William R. Peterson joins Morgan Lewis today as a partner in the firm’s highly ranked appellate practice. Mr. Peterson, who served as a law clerk to Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones and to US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has argued before the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and state courts of appeals. More >>

Pillsbury today announced the addition of Dillon Ferguson, one of Texas’ foremost oil and gas lawyers, as a partner in the Litigation practice. Ferguson comes to the firm from Andrews Kurth and will split time between Pillsbury’s rapidly expanding Austin office and the Houston office. More >>

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced today that Scott Miller
has joined the firm as a partner in its Houston office. More >>

Holland & Knight today announced the further expansion of its litigation practice in Houston with the addition of labor and employment partner Dean Schaner. Mr. Schaner was previously a partner with Haynes and Boone, where he founded the firm’s Houston Labor and Employment Practice Group. More >>

Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Nicolas (“Nic”) Barzoukas and Joshua (“Josh”) Davis as partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property, Information & Innovation (“IPII”) Practice Group. Both will join the Houston office, and both practiced most recently at Baker Botts. The addition of Barzoukas and Davis follows closely on the addition of IP partner Lisa Chiarini, who joined the firm’s New York office last month in February. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Adam Larson has joined the Firm as a corporate partner in its Houston office. More >>

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added two new partners in its Asia practice. Corporate lawyer Ian Liao joins K&L Gates’ Shanghai office from Jones Day, while disputes lawyer Glenn Cheng — who arrives from Nabarro LLP — is based in the firm’s Singapore office. More >>

The international law firm Orrick today announced seven additional partners in the firm’s new Houston office: Carlos Treistman, Bill Parish, Rodrigo Dominguez, Jonathan Ayre and Joe Roger all join from Morgan Lewis; and David Ronn, who will join the firm tomorrow, and Barbara de Marigny join from McGuireWoods. This team brings talent and depth in M&A, capital markets, tax, and energy and infrastructure transactions and projects, including substantial experience in cross-border transactions throughout Latin America. More >>