Polsinelli Continues Expansion of National Real Estate Practice with Hiring of Jed W. Bonner, Emina Kwok, Patrick Maloney, and Scott Smithson

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli continues its recent streak of noteworthy hires by announcing the addition of accomplished attorneys Jed W. Bonner, Emina Kwok, Patrick Maloney, and Scott Smithson to the firm’s nationally renowned Real Estate Practice. Bonner joins the San Francisco office from Allen Matkins, Kwok and Maloney will be based out of Chicago, and Smithson joins the team in St. Louis from Dentons. Before joining Polsinelli, Maloney was a Partner at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP. Kwok joins Polsinelli from Greenberg Traurig.

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Clyde & Co Hires Partner in Miami to Strengthen Global Energy, Marine and Natural Resources Practice

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Robert Kritzman has over 30 years of experience in the shipping and cruise line industry specializing in international commercial transactions, maritime transactions, maritime regulatory compliance, and mergers and acquisitions. Robert joins Clyde & Co from Lewis Brisbois where he was a partner and member of the commercial lending, complex business and commercial litigation, marine and energy, and transportation practices.

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Cozen O’Connor Continues to Expand its Boca Raton Office, Adding Margo K. Ceresney to its Private Client, Trusts and Estates Group

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Cozen O’Connor announced the addition of attorney Margo K. Ceresney to its Private Client, Trusts and Estates Group — a move that further expands both the Private Client, Trusts and Estates Group and the firm’s new Boca Raton, Florida office. Margo, who joins as a member, brings to the firm more than a decade of experience guiding clients through the complexities of estate and gift planning, trust and estate administration, tax, family law, and succession planning. Ceresneycomes to the firm from Proskauer Rose LLP where she was a senior associate attorney in Private Client Services.

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Holland & Knight Continues Real Estate Practice Growth with Addition of Kathryn Goldberger in West Palm Beach

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

 Real estate attorney Kathryn Goldberger has joined Holland & Knight’s West Palm Beach office as a partner. She is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Section, one of the largest in the country. She was previously in-house counsel at Westbrook Partners, a global real estate private equity firm, where she oversaw the acquisition, development, financing and disposition of the properties within the firm’s investment portfolio.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Expands in Los Angeles and Washington, DC With Environmental and Government Affairs Partner

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that environmental regulation and government affairs lawyer Scott Burton has joined the firm as a partner in its Los Angeles and Washington, DC offices. Joining from Hunton Andrews Kurth, Burton leverages his extensive environmental, energy and natural resources experience to advise clients in the national and international public policy arenas on a spectrum of high-profile and high-risk issues. 

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Continues Growth in France and Welcomes Roland Montfort as a Partner in its Corporate/M&A Team

Monday, May 16, 2022

The team advises French and foreign clients on mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity and joint ventures as well as on strategic alliances and transactions involving listed companies. Working closely with BCLP’s competition, labor and tax teams, it is also active across a wide range of industries, including energy, telecom, technologies, media and real estate, among others. Roland Montfort began his career at Coudert Frères in Paris, then worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (2000-2003). He later joined Lefèvre Pelletier (2003-2008), where he became head of M&A before becoming managing partner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in Paris (2008-2015).

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