Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome Nina Bianchi Skinner to the firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group in Houston. Nina has a notable track record as a trusted corporate and M&A adviser to energy, manufacturing, industrial, and services companies of all sizes, from local businesses to multinational corporations. She is skilled in navigating progressively complex business transactions with clear solutions for clients, and her arrival marks the next step in Blank Rome’s expansion to meet the dynamic needs of the firm’s clients in Houston and nationally. Nina joins Blank Rome from Liskow & Lewis where she was a shareholder.
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James Noe has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Public Policy & Regulation Group. Mr. Noe, who will work in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Houston offices, provides legislative and regulatory advocacy to energy, oil and gas, construction and other industry clients, which he also represents in a broad range of transactions and disputes. He was previously a partner at Jones Walker.
Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Houston and Los Angeles offices with Labor and Employment Practice Group partner Mishell Parreno Taylor. Parreno Taylor focuses her practice on employment litigation in federal and state courts and administrative agencies across the country. Parreno Taylor comes to the firm from Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Mayer Brown announced today that experienced trial lawyer Brandon F. Renken joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He joins the firm from Locke Lord.
William “Willie” D. Wood, widely regarded as one of the top trial lawyers in Texas, has joined Pillsbury’s growing Houston office as a partner. Legal 500 recognizes Wood as one of only four leading lawyers in the United States for Oil & Gas litigation. He was recently named 2022 Oil & Gas “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers—having received the honor twice previously for Mass Tort Litigation and Class Actions Defense—and is also ranked by Chambers USA as one of the leading commercial litigators in Texas. Originally from Guatemala, he is a native Spanish speaker. He comes to Pillsbury after three years at McKool Smith, having spent the previous 35 years at Norton Rose Fulbright.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that John Bakht, whose career is highlighted by senior in-house and private practice roles, has joined its corporate, M&A and securities team in Houston as a partner. Bakht, who joins from Gray Reed, has more than 25 years of experience guiding clients through all types of transactional, commercial, compliance, operational and governance matters.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that healthcare lawyers Donna Clark and Susan Feigin Harris have joined its Houston office as partners. Clark and Harris, who were previously partners at Morgan Lewis, represent health systems, hospitals and medical providers on a range of healthcare regulatory, transactional, government investigations and litigation matters nationwide.
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, welcomes Scott McLaughlin and Marlene Williams to the firm’s Houston office as shareholders. Both join Ogletree Deakins from Eversheds Sutherland, where Scott led the labor and employment practice, and Marlene served as the Partner in Charge for the Houston office. Together, Scott and Marlene possess more than 50 years of legal experience and represent clients in the energy, manufacturing, and chemical industries, along with companies throughout the Fortune 200.
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