Barnes & Thornburg LLP today announced the opening of a new office in Nashville, Tennessee. The office will be anchored by the arrival of five partners in significant areas for the firm, including capital markets partners Jay H. Knight and Taylor K. Wirth, healthcare partners J.D. Thomas and Elisa Harris, and white collar litigation partner Joy Boyd Longnecker.
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney continues its strategic growth with the addition of Richard Montes de Oca as a shareholder in the firm’s corporate section. Montes de Oca focuses his practice in the areas of corporate governance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and securities, as well as global compliance. Based in the Miami office, Richard will lead Buchanan’s new international business practice group. He will also serve as a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Council. Prior to joining Buchanan, Montes de Oca was the founder and managing partner of MDO Partners, a boutique law firm that specialized in corporate law and compliance.
Eversheds Sutherland has announced a boost to its Frankfurt capability with the appointment of M&A lateral partner hire, Silke Gantzckow. Silke, a notary public, joins from Baker McKenzie, and brings 20 years of experience in advising on corporate finance transactions including national and cross-border corporate M&A and private equity.
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Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Partner Richard Lyons to the firm’s Corporate Services practice group. He is among more than 80 lawyers and staff professionals who have joined Armstrong Teasdale in 2023 alone. Lyons arrives at the firm from Bertone Piccini LLP.
Benesch continues to add to its roster of top-notch legal talent, the firm is pleased to welcome Partner Kevin W. Humphries to the Corporate & Securities Practice Group in Columbus. Before joining Benesch, Kevin was a Kirkland & Ellis LLP corporate partner.
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Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Sheri Giger to the firm’s Pittsburgh office as a shareholder. Giger joins the firm from the Pittsburgh office of Jackson Lewis, where she has practiced for more than two decades, most recently as co-leader of the firm’s Disability, Leave, and Health Management (DLHM) practice group. Giger’s arrival comes on the heels of the addition of Susan Zoeller as shareholder in the firm’s Indianapolis office, also from Jackson Lewis.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Germain D. Labat has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Litigation practice in Los Angeles. An experienced trial lawyer, Germain represents public and private companies in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Before joining Blank Rome, Germain was a partner at Greenspoon Marder LLP.
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Jeff Goldfarb, a top acquisition finance lawyer with more than two decades of experience advising clients on private equity-led deals, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in New York.
Haynes and Boone, LLP’s Labor and Employment Practice Group has expanded with the addition of Partner Michael Lombardino in Houston. A board certified trial lawyer, Michael has more than 13 years of legal experience, including the last three as counsel and partner at Reed Smith.
Paul Hastings LLP announced today that prominent intellectual property trial lawyer Rudy Kim has joined the firm’s top-of-market IP Litigation practice as a partner based in Palo Alto. Kim arrives at the firm from Morrison & Foerster LLP.
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