Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, the nation’s first and only law firm with offices in all 50 states, is pleased to announce the addition of partners Diane E. Webster, Karen V. Nathan, and associate Luca J. Giovine to the firm’s Chicago office. All join the firm from Hinshaw & Culbertson.
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Loeb & Loeb is pleased to announce the arrival of Adam Hirst to the firm’s New York office where he will be a partner in the Real Estate Investments & Transactions department. Hirst represents investment banks, real estate opportunity funds, private equity firms, other institutional lenders, developers, owners and operators in lender-side and borrower-side financings, workouts and restructurings, joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions and property management. Hirst joins Loeb & Loeb from Arnold & Porter LLP.
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O’Melveny announced today that acclaimed labor and employment litigator Kimberly Williams has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in its Labor & Employment Practice Group. Williams comes to O’Melveny from the Dallas office of Locke Lord, where she served as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors.
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Vinson & Elkins has added a team of eight litigators to its Energy Regulatory practice. Led by partner William Scherman, the team includes partners Jeffrey Jakubiak and Jason Fleischer, counsel Laura Swett, Jennifer Mansh and Thomas Kirby, senior counsel Judge John Dring and associate Phillip Washburn. The addition of this team, which formerly practiced at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, significantly strengthens V&E’s already established energy, regulatory and litigation practices.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has announced the hire of banking and finance partner Laleh Shahabi, who will join the firm’s newly opened Abu Dhabi office. Shahabi arrives at the firm from the Dubai office of Shearman & Sterling .
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Holland & Knight has bolstered its national Labor, Employment and Benefits Group with the addition of Partner Richard Harris in Philadelphia. Mr. Harris was previously a partner with Littler Mendelson P.C.
Sonny Allison, Kester Spindler, Danielle Fortier, Amelia Davis and Jeffrey Beuche have joined Cooley’s Denver office as partners in the firm’s private equity and mergers & acquisitions practices. Arriving from Perkins Coie, the group strengthens Cooley’s existing capabilities representing private equity sponsors and strategic parties as they drive high-growth platforms.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that energy M&A lawyer Tan Lu has joined the Firm as a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department. He is based in the Houston office. Lu was most recently counsel at Vinson & Elkins.
David Gair has joined Locke Lord as a Partner in the Firm’s Dallas office and will serve as Chair of its Tax Controversy Practice Group. His versatile experience will further enhance Locke Lord’s ability to advise on elaborate tax matters and adds depth to the Firm’s tax controversy team. Gair, who joins Locke Lord from Gray Reed, where he served as leader of its tax controversy practice group, is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Fellow with the American College of Tax Counsel.
