Willkie Adds Leading Digital Asset Lawyer Kari Larsen as Partner and Announces “Willkie Digital Works” Practice Leadership

Monday, September 19, 2022

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that leading digital asset attorney Kari Larsen has joined the Firm as a partner. She will serve as co-head of the Willkie Digital Works practice based in the firm’s New York office. Kari is a pioneer in the digital asset industry with more than two decades of private practice, in-house and government experience advising financial technology, digital asset, crypto and blockchain clients on some of the industry’s most innovative technologies and products. Kari joins Willkie from Perkins Coie, where she was co-lead of the Blockchain, Digital Asset, and Custody group within its Fintech practice.

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James Lu Joins Sidley’s Growing Life Sciences, Corporate, and ECVC Practices

Friday, September 16, 2022

Sidley is pleased to welcome James Lu as a partner in the Corporate Practice in Century City. He was a partner at Cooley LLP, as well as co-founder of its Shanghai office and the head of its corporate practice. Mr Lu’s addition comes on the heels of his former Cooley colleague, Daniel Elefant, joining the firm from Softbank Investment Advisers in San Francisco.

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Second Partner Hire in London Litigation Practice

Friday, September 16, 2022

Squire Patton Boggs is further strengthening its Litigation Practice with the addition of Lucy Webster who joins the firm from Eversheds Sutherland. Ms. Webster is the second partner to join the team in as many months, following Christian Toms who arrived from Brown Rudnick LLP in July.

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Baker Donelson Launches Charleston Office with Addition of Four South Carolina Shareholders

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Baker Donelson has launched a new location in Charleston, South Carolina, with the addition of four attorneys from two well-respected firms. Joining Baker Donelson as shareholders in the Firm’s new Charleston location are corporate attorney J. Ashley Cooper and employment attorney Jennifer K. Dunlap, both previously with Parker Poe, and health law attorneys Alissa Fleming and Catherine F. Wrenn, both previously with Womble Bond Dickinson.

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Weil Adds Partner Daniel L. Stein as Co-Head of White Collar Practice in New York

Tuesday, September 13, 2022
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Daniel L. Stein has joined the Firm as Co-Head of the global White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations practice, based in Weil’s New York office. Dan joins Weil from the New York office of Mayer Brown, where he was a co-leader of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Compliance group. 

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Corporate Transactions Partner J.A. Glaccum Joins Hunton Andrews Kurth in Houston

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Prominent corporate transactions attorney J.A. Glaccum has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. Glaccum joins Hunton Andrews Kurth from DLA Piper LLP (US), where he was a partner in the firm’s corporate practice. Prior to joining DLA, Glaccum was a counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

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