Jenner & Block is launching its very own Los Angeles office. Two Kirkland & Ellis partners are making the jump over to Jenner to help open the office. Rick Richmond takes the role of managing partner and Brent Caslin joins as a partner and practices intellectual property law. This LA office makes Jenner & Block’s fourth office.
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Cozen O’Connor recently hired Albert J. Pinzon, previously a partner with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP. Pinzon practices corporate law. He received his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1989.
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Tags: Cozen O'Connor, P.C.Ian Gershengorn, currently with Jenner & Block, will be the next deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Civil Division. Gershengorn is currently a member of the firm’s litigation group and a partner of the firm. He starts his new position on April 27th.
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Tags: Jenner & Block, LLPThe SEC has hired Meredith Cross as director of the commission’s division of corporate finance. Cross was most recently a corporate partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. She has been with the firm for over ten years.
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Proskauer Rose has stolen Linklaters’ head of São Paulo office. David Fenwick is to join Proskauer Rose after 15 months of discussion. His replacement has yet to be announced, or whether there will be one at all.
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Fred Fielding, previously White House counsel for Bush, has decided to join Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Fielding starts April 15 in the firm’s litigation practice as a partner. Before joining the Bush administration, Fielding was a name partner at Wiley Rein.
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Morris Manning has the distinction of being the first Atlanta-based law firm to open an office in Beijing. Troutman Sanders, a firm which also originated in Atlanta, has offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong, but not in Beijing. Morris Manning has five offices in Georgia, one of each in the following: North Carolina, Washington, Taipei and now one in Beijing.
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Tags: Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP | BeijingRobert here. Although the lateral market in Asia continues to be very slow, as expected in the downturn, we have seen a substantial upturn in interviewing of our candidates in Asia recently. For example, currently the following of my associate candidates are actively interviewing in Asia, each at multiple firms (there are others with single interviews):
*mid-level cap markets associate (Mandarin fluent) from HK interviewing in HK
senior cap markets associate from HK (Mandarin fluent) interviewing in HK
*mid-level PE / M&A associate from US interviewing in HK
*mid-level M&A associate from US (Mandarin fluent) interviewing in HK
*senior M&A / cap markets associate from US (Korean fluent) interviewing in HK
*mid-level project finance associate from US (Korean fluent) interviewing in Tokyo
*mid-level M&A associate from US (Mandarin fluent) interviewing in HK
*mid-level M&A associate from HK (Mandarin fluent) interviewing in Beijing
*mid-level IP associate from US (Mandarin fluent) interviewing in Beijing
*mid-level project finance associate from US interviewing in Abu Dhabi
*junior M&A associate from US (Mandarin fluent) interviewing in Beijing and HK
*mid-level funds associate from US interviewing in HK
Schiff Hardin LLP has cut down on extra expenses by taking action, while avoiding job cuts. The firm announced that it is canceling various company gatherings, such as holiday parties and picnics. Schiff has enacted an early retirement program, as and has also cancelled health benefits. This is all done in an effort to stay afloat during these economic hard times while minimizing layoffs or denying them all together.
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Tags: Schiff Hardin LLPLinklaters has added Lewis Steinberg, previously with UBS’s investment banking group. Steinberg was managing director and global head of strategic solutions group at UBS, and will now be Linklaters US co-head, as well as head of the firm’s tax practice. Prior to joining UBS, he was a partner at Cravath Swaine & Moore.
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