Vinson & Elkins has added a team of eight litigators to its Energy Regulatory practice. Led by partner William Scherman, the team includes partners Jeffrey Jakubiak and Jason Fleischer, counsel Laura Swett, Jennifer Mansh and Thomas Kirby, senior counsel Judge John Dring and associate Phillip Washburn. The addition of this team, which formerly practiced at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, significantly strengthens V&E’s already established energy, regulatory and litigation practices.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has announced the hire of banking and finance partner Laleh Shahabi, who will join the firm’s newly opened Abu Dhabi office. Shahabi arrives at the firm from the Dubai office of Shearman & Sterling .
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Holland & Knight has bolstered its national Labor, Employment and Benefits Group with the addition of Partner Richard Harris in Philadelphia. Mr. Harris was previously a partner with Littler Mendelson P.C.
Sonny Allison, Kester Spindler, Danielle Fortier, Amelia Davis and Jeffrey Beuche have joined Cooley’s Denver office as partners in the firm’s private equity and mergers & acquisitions practices. Arriving from Perkins Coie, the group strengthens Cooley’s existing capabilities representing private equity sponsors and strategic parties as they drive high-growth platforms.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that energy M&A lawyer Tan Lu has joined the Firm as a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department. He is based in the Houston office. Lu was most recently counsel at Vinson & Elkins.
David Gair has joined Locke Lord as a Partner in the Firm’s Dallas office and will serve as Chair of its Tax Controversy Practice Group. His versatile experience will further enhance Locke Lord’s ability to advise on elaborate tax matters and adds depth to the Firm’s tax controversy team. Gair, who joins Locke Lord from Gray Reed, where he served as leader of its tax controversy practice group, is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Fellow with the American College of Tax Counsel.
Leading global law firm Dentons has strengthened its UK Banking and Finance team by hiring Richard Sharples as a partner in London. Richard was previously a banking partner at Clifford Chance and specialises in leveraged finance, debt restructuring, private equity, acquisition finance, corporate and syndicated lending.
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Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Matt McTygue has joined the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice group as a partner in its Private Equity practice, based in Boston. McTygue joins the firm from Locke Lord and has extensive experience representing private equity and venture capital firms, investors, and private companies in a broad range of acquisition, financing, and other business transactions.
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Wayne Bradley and Ann-Marie Notaro, two highly-regarded corporate partners with notable industry recognition, have joined Troutman Pepper’s national Corporate Practice Group in Atlanta. The pair join from Squire Patton Boggs.
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