Neal Aizenstein has joined Cooley’s mergers and acquisitions practice group in the firm’s newly launched Chicago office. Most recently serving as chair of DLA Piper’s Chicago corporate group, Aizenstein is known for his strong leadership and decades advising companies and boards of directors on high-profile transactions with public and private companies.
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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 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’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 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 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 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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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 & 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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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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