Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Michelle Boudreaux has joined the Energy Projects and Transactions section of the Global Projects Department in the firm’s Houston office. Boudreaux arrives to the firm from Caldwell Boudreaux Lefler PLLC.
Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is delighted to welcome Brandon C. Szymula as a Partner to its growing office in Tampa, Florida. Szymula joins the firm from Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.
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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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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 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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Global law firm Goodwin today announced that finance partner Winfried (“Winni”) Carli will join its Munich office as the firm further strengthens its market-leading Private Equity practice. Carli comes to the firm from Shearman & Sterling LLP.
Squire Patton Boggs has made two senior hires into its Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice. These additions following a recent multi-office expansion of its data privacy practice across Europe as the firm continues to grow its global team. Julia B. Jacobson joins the firm as partner in New York from Arent Fox Schiff LLP. Shea Leitch joins the firm as of counsel in Washington DC from BakerHostetler LLP.
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Barnes & Thornburg has added Loretta Freeman as a partner in the Atlanta office, where she joins the Intellectual Property Department and concentrates her practice on patent and trademark law. Freeman joins the team from Merchant & Gould PC
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic expansion of its Real Estate Practice in Northern California with the addition of Jasmine Tzeng Martin as a shareholder in the firm’s San Francisco office. Martin joins the firm from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, reuniting with her former colleague Jacobus “Jack” D. Machalow who re-joined Greenberg Traurig in May as a shareholder.
