National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Brenda Barrett has joined the firm as a partner in the Austin office and as a member of its Energy & Natural Resources industry group. Barrett arrives at the firm from Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC.
Leading international law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Adil Hussain from Clyde & Co as Partner and Head of the Banking & Finance practice in the UAE, and Global Head of Islamic Finance. He joined the firm’s UAE offices on 11 September 2023.
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Eric S. Aronson, a widely respected trial lawyer with broad experience in trial and appellate courts across the nation, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Group in New York. Aronson joins Crowell from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
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Jacqueline A. Brooks has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its Baltimore office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Brooks was a partner at Saul Ewing LLP. At Duane Morris, Brooks will serve as chair of the firm’s newly established REIT Division within its Corporate practice.
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is pleased to announce that David Yang is joining the firm’s Washington office as a partner. Yang arrives from Maynard Nexsen PC.
Global law firm Clyde & Co has hired tax expert Rachel Fox as a partner in its Dubai office. Rachel is joining Clyde & Co’s Global Corporate & Advisory practice and will lead the firm’s Middle East tax offering. Rachel joins Clyde & Co from William Fry in Ireland, where she was made partner in 2019.
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of Partner Martin “Marty” Mackowski to its Competition – Antitrust Practice in Washington, DC. Mackowski joins from Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.), where he served as Associate General Counsel, Competition and Regulatory.
Mayer Brown announced today that Allison Lee has joined its Corporate & Securities practice as a partner. With 15 years’ experience advising public and private companies and private equity firms in connection with cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic investments, distribution arrangements and secondary sale transactions across Asia, Ms. Lee joins from Debevoise & Plimpton where she was a member of the firm’s Corporate Department, and Private Equity and M&A Groups in Hong Kong.
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Allen & Overy today announces it is bolstering its private capital expertise with the hire of Sophie Jermine, who will join the London office as a partner in the Corporate practice. Sophie joins A&O from Akin, where she has been a partner since 2016 when the Bingham McCutchen London office joined Akin.
Tags: Allen & Overy LLP | LondonSquire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of Javier Izquierdo as a partner in its Madrid Litigation Practice. He joins from Pérez-Llorca Abogados, where he was co-head of the Litigation Practice. Mr. Izquierdo, who arrives with a three-lawyer team, is the latest partner to join the firm in Madrid, following the recent addition of Corporate partner Carlos Blanco Morillo and Competition partner Gorka Navea.
