Goodwin Procter has announced the recent additions of four new parters to its Los Angeles office. These new partners include: Eric R. Reimer, Elliot D. Hinds, Q. Scott Kaye and Marc A. Jones. All four join in the corporate practice group.
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Loeb & Loeb has announced their newly formed Emerging Media and Technology Practice Group. This national team will be served by 20 attorneys amongst the following three offices: New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Loeb & Loeb is already known for its counsel to the media and entertainment industry.
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Moore & Van Allen has announced the addition of Charles L. Roberts to their Charlotte office. Roberts joins the intellectual property group, and concentrates on computer law. Moore is a major law firm in the Southeast possessing over 300 attorneys scattered in their offices in Charlotte and Research Traingle, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina.
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom announced its plans for opening an office in São Paulo, Brazil. Corporate partner Jonathan Bisgaier, will head the office; he is fluent in Portuguese, and is a partner in the M&A group. In the last six years, Skadden was ranked twice by Thomson Financial as the leading firm in Latin America M&A transactions.
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Cooley Godward Kronish LLP has gained Donald K. Stern as a litigation partner. Stern will be stationed in the firm’s Boston office. Previously, Stern was a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP.
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Dewey & LeBoeuf has hired M&A partner Tiziana Del Prete who brings three associates with her,. Capital markets counsel Clifford Chance also joins the Rome team, and brings with im two associates. All lawyers come from Clifford Chance.
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Andrews Kurth has created subprime practice group consisting of associates of various disciplinary practice groups. The group will advise clients on a number of subprime issues, sich as potential claims and liabilities, regulatory inquiries and strategic plans to respond to anticipated litigation. The subprime group will be led by Arthur Felsenfeld and Peter Goodman in New York; Robert Godlewski, Chris Allen and Tom Perich in Houston; and Bill Compton, David Barbour and Pat Sargent in Dallas.
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s has gained 25 new partners. Out of all Freshfield offices, the London office is the main recipient, securing almost half of the total 25 partners. The newly added start May 1st.
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Fenwick & West adds Bill Bromfield as a corporate partner. Bromfield concentrates on private financing deals and mergers and acquisitions. This follows last month’s addition of three notable lawyers – Stephen Graham, Roger Tolbert and Alan Smith, who left Orrick to join Fenwick & West.
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Powell Goldstein LLP has announced that it has hired four lateral hires for three of its offices. One hire was that of B.T. Atkinson, a partner in the Financial Institutions practice. Barney Stewart III joins as counsel in the Business and Finance practice. Both join Powell’s Charlotte office. The Dallas office adds Bruce Howell as counse in the Health Care practice. Roy Hadley has been hired by the Atlanta office as counsel in the Business and Finance practice.
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