in Madrid and Barcelona. This expansion comes after the firm took over Masons Buxeda Menchen and a two-partner litigation boutique, Alonso Armand Boedels. The Spanish practice will handle corporate and M&A work, energy, property law, construction, taxation, arbitration, litigation and employment. Salans is not the only international firm to target Spain; last year, Latham & Watkins also opened offices in Madrid and Barcelona.
Source: www.legalweek.com

Tags:  Dentons

Drier Hires Two Bankruptcy Partners

Monday, April 9, 2007

John Campo and John Kinzey have left LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae for Drier LLP. The two attorneys will join the firm’s Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department as partners in the New York office. With the new additions, this practice now has 15 lawyers firmwide; Campo and Kinzey are especially valuable for their litigation experience. These two will continue to focus their practice on representing debtors, trustees, secured lenders, and other parties-in-interest in both Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court workouts. Since its founding in 1996, Drier and its affiliates has grown to more than 150 lawyers and seven offices. The firm’s principal practices are commercial litigation, real estate, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, employment law, corporate and securities, entertainment and intellectual property.
Source: www.prnewswire.com

Tags:  New York

Reed Smith Builds Corporate Finance Team in CA

Monday, April 9, 2007

Three senior corporate finance attorneys have joined Reed Smith. Susan Alker, formerly of O’Melveny & Myers, and Ken Ikari, formerly of Irell & Manella, join Reed Smith as partners in the firm’s Los Angeles office; Ramsey Hanna, formerly of Alschuler Grossman, joins the firm as counsel in the firm’s Century City office. These hires are representative of the firm’s committment to growing its Southern California practice, as well as to meeting the needs of its corporate clients in the region. As one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, Reed Smith has over 1,500 lawyers and 21 offices worldwide.
Source: www.lawfuel.com

Tags:  Reed Smith LLP | Los Angeles

Battle Joins Fulbright

Monday, April 9, 2007

Former head of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys, Michael Battle, has joined Fulbright & Jaworski’s Washington office. Battle is most known for being the man who called seven of the U.S. Attorneys in December to fire them; in the middle of the controversy surrounding the firings, Battle resigned from the Justice Department in March. At Fulbright, he will practice civil and commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense; Battle has not yet commented on his new position.
Source: www.legaltimes.typepad.com