Cooley Continues to Expand Regulatory Capabilities With Key Digital Health Hire

Monday, October 9, 2023

Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker has joined Cooley’s San Diego office as a partner in the firm’s global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice group. Bortniker arrives from Foley & Lardner, where she co-chaired its healthcare transaction group and its healthcare and life sciences sector’s payer/provider convergence area of focus. Her practice focuses on health regulatory counseling and transactional matters advising technology-based innovators and disruptors shaping the new healthcare landscape.

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Freshfields Enhances Global ESG and Sustainability Practice With London Partner

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has today announced that Doug Bryden, a leading practitioner in environment, regulatory and governance law, will join the firm’s global ESG and sustainability practice as a partner based in London. Bryden joins Freshfields from Travers Smith, where he served as Head of Environment & Operational Regulatory, and as co-head of its ESG and Impact Group.

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London-based International Arbitration Partner Maurice Kenton Joins Hunton Andrews Kurth in Continued Expansion of Firm’s Global Disputes Practice

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Maurice Kenton, a prominent international arbitration and disputes lawyer with significant experience representing clients in the mining, oil and gas, power, telecommunications, infrastructure and insurance sectors, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in London. Arriving with Kenton is disputes Counsel Edward Hamilton, whose practice includes international commercial and investor-State disputes. The firm recently announced the arrivals of his longtime colleagues, international arbitration Partner David Hesse and corporate Partner Phillip Mace. All three joined from Clyde & Co., where Kenton served as co-chair of the firm’s global arbitration group.

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Reed Smith Welcomes Leading Insurance Recovery Lawyer Bert Wells

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Reed Smith announced today that insurance recovery lawyer Bert Wells has joined the firm’s global Insurance Recovery Practice Group as a partner in New York. Wells has more than 20 years of legal experience with insurance arbitrations, mediations and negotiations, in some cases achieving nine-figure recoveries for his clients, including a $700 million Superstorm Sandy recovery. Wells joins Reed Smith from Covington & Burling where he had been a partner from the inception of that firm’s New York office.

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Greenberg Traurig Adds Courtney York to Corporate Practice in Dallas Office as Firm Celebrates 20 Years in Texas

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its expansion in Texas with the addition of Courtney York as a Corporate Practice shareholder in its Dallas office. Nationally recognized by Chambers USA Guide to America in the Technology: Corporate & Commercial category, York handles multimillion to billion dollar matters. She was previously with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

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Clyde & Co Strengthens UK Property Damage Capabilities With Hire of Paul Annesley

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of property and liability specialist Paul Annesley as a partner in its Manchester office. Paul joins the firm from Keoghs where he has worked as a partner since 2020, specialising in defended liability, policy coverage and subrogated recoveries on behalf of a number of the UK’s largest insurers. Previously he was a Legal Director at Clyde & Co between 2015 to 2020.

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