Morrison & Foerster today announced that John A. Good and Justin R. Salon have joined the firm’s Corporate Finance practice in Washington, D.C. as partners. Mr. Good’s and Mr. Salon’s practices focus on securities offerings and other corporate finance matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general representation of public and private companies and underwriters, with particular industry focus on real estate investment trusts (REITs) and business development companies (BDCs).

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Cooley LLP announced today that it is combining with Dow Lohnes PLLC‘s Washington, DC office. Through the transaction, Cooley will be adding 54 attorneys and many other non-lawyer professionals and industry specialists to its DC office. The Dow Lohnes group is organized around three broad industry sectors: communications, higher education and media. The deal will catapult Cooley into a Top-30 Washington, DC law firm by size, boasting comprehensive “Inside the Beltway” regulatory experience. The clients of both firms will be significantly advantaged by the deepening of the core capabilities across Cooley’s domestic and international offices.

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Recognizing an opportunity to strengthen their firms and provide greater services for their clients, LeClairRyan and the Annapolis, Md.-based, national healthcare law firm of Adelman, Sheff & Smith have consolidated their practices.

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Sullivan & Worcester LLP is pleased to announce the opening of its London office led by well-known trade finance partner, Geoffrey Wynne, formerly at Dentons. He is joined in London by associates Hannah Fearn, Sam Fowler-Holmes, Tom Glinka, Anna Koshy and Alexandra Tillbrook, all previously with Dentons.

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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Steven M. Goldman has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Corporate Services Practice Group.

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