McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP announced that Steve Berson has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in the Atlanta office. He brings more than 30 years of experience in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, securities and technology. He has also advised companies on a range of SEC, stock exchange, corporate governance and executive compensation matters.

Berson’s client base includes middle-market companies and the investment banks and financial institutions that serve them. He also works with venture-backed companies and the investors that fund them. Before practicing in Atlanta, he practiced law in New York and Silicon Valley. Throughout the course of his career, he has worked on hundreds of M&A, venture capital, private equity and technology transactions, as well as more than 100 public offerings, including more than 30 initial public offerings. More >>

BakerHostetler has made a significant expansion to its Atlanta office with the addition of a 32-member team from McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. The incoming group adds 27 attorneys to BakerHostetler’s national Healthcare Industry team and includes lawyers who concentrate on healthcare-related litigation, real estate, transactional, and regulatory matters. The team now totals more than 80 attorneys nationally. Also joining the Atlanta office from McKenna are five corporate attorneys.

The new Atlanta group comprises 12 partners, 5 counsel and 15 associates. More >>

BakerHostetler announces the addition of a 30-lawyer healthcare, corporate, real estate, and litigation team to its Atlanta office. The group of lawyers from McKenna Long & Aldridge will be joining BakerHostetler on June 1 following a vote of the BakerHostetler partnership. The incoming team includes 25 attorneys from that firm’s Healthcare practice, which increases BakerHostetler’s national Healthcare Industry team to more than 80 attorneys. The incoming Healthcare team includes litigation, real estate, transactional, and regulatory attorneys. Also joining the firm are five corporate attorneys (two of the attorneys, corporate partners David Brown and Clayton Coley, were announced by BakerHostetler on May 7). More >>

BakerHostetler is proud to announce the addition of two corporate partners to its Atlanta office. Partners David Brown and Clayton Coley will join BakerHostetler’s Business and Corporate Group effective May 7. They join from McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, where Brown served as head of the firm’s Corporate Finance Group. More >>

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today that D. Clayton (Clay) Howell has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as partner in the Atlanta office. He previously served as a partner at King & Spalding LLP.

“Adding Clay to our Real Estate practice advances our commitment to expanding our national real estate capabilities,” said Sutherland Managing Partner Mark D. Wasserman. “Clay’s arrival directly supports Sutherland’s firmwide strategic plan to grow in tandem with the real estate industry not only in the Southeast, but also across our national footprint.” More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm has advised ExamWorks Group, Inc. (NYSE: EXAM), a leading provider of independent medical examinations, peer reviews, bill reviews, Medicare compliance, case management and related services, in its $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% percent Senior Unsecured Notes due 2023 More >>

Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that financial services attorney Terrence Davis has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as a partner. Mr. Davis formerly practiced with Baker Donelson More >>