Holland & Knight has expanded its tax and energy practices with the addition of partner Bradley Seltzer. Mr. Seltzer brings significant experience representing Fortune 100 utility, energy and telecommunications clients in complex tax matters, including tax planning, accounting and controversy. He will work in both the Washington D.C. and Orange County offices at Holland & Knight. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Seltzer was a partner with Eversheds Sutherland.
International law firm Clark Hill PLC announced today that Kevin Dooley Kent has joined the firm as a Member in the Litigation practice. Kent, who joins from Philadelphia-based Conrad O’Brien where he was a shareholder, will co-lead the firm’s Transatlantic strategy with Jarrod Duffy, Member and Co-Chair of Clark Hill’s Corporate practice group, and Sam Saarsteiner, Member with the firm’s Dublin, Ireland office. Kent works from the firm’s Dublin and Philadelphia offices.
Mohamed is a highly regarded US-qualified lawyer with more than 17 years of experience working in the United States (Chicago and Washington, DC) and the Middle East (Egypt and Saudi Arabia). He is a leading corporate lawyer with a deep understanding of the region and advises clients on complex M&A and restructuring transactions in the energy, financial services, infrastructure and real estate sectors. He joins from Baker & McKenzie LLP.
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Todd Chelius has joined its tax practice as a partner in Houston. Joining from Dorsey & Whitney, Chelius has significant experience negotiating tax and commercial aspects of mergers, acquisitions, financings, partnerships and joint ventures, often with international components.
Mayer Brown announced today that Jared Wilner has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice and Global Insurance Industry Group in New York. He joins from Locke Lord LLP.
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Huhnsik represents clients in a wide range of regulatory and transactional matters, while also resolving complex disputes that arise in the insurance industry. He advises on insurance-related matters involving formations and capitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, portfolio transfers, insurance-linked securities, investments, commutation agreements, and restructurings and receiverships. Huhnsik also advises on risk mitigation and exposures arising from transactions and investments, global licensing issues, tax matters, and representations and warranties policies on both the buy and sell side. In his dispute resolution practice, Huhnsik has served as lead counsel in more than 70 insurance, reinsurance, and commercial proceedings. Huhnsik joins ArentFox Schiff from Carlton Fields, PC, where he was a shareholder and served as co-chair of the firm’s Fintech and P&C Insurance Regulatory and Transactional Practice and the Blockchain and Digital Currency Practice.
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Rishi Sodhi has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in its Taxation Practice Group, bolstering its transactional tax capabilities for a broad range of transactions. Sodhi is the latest in a string of laterals to join the firm in California and builds upon Foley’s ongoing commitment to growth and expansion on the West Coast. Sodhi arrives from DLA Piper.
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Katten announced today that Emily K. Watson has joined as a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity practice in Chicago, building on the deep bench of experienced and skilled attorneys structuring and closing middle-market deals. Prior to joining Katten, Watson was a partner in the corporate group at Levenfeld Pearlstein and a corporate transactions and private equity partner at McDermott Will & Emery where she spent the majority of her legal career.
