Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes partner David Easwaran and a team of six patent agents and technical specialists to the firm’s Intellectual Property practice area. Easwaran and his colleagues join K&L Gates from Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, with Easwaran resident in K&L Gates’ Charlotte office and others from his team based in Boston, Charlotte, and Washington, D.C.
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Holland & Knight has strengthened its Private Wealth Services Group with the addition of Bryan Howard as a partner in Nashville. Mr. Howard previously was a co-founding member of a boutique trusts and estates law firm, Howard Mobley Hayes & Gontarek PLLC. Prior to that, he was a partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, which combined with Holland & Knight in March.
Stinson LLP is pleased to announce that Kim D. Larsen and Tobias F. Ziegler have joined the firm as partners in the Corporate Finance Practice Division. Larsen joins Stinson in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, and Ziegler joins Stinson in the firm’s New York office, which recently relocated to a larger space to accommodate the firm’s growth. Prior to joining Stinson, Ziegler served as both principal and chair of Bressler, Amery & Ross P.C.’s corporate and commercial transactions practice group. Larsen served as principal at the firm.
Barnes & Thornburg is pleased to welcome Ken Kansa to the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department. Kansa joins the group shortly after the firm added fellow Chicago restructuring partner Aaron Gavant in June, as well as New York restructuring partner Gregory Plotko in February. Kansa arrives at Barnes & Thornburg from Sidley Austin LLP.
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Akin is pleased to announce that Patrick Dundas has joined the firm as a partner in its market-leading investment management practice in the New York office. He joins Akin from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of Principal Adam F. Hensel-Briscoe to its Government Investigations & White Collar Practice in Washington, DC. Hensel-Briscoe joins the firm from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Mintz is pleased to announce that Steven Shparber has joined the firm as a Member of the Energy & Sustainability Practice in the Washington, D.C. office. Prior to joining Mintz, Mr. Shparber was a partner at Clark Hill PLC, and, before that, at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough.
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Dentons announces today the addition of partners Adam Docks, Lindsay Jewell and Jordan McCarthy to its global Hotels and Leisure practice. Docks and McCarthy will join the Chicago office, while Jewell will be based in Phoenix. This trio of hospitality transactional lawyers has a large national practice assisting clients with the acquisition, disposition, development, finance, recapitalization and formation of lodging and leisure-focused investment vehicles and businesses.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Greg Nelson has joined the firm as a Senior Counsel. Greg serves as a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Greg served as a partner in the tax department of Paul Hastings LLP.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | HoustonHolland & Knight has strengthened its nationally recognized Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group with the addition of Partner Timothy Lowry in Philadelphia. Mr. Lowry provides legal and strategic advice to domestic and multinational clients in the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industries. He was previously a partner and chair of the gaming practice at DLA Piper. Prior to that, he was senior corporate counsel at Harrah’s Entertainment from 2007 to 2009.
