Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that energy transactions lawyer Mark Jones has returned to the firm as a Houston-based partner in the corporate, M&A and securities practice. Jones, who rejoins the firm from Baker Hostetler, has substantial experience in the energy, financial services, manufacturing, transportation and technology industries.
Seyfarth has announced that Kathryn Weaver, a highly regarded leader in the field of international employment law, will join the firm as a partner in Hong Kong to head up its regional cross-border employment practice. Weaver is qualified to practice in England, Wales, and Hong Kong, and has extensive experience advising multinational employers on all of their Asia-Pacific HR-related law needs, including employment law, immigration, data privacy, and benefits. Weaver arrives from Lewis Silkin LLP in Hong Kong
Squire Patton Boggs has hired partners Lee Norman and Ben Johnson into its Litigation Practice. They join the firm from DWF, where Mr. Norman was head of its commercial litigation team in Manchester. Mr. Norman and Mr. Johnson follow partners Lucy Webster and Christian Toms, who joined the firm’s London Litigation team in recent months.
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A&O has announced the appointment of Patrick Ploeger as partner in its investigations practice group. Ploeger joins from law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, where he was a partner in the investigations and litigation practice group since 2007.
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Jon Lyman has joined the firm’s Miami office as a partner in its Transactions Practice Group, further bolstering Foley’s South Florida presence as part of its strategic national expansion.
Holland & Knight has strengthened its financial services and private equity practices with the addition of Arthur Lotz as a partner in Dallas. Mr. Lotz’s practice focuses on syndicated loan transactions, asset‐based and reserve‐based lending, and acquisition and leveraged finance for private equity firms, corporate borrowers and financial institutions. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
King & Spalding has hired energy, infrastructure and project development lawyer Dan Feldman as a partner in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group. He is based in the Abu Dhabi office. Feldman joins the firm from Shearman & Sterling, where he served as Co-Head of Energy Innovation and leader of its Global Hydrogen/Ammonia Industry Team.
Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, has hired an M&A partner into its UK Corporate practice. James Vernon is experienced in both public and private M&A, joint ventures, corporate governance and corporate advisory work. James joins from Eversheds Sutherland where he was a legal director in the corporate department, having previously practised at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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Balch & Bingham is pleased to announce that Lewis Csedrik joins the Washington D.C. office to expand the firm’s globally ranked Nuclear Energy Practice. Lewis brings over 20 years of experience representing clients in the nuclear industry, counseling clients on work environment issues, investigations and enforcement matters, whistleblower litigation, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR), before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Department of Energy, and other state and federal regulatory agencies, as well federal courts.
