O’Melveny announced today that acclaimed energy regulatory lawyer Andrew B. Young has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner in its Project Development & Real Estate Practice Group and Energy Industry Group. Recognized as one of the nation’s top energy and regulatory lawyers by The Legal 500, Young comes to O’Melveny from the Washington, DC office of DLA Piper, where he served as a member of that firm’s Energy and Natural Resources Group.
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP continues the expansion of its global privacy and cybersecurity practice with the addition of Sarah Pearce as a partner in the firm’s London office. Pearce most recently led Paul Hastings LLP’s U.K. and European privacy and cybersecurity practice from the firm’s London and Paris offices, advising companies on data privacy and security issues in the U.K. and across Europe, including the impact of Brexit negotiations and the aftermath of the U.K.’s departure from the EU.
Nick Elwell-Sutton has joined Locke Lord’s London office as a Partner in the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Elwell-Sutton’s vast experience with all aspects of contentious, advisory and transactional employment law adds depth to Locke Lord’s growing London office. Prior to joining Locke Lord, Elwell-Sutton was a partner at Clyde & Co for 11 years.
McGuireWoods continues the expansion of its highly ranked securities and capital markets practice with the arrival of partners W. Lake Taylor Jr. and Lawton B. Way, who join the firm in Richmond, Virginia. They bring a wealth of experience representing Fortune 500 companies in debt and equity offerings, corporate governance and M&A deals. They come to McGuireWoods from Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Holland & Knight has strengthened its national Litigation Section with the addition of partner Michael Jones in Boston. Mr. Jones was previously a partner at Goodwin Procter, where he practiced in the firm’s Boston and Silicon Valley offices.
Clifford Chance has today announced that US tax specialist Kevin Colan will join its US Tax, Pensions & Employment (TPE) practice as a partner in its New York Office. Colan brings to the firm more than 20 years of experience advising on US tax issues across complex international transactions for financial investors, sponsors and corporates. He has worked across a range of sectors including Funds & Investment Management, Sovereign Wealth, Healthcare and Private Equity. Colan comes to the firm from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York.
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Elias Hinckley has joined its Global Projects Department as a partner in Washington, D.C. He was previously a partner at K&L Gates.
Akin Gump today announced that Matthew Hardwick and Daniel Giemajner have joined the firm as project finance and development partners in its London office. Their practices focus on global energy, infrastructure and natural resources projects spanning a range of sectors, including core and non-core infrastructure, renewable power, mining, gigafactories, battery and energy storage, electric vehicles, carbon capture and storage and clean hydrogen. The pair most recently practiced in the London office of Norton Rose Fulbright.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is strategically expanding the Litigation Practice in its Mexico office with the addition of Shareholder Alejandro Ostos Fulda. Ostos, along with a team of three associates and one law clerk, are joining Greenberg Traurig from Bufete Ostos.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced today that Elizabeth McCloskey has rejoined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner. McCloskey, formerly a partner at Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco, will continue her complex litigation practice, with a focus on tech and investigations.
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