Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its award-winning Global Real Estate Practice with the addition of Shawn K. Ronda as a shareholder in the firm’s Chicago office. He joins the firm from DLA Piper.
Mayer Brown Strengthens Leveraged Finance and Private Credit Capabilities With Addition of Elizabeth Hermann Smith
Mayer Brown announced today that Elizabeth Hermann Smith has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice. Ms. Smith joins from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
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Nixon Peabody Continues Expanding its Real Estate Team in Chicago With the Arrival of Gregg Dorman
Nixon Peabody’s expansion continues to build momentum with the arrival of Gregg Dorman as partner in the firm’s Real Estate team in Chicago. Dorman comes to the firm from Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
Mayer Brown Adds Leading Private Equity Partner Thomas Horenkamp in Chicago
Mayer Brown announces that Thomas Horenkamp has joined the firm as partner in the Corporate & Securities practice in Chicago, along with counsel Adam Arnett. They join from White & Case LLP.
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Winston & Strawn Expands White Collar Litigation Team with Addition of Former U.S. Attorney Marc Krickbaum
Winston & Strawn is pleased to announce the addition of Litigation partner Marc Krickbaum in the firm’s Chicago office. Marc’s practice is in complex commercial litigation, internal investigations, and white collar criminal defense. Marc was most recently the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa.
Lewis Brisbois Expands National General Liability, Transportation Practices With New Partner Hire
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome seasoned trial attorney Michael Franz as a partner in its General Liability and Transportation Practices. Mr. Franz, who will work out of the firm’s Chicago and Fort Lauderdale offices, joins Lewis Brisbois from Sanchez Daniels and Hoffman LLP where his practice included business and transportation litigation, as well as extensive trial and arbitration in condominium/real estate, fraud, toxic/mass torts, and transportation law, including personal injury defense, wrongful death, and products liability litigation. He also has experience in insurance defense, insurance coverage, arson, consumer fraud, and warranty law actions.
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Powerhouse Global Tax Partners Join McDermott
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the additions of Tax partners Jeffrey (Jeff) Maydew and Meaghan A. Wolfe based in Chicago and Michael W. Hardgrove based in Boston. Jeff and Meaghan join from Baker McKenzie where Jeff was Chair of its Global Tax Planning and Transactions Practice Group and was a member of the Management Committee for the firm’s North American Tax Practice. Michael joins from DLA Piper where he was a member of its Global Tax Committee.
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Dinsmore’s Growth Continues as Prominent M&A Team Joins Firm in Detroit and Chicago
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed five dynamic partners to its Mergers and Acquisitions group this week—four in the national firm’s Detroit office and one in Chicago. The team is led by Joseph DeVito, who served as chair of Corporate, Finance and Real Estate at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC. Also joining Dinsmore in Detroit as M&A specialists are partners Jeffrey Hoover, Evonne Xu and Ian Larkin. The team is rounded out by Jane Hahn, who is joining Dinsmore in Chicago.
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Leading Privacy, Advertising, and Brand Protection Attorney Joins Reed Smith as a Partner
Reed Smith today announced the addition of pioneering data privacy, advertising, and brand protection partner Robert Newman. Formerly the co-chair of Privacy, Security & Data Innovations at Loeb & Loeb LLP and co-leader of the Global Privacy & Data Security Task Force at Winston & Strawn LLP, Newman has joined Reed Smith’s global Entertainment & Media Industry Group as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.
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Polsinelli Continues Real Estate Growth Momentum, Adding Well-Known Chicago Attorney Kimberlie Pearlman and Real Estate Associate Nataly Yosef
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes well-known Chicago real estate attorney Kimberlie Pearlman as shareholder in the firm’s Chicago office. Pearlman joins the firm’s rapidly-growing national Real Estate Practice, bringing tangible general counsel and development experience, including over a decade as real estate associate and partner with DLA Piper.
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