Chad Shear, Betsy Flanagan and Geoff Biegler have joined as partners in Cooley’s market-leading intellectual property litigation practice within the firm’s global litigation department. Arriving from Fish & Richardson, the group brings extensive trial experience, having successfully represented early- to late-stage life sciences companies in complex patent disputes across district and appellate courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Tags: Cooley LLP | Minneapolis | San DiegoGordon & Rees Strengthens Chicago Office with Addition of Laura Knittle as Partner in Education Law
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, the nation’s first and only law firm with offices in all 50 states, welcomes Laura Knittle as a Partner in the firm’s Chicago office and as Co-Chair of the firm’s newly-formed Education Law practice group. She also joins the Employment Law and Government Regulatory & Administrative Law practice groups. Knittle arrives at the firm from Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.
Tags: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP | ChicagoMcDermott Adds Structured Finance Partner in New York
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of Partner Jonathan Ching to the Firm’s Transactions Practice Group in New York. Jonathan will draw on his in-house experience at leading banks and investment institutions to provide clients with practical and strategic investment advice.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | New YorkFieldfisher enters Austria with Vienna office launch
Washington, D.C. Antitrust Partner Carrie Mahan Joins Sidley
Norton Rose Fulbright Continues Growth of Corporate Insurance and Technology Transactions Practices with Six New Lawyers and a Senior Consultant
Following the recent arrival of a six-partner team from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has added six non-partner lawyers and a senior consultant from the same firm to further strengthen its corporate insurance and technology transactions practices.
Dentons strengthens Dutch Tax practice with team hire of partner Rezan Ökten and counsel Sebastian Frankenberg
Global law firm Dentons has fortified its Tax practice with the recruitment of partner Rezan Ökten as Head of Transfer Pricing in the Netherlands and Sebastian Frankenberg as Counsel and Head of Valuation Services in the Netherlands. Both joined the Amsterdam office on June 1, 2023.
Tags: Dentons | AmsterdamMatthias Lichtblau joins Dentons as Germany COO
Baker Botts Welcomes Prominent Energy Private Equity Partner in Houston
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Clay Brett has joined its Corporate Department as a partner in the Houston office.
Paul Hastings Adds Leading Complex Commercial Litigator in California
Paul Hastings LLP announced today that preeminent complex commercial litigator Susan Leader has joined the firm as a partner in Century City. She joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she was firmwide co-chair of the complex litigation practice group.
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