Perkins Coie Adds Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Partners Chris Grogan in Los Angeles and Steve Davis in Portland

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Chris Grogan and Steve Davis have joined the firm’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice as partners in Los Angeles and Portland respectively. Four new partners have now joined the expanding ECVC practice in recent weeks, following the additions of Dan Austin and Patrick Anding in Texas and California. Steve joins Perkins Coie from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he was a partner and had established his practice for 15 years. A former counsel with Perkins Coie, Chris returns to the firm after working as a general counsel for startup Stealth Fintech.

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McDermott Adds Four Intellectual Property Partners in Boston and Austin

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of four partners to our growing intellectual property (IP) practice. Charles (Chuck) Larsen  (formerly White & Case) joins the Boston office, while Ryan Clark, Aashish Kapadia and Samoneh (Sammy) Schickel join McDermott in Austin. Clark and Kapadia join the firm from Baker Botts LLP.

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Lift off for Kennedys with Three New Partner Hires and Ninth US Office Opens in Houston, Texas

Kennedys is delighted to announce we have opened a new office in Houston, Texas – our second in the State and ninth in the US. Client need has prompted our move to the city, which is widely regarded as the energy capital of the world, we have added three energy insurance partners, who will be based there, to help meet rising demand. Doug Wheat, formerly of Wheat Oppermann, joins alongside Candace Ourso and Callie Murphy, both from Schouest, Bamdas, Soshea & BenMaier. The team also includes associate Amanda Farley.

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O’Melveny’s Rapid Texas Growth Continues with Addition of Houston Private Equity Dealmaker Garrett Johnston

O’Melveny announced today that Garrett Johnston has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. Johnston is the latest in a series of highly regarded lawyers who have joined O’Melveny in Texas, bolstering its already outstanding private equity team in the state. Johnston comes to O’Melveny from the Houston office of McGuireWoods, where he was a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Private Equity Department. 

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