Akin’s Market-Leading International Trade Practice Adds Three-Partner Team With Strong National Security and Cross-Border Compliance and Investigation Capabilities

Monday, July 17, 2023

Akin is pleased to announce that Ryan Fayhee, Roy (Ruoweng) Liu and Tyler Grove have joined the firm as partners in the Washington, D.C. office, further strengthening Akin’s cross-border compliance and investigations capabilities in an expanding criminal and regulatory enforcement environment.  The trio intend to continue their focus on economic sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering compliance and investigations. The team arrives at Akin from Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP.

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First-Chair Trial Partner Moves to Shook

Thursday, July 13, 2023
Shook welcomes Partner Jessica Grant to expand the firm’s first-chair trial bench. Well-known nationally, Grant brings 25+ years of experience in a wide spectrum of areas including product liability, antitrust, class action, employment and intellectual property.

“It’s unusual to join a firm where you have already tried many cases with their lawyers and feel so comfortable about the move,” said Grant, who is in between trials and will try a case for Shook in August.

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McDermott Boosts Healthcare Managed Care Team

Thursday, July 13, 2023

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of Erin Kelly to the Firm’s Healthcare Practice Group as a partner in Washington, DC, where she will focus on innovative care delivery models and the intersection between payors and providers. With more than a decade of in-house experience within national healthcare organizations, Erin brings a diversity of transactional, contracting, regulatory and compliance experience. Erin most recently served as senior vice president, deputy general counsel and chief compliance officer at Signify Health.

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K&L Gates Bolsters Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of Charlotte Partner and Multi-Office Team

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes partner David Easwaran and a team of six patent agents and technical specialists to the firm’s Intellectual Property practice area. Easwaran and his colleagues join K&L Gates from Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, with Easwaran resident in K&L Gates’ Charlotte office and others from his team based in Boston, Charlotte, and Washington, D.C.

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Private Wealth Services Partner Bryan Howard Joins Holland & Knight in Nashville

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Holland & Knight has strengthened its Private Wealth Services Group with the addition of Bryan Howard as a partner in Nashville. Mr. Howard previously was a co-founding member of a boutique trusts and estates law firm, Howard Mobley Hayes & Gontarek PLLC. Prior to that, he was a partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, which combined with Holland & Knight in March.

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Stinson Adds Two Partners to Corporate Finance Bench in DC, NYC

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Stinson LLP is pleased to announce that Kim D. Larsen and Tobias F. Ziegler have joined the firm as partners in the Corporate Finance Practice Division. Larsen joins Stinson in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, and Ziegler joins Stinson in the firm’s New York office, which recently relocated to a larger space to accommodate the firm’s growth. Prior to joining Stinson, Ziegler served as both principal and chair of Bressler, Amery & Ross P.C.’s corporate and commercial transactions practice group. Larsen served as principal at the firm.

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Restructuring Partner Ken Kansa in Chicago

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Barnes & Thornburg is pleased to welcome Ken Kansa to the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department. Kansa joins the group shortly after the firm added fellow Chicago restructuring partner Aaron Gavant in June, as well as New York restructuring partner Gregory Plotko in February. Kansa arrives at Barnes & Thornburg from Sidley Austin LLP.

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