King & Spalding announced today that Kathleen “Katie” Blaszak has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group. She is based in the firm’s Northern Virginia office. Blaszak was most recently a partner at Winston & Strawn.
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Marcella C. Burke joined the firm as a partner in the Houston office. A distinguished environmental and energy attorney, Ms. Burke joins Eversheds Sutherland from King & Spalding where she was a partner and led the Houston Environmental Health and Safety Practice as well as their global energy transition initiative. Ms. Burke previously held several senior government positions, including at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Interior (DOI). As a sought-after thought leader and strategic advisor she frequently speaks and writes about environmental enforcement and crisis response, energy regulations, and complex environmental corporate matters. |
Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the strategic appointment of Gasant Orrie as a Partner in its South Africa corporate practice. Gasant will be based in the firm’s Cape Town office and will support clients across South Africa and the wider African continent. Gasant joins Clyde & Co from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc (CDH), where he was the Cape Managing Partner and a Senior Director of the corporate & commercial practice. To further complement Clyde & Co’s corporate offering, Gasant joins the firm with his team from CDH.
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McKool Smith has announced that patent litigator Alfonso Chan has joined the firm as a principal in its Dallas office. Mr. Chan litigates complex intellectual property disputes on behalf of universities, research institutes, and technology companies, and specializes in matters involving semiconductor and electronic technology as well as biomaterials and medical devices.
International tax attorney Logan Gans has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the Private Wealth Services Group. Mr. Gans represents both U.S. and foreign clients on every type of tax issue, in personal and business advisory matters. He will reside in the firm’s Miami office and arrives from the Miami office of Shutts and Bowen LLP.
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Stacey Song has joined Cooley’s market-leading fund formation practice group as a partner in New York. She arrives from Fried Frank and brings a wealth of experience counseling investment advisers and private funds on a range of securities regulation matters, as well as insights gained from working as senior counsel at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Gregory J. Moore has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice group as a partner in the Houston office. A well-known trial lawyer with a diversified practice, Greg handles commercial litigation matters that include class actions, breach of contract claims, and disputes related to economic damage, personal injury, and professional services. Prior to joining Blank Rome, Greg was a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP.
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Squire Patton Boggs today announced that insurance litigation partner Elizabeth Ahlstrand has joined the New York office, strengthening the firm’s credentials handling complex coverage disputes. Joining from Gfeller Laurie LLP where she was partner, Ms. Ahlstrand represents some of the nation’s largest insurance companies, concentrating her practice on high-value first party and third party insurance coverage and bad faith litigation in the state and federal courts across the greater Northeast.
Mayer Brown announced today that Alex Righi has rejoined the Banking & Finance practice as a partner in Chicago. Mr. Righi’s practice focuses primarily on private equity fund finance. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Katten announced today that Eddy Park has joined the firm as partner in its Real Estate practice in New York, where he will focus on complex transactions and strategic matters related to mixed-income and affordable residential developments. Park comes to the firm from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York.
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