Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Gabe Fleet has joined the firm as a partner in the Connectivity, Privacy & Information Practice. Fleet is a leading deal lawyer in the music space, representing entertainment, digital media, and technology companies in connection with large-scale licensing transactions and related strategic guidance. Fleet joins Latham from iHeartMedia, where he served as Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and Chief Music Licensing Counsel.
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Ian Nussbaum has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Nussbaum advises public and private companies on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, corporate governance, and shareholder activism and takeover defense matters. Nussbaum joins Latham from Cooley LLP.
Law firm Nixon Peabody LLP has added experienced litigator and trial lawyer Paul F. Downs, continuing to expand the firm’s Complex Disputes practice at a time of increased commercial litigation across many industries. Nixon Peabody Welcomes Downs from the New York office of Foley Hoag LLP.
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, a full-service national law firm, announced today the opening of its newest office located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a group of attorneys from Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP. The team consists of seven litigation attorneys and five corporate attorneys and includes 10 partners. The office will be located at PPG Place.
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Building on the firm’s longstanding presence in Frankfurt, Morgan Lewis is establishing a Munich office with 20 lawyers and advisors from the Munich office of Shearman & Sterling. Three partners—Florian Harder, head of Shearman & Sterling’s German offices and M&A/PE partner; Florian Ziegler, leveraged finance partner; and Jann Jetter, leader of the tax advisory practice—will launch Morgan Lewis’s new Munich office with a leading transactional and regulatory team in the areas of M&A, private equity, finance, and tax. Florian Harder will become Managing Partner of the Munich Office.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Sunny Singh will join the Firm’s New York office as a Partner in the Restructuring Practice to lead the Firm’s U.S. company-side restructuring team. Singh arrives at the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that Douglas W. Butler has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate & Securities group. He will be based in the Atlanta office. Butler joins Womble from Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, where he was a partner and led that firm’s Captive Management and Insurance Regulatory group.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Tax Practice with the addition of Jeffrey Davis as a partner in Washington, DC. Davis joins White & Case from Mayer Brown, where he was a partner and co-head of the firm’s renewable energy group.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP grew its Litigation Practice with the addition of Charles Markle as shareholder in the firm’s Phoenix office. Markle arrives at the firm from Fennemore Craig, PC in Phoenix.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that George Hazel will join the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. Hazel, formerly a U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland, will serve as a member of the firm’s Litigation and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups.
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