Ashurst Strengthens German Tax Practice with Partner Hire

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Ashurst announced the appointment of Heiko Penndorf as a partner in its Frankfurt office. Formerly a partner in Mayer Brown in Frankfurt, Heiko advises on a broad range of M&A, finance real estate and capital markets transactions. He was member of the team advising US financial investor Lone Star on various portfolio transactions. He was also part of the team that advised Volkswagen Financial Services AG on its first residual value securitisation and Soffin on establishing the first German ‘bad bank.’ A licensed tax consultant, Heiko worked at Ashurst prior to joining Mayer Brown. Tax associate Felix Krüger will also be joining the team from Mayer Brown.

More >>

Tags:  Ashurst

McDermott Adds to Top-Ranked Intellectual Property Team in Silicon Valley

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced the appointment of Mashhood Rassam as partner in its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group, based in the Firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Rassam will add to a growing list of talented, senior litigators in McDermott’s Silicon Valley office at a time when competitor-on-competitor litigation in the tech industry reaches an all-time high.

More >>

Tags:  McDermott Will & Emery LLP | Silicon Valley

Prominent White Collar Attorney Mark Flessner Joins Holland & Knight

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Holland & Knight welcomes new partner Mark A. Flessner, a well-known white collar lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, to its Chicago Litigation Practice Group. A former assistant United States attorney in Chicago, Mr. Flessner counsels clients on the litigation risks arising from government investigative actions, whether criminal, civil or regulatory.

More >>

Tags:  Holland & Knight LLP | New York

Caplin & Drysdale Welcomes Elan Keller to New York Tax Practice

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Caplin & Drysdale announced today that Elan P. Keller has joined the firm as a member in its New York office. Mr. Keller will be part of the Corporate, Business & Transactional Tax, International Tax, and Tax Controversies practice groups. He was previously a Managing Director and Tax Director of Macquarie Holdings (USA) Inc. (“Macquarie”), where he oversaw Macquarie Americas’ diverse structural and transaction-based initiatives from a tax perspective, including matters relating to domestic and international M&A; infrastructure and leasing transactions; structured finance and capital markets transactions; transfer pricing; fixed income; and oil, gas, energy, and natural resource transactions.

More >>

Tags:  New York

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason Will Join Bricker & Eckler

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Bricker & Eckler LLP announced today that Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason will join the firm’s Cleveland office following his departure from the prosecutor’s office later this month. Effective October 1, Bill will become a partner in Bricker & Eckler’s Public Finance Group.

More >>