Paul Hastings LLP today announced the addition of partner Winston Gu, further strengthening its premier ECVC practice. Joining from the Band 1 emerging companies practice at Cooley, Gu advises startups, emerging growth companies and investors throughout the full business life cycle, from formation and organizational matters through debt and equity financings, strategic transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and exits, including IPOs.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Chicago
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today the addition of David Love to the firm’s Chicago office. He joins the firm’s Transactions Department as a partner in the Finance Practice. Love comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced a powerful expansion of its business practice with the addition of an impressive group of corporate, private equity, healthcare, finance and tax lawyers who further enhance the firm’s robust transactional capabilities. Andrew Smolik and Michael Flood join Norton Rose Fulbright’s St. Louis office, as Seth Aigner, Virginia Duong and Gordon Klein arrive in Chicago. The group arrive at the firm from Polsinelli.
Tags: Norton Rose Fulbright | Chicago | St. Louis
Dechert welcomes more than 20 lateral partners, including a preeminent U.S. complex litigation practice and Chambers Band 1 accounting defense practice. This group is led by Mike Poulos, who most recently served as partner in charge of global strategy and a member of the executive committee at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. He will join Dechert as vice chair and global head of strategy. The new partners practice in litigation, transaction, intellectual property and employment and will be resident in Dechert’s New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices and soon-to-be-opened offices in Chicago and Dallas.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that William “Will” S. Weltman has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Business Litigation group and Food & Beverage and Technology industry teams. Will brings significant experience in complex litigation and counseling, particularly for private equity firms and their portfolio companies facing intricate and high stakes contractual, trade secret, and technology disputes. He also represents high net worth individuals and family offices in trust and estate litigation. He joins Blank Rome from Reed Smith LLP.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | Chicago
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is pleased to announce that restructuring attorney Jeffrey Michalik has joined as a partner based in the Firm’s Chicago office. He joins Willkie from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Mark D. Passler and Ryan L. Harding have joined the firm as partners in the Intellectual Property & Technology practice group and Technology industry team. The prominent team will also establish a presence for Blank Rome in West Palm Beach, Florida. The duo joins from Akerman LLP.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | ChicagoWinston & Strawn LLP announced today that Justin Gonzales has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Transactions Department and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practice. Gonzales joins the firm from Perkins Coie LLP.
Blank Rome LLP announces the addition of Ferlillia V. Roberson, a Chambers-ranked intellectual property litigator, as a partner in its Chicago office. Joining the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation group and Technology industry team, Ferlillia brings nearly 20 years of experience in patent, trade secrets, and technology litigation, with a focus on complex patent and trade secrets cases. Previously, she was with DLA Piper.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | Chicago