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.
Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyer Suzanne M. Utke Joins Marshall Dennehey’s Health Care Department in Philadelphia
Highly accomplished medical malpractice trial lawyer and licensed nurse, Suzanne M. Utke, RN, BSN, MHA, J.D., has joined Marshall Dennehey’s Philadelphia office as a shareholder in the Health Care Department. Previously, she was a partner at Weber Gallagher.
K&L Gates Adds Hong Kong Debt Capital Markets Finance Partner
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Jay Lee as a debt capital markets finance partner in its Hong Kong office. Lee joins K&L Gates from the Hong Kong office of Simmons & Simmons.
Jones Day Welcomes Gary Kaplan as Partner in Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice
King & Spalding Adds Fund Formation Partner Stephen Sims in London
King & Spalding has hired private funds partner Stephen Sims to the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in London. Sims was previously a partner and the European Head of Investment Management at Skadden and more recently a fund formation partner at MJ Hudson.
