Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Alison Boren and William Howell have joined the firm’s Global Finance, Private Equity and M&A practices in Dallas as partners. Ms. Boren and Mr. Howell have extensive experience in a wide array of corporate matters, including capital markets transactions, financing transactions and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities. More >>
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Orrick today announced the addition of leading oil and gas sector advisor Peter Roberts to serve as head of the firm’s global oil and gas practice. Peter’s addition follows the firm’s opening last month of a 20-partner Houston office to serve the energy sector. He will be based in the firm’s London office. More >>
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Continuing the expansion of its San Francisco footprint and intellectual property capabilities, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that William B. Kezer, Ph.D., an experienced patent prosecutor formerly of Kilpatrick Townsend, has joined the firm as a Member in the San Francisco office. With a breadth of experience in life sciences and pharmaceuticals, he marks the latest significant addition to the firm’s nationally prominent IP practice, which last year attracted a group of 18 former Edwards Wildman attorneys. More >>
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Mayer Brown announced today that an industry-leading consumer financial services group of partners has joined the firm, representing a significant addition to its global Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement practice. The nationally recognized group, which will be based primarily in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office, is led by Laurence Platt, Phillip Schulman, Steven Kaplan, Melanie Brody and Jonathan Jaffe. All previously practiced at K&L Gates LLP. More >>
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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Michael E. Vines has joined as a partner in the Real Estate Department, resident in the New York office. Mr. Vines represents large financial institutions in the origination of mortgage and mezzanine commercial real estate lending transactions, including both commercial mortgage-backed securities and portfolio lending. He also provides advice in connection with refinancing and restructuring existing real estate arrangements, as well as loan sales and purchases and other secondary market transactions. More >>
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Eversheds has appointed Jonathan Leach as an international arbitration partner in its Commercial Dispute Resolution practice. Jonathan joins the firm as a lateral hire from Hogan Lovells. More >>
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Akin Gump announced today that Patrick F. Rice has joined the firm’s corporate practice. Mr. Rice will be resident in Akin Gump’s New York office, where he will further strengthen and enhance the scale and scope of the firm’s private equity transactional capabilities. More >>
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Nancy E. Pritikin has joined the Palo Alto office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group. Pritikin joins from Littler Mendelson, where she co-chaired the firm’s Complex Litigation and Jury Trials practice group. More >>
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Morgan Lewis has further expanded its global intellectual property team with the addition of four leading IP partners: Michael J. Abernathy, Sanjay K. Murthy, Christopher J. Betti, and Amanda S. Williamson. All will be resident in Chicago. More >>
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Linklaters today announces that market-leading white-collar crime and civil litigator, Adam Lurie, has been elected as a partner in its U.S. Dispute Resolution practice. He will head the firm’s Washington, D.C. Litigation and Government Investigations practice. More >>
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