Cooley LLP announced today that Kevin Rooney and Louis Lehot have joined the firm’s Business department as partners based in its Palo Alto office. They both join from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, where Rooney chaired the firm’s Emerging Growth/Venture Capital and Technology M&A practices, and Lehot led its Capital Markets and Public Company M&A practices.
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The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that Gene Buttrill has joined as a Capital Markets Practice partner. Formerly a partner with Proskauer Rose LLP, Mr. Buttrill will be based in the Firm’s Hong Kong Office as a foreign registered lawyer. Jones Day welcomes Mr. Buttrill to its growing Capital Markets Practice in Hong Kong, alongside the recent hires of Chris Swift and Joelle Lau from Allen & Overy and the promotion of Julian Lin to partner in January of this year.
Tags: Jones Day | Hong KongThe global law firm Jones Day has announced today that Kari Erickson Levine has joined the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco Office, where she will be a member of Jones Day’s Labor & Employment Practice. Ms. Levine arrives from the San Francisco office of Seyfarth Shaw, where she practiced for 18 years and was a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice.
Tags: Jones Day | San FranciscoThe global law firm Jones Day has announced that Sumesh Sawhney has joined the Firm’s London Office in a further expansion of its India focus. Mr. Sawhney comes to Jones Day from Clifford Chance, where he had been co-head of its India corporate practice.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Lend Lease on its recent appointment to develop the AU$1 billion Waterbank Precinct urban renewal project in East Perth, Western Australia, as part of Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority’s (MRA) Riverside Project.
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Schiff Hardin LLP welcomes three distinguished new partners to the firm’s Corporate and Securities Group from Cozen O’Connor in Washington and Philadelphia: Ralph V. De Martino (Washington), F. Alec Orudjev (Washington) and Cavas S. Pavri (Philadelphia). While at Cozen O’Connor, Mr. De Martino served as Chair of the Global Securities Practice Group. All three partners are based in Schiff Hardin’s Washington office, but Mr. Pavri will practice primarily in Philadelphia.
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Sidley Austin LLP announced today that it has added Mark E. Thompson as a partner in its New York and London offices. Mr. Thompson will be a member of the Firm’s M&A and Private Equity practices.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Lewis J. Greenwald, has joined the New York office as a partner in the Tax Transactions & Consulting practice. Mr. Greenwald focuses his practice on providing international tax planning for multinational clients.
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Clifford Chance implements next stage in evolution of its long established Saudi presence with full integration of Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm transactional practices including two Saudi qualified partners with Mohammed Al-Jadaan becoming a special adviser to Clifford Chance.
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Winston & Strawn LLP today announced that it is taking the next step as a preeminent global antitrust and competition firm by opening a Brussels office. The new office is scheduled to officially open its doors by June 2013 and is the sixteenth global office for the firm and fifth in Europe.
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