Quinn Emanuel Expands SEC Enforcement Practice, Adding Former National Asset Management Chief Dabney O’Riordan
Cementing its leadership position in securities enforcement defense, global litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP today announced that C. Dabney O’Riordan has joined the firm as a partner, resident in the Firm’s Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices. O’Riordan joins Quinn Emanuel from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she led the Division of Enforcement’s Asset Management Unit (AMU) for over six years.
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Leila Vaughan Rejoins Faegre Drinker as Investment Management Partner in Philadelphia
Faegre Drinker announced today that Leila Vaughan has rejoined the firm as a partner in the investment management practice group in Philadelphia. Vaughan comes to the firm from Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld.
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Holland & Knight Strengthens its Global Energy Practice with Acquisition of Transactional & Regulatory Team
Holland & Knight announced today that a nationally recognized team of nine partners with extensive experience in the energy industry have joined the firm from Eversheds. The team is led by energy and renewables partner Ram Sunkara in Houston and tax partner Amish Shah in Washington, D.C. The group also includes partners Jackson Allen and Kyle Wamstad in Atlanta; Joshua Belcher and Ronnie Dabbasi in Houston; Madeleine Tan in New York; and Alexander Holtan and Susan Lafferty in Washington, D.C.
Mayer Brown Adds Vincenzo Feldmann as Partner in its Employment & Benefits Practice in Paris
Mayer Brown announced today that Vincenzo Feldmann re-joined the firm as a partner in the Employment & Benefits practice in Paris. He joins from Gide Loyrette Nouel, where he was a counsel for three years.
Project Finance Partner Benjamin Cooper Rejoins Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice
Benjamin Cooper, an experienced project finance attorney who recently served as an associate general counsel at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), has returned to Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner* in the firm’s energy and infrastructure practice.
Winston & Strawn Adds eDiscovery and Information Governance Partner Bobby Malhotra to Los Angeles Office
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today the addition of Partner Bobby Malhotra in the Los Angeles office. Bobby joins the Litigation Department; he brings a particular emphasis on eDiscovery, information governance, analytics, and artificial intelligence. Most recently, Malhotra was with Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP in Los Angeles.
Jindrich Kloub Joins Wilson Sonsini’s Antitrust and Competition Team in Brussels
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Jindrich Kloub has joined the firm’s antitrust and competition department as a partner in the Brussels office. Kloub’s more than 10 years of service at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition and his most recent Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC) role illustrate the range of his enforcement agency experience and connections. His addition fortifies Wilson Sonsini’s acclaimed antitrust and competition practice in the United States and Europe. Most recently, Kloub was executive director of operations at the HKCC, where he was responsible for all antitrust enforcement since 2017.
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Addleshaw Goddard Grows Construction Disputes Team With New Partner Hire
Addleshaw Goddard has hired Clarissa Smith as a partner in its fast-growing construction and engineering team. Clarissa, who primarily specialises in cross-sector disputes for clients within the construction industry, previously worked as a partner at Trowers & Hamlins. Her practice has focused on all forms of alternative dispute resolution, adjudication, meditation and the resolution of claims under the pre-action protocol for construction and engineering disputes. Previous clients have included some of the UK’s largest developers, contractors, sub-contractors, consultants and local authorities.
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W. Anders Folk and Kristin Berger Parker join Jones Day as partners in Minneapolis
The global law firm Jones Day announced today that W. Anders Folk and Kristin Berger Parker have joined the Firm as partners in the Minneapolis Office. Mr. Folk joins Jones Day’s Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice, and Ms. Parker joins the Firm’s Labor & Employment Practice. Mr. Folk spent the last four years at the Department of Justice, initially serving as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota and later as the Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota. Parker joins Jones Day from Stinson Leonard Street LLP.
