Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that Patrick J. Sandor has joined the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco office, where he will be part of Willkie’s market-leading Private Equity Practice Group. He was previously a partner at Wilson Sonsini. Patrick’s arrival follows the addition of private equity partners Ray LaSoya and Joe Kaczorowski, who joined Willkie’s Los Angeles office in February.
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Marie-Claire Strawbridge as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust Law/Competition and National Security practices. Strawbridge joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s leading competition practice and brings extensive experience of UK and EU competition law to Morrison & Foerster, with a primary focus on transactional matters. Her arrival further strengthens the firm’s leading global antitrust/competition and national security capabilities at a time of increasing demand from clients for advice regarding UK competition law and dealing with the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), as well as UK and multi-jurisdictional national security issues.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michael De Voe Piazza has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner. Piazza was formerly a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where he served as Co-Head of the firm’s Energy practice. He will continue his private equity and energy practice as Co-Head of U.S. Private Equity at Gibson Dunn.
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A two-time Advisen “Cyber Law Firm of the Year” winner, Lewis Brisbois’ Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice has hired attorney Sarah Rugnetta, previously the Health Law Practice lead at Beckage, to play a key role in developing its compliance advisory services. Ms. Rugnetta will join a team of over 55 attorneys, over 70% of whom are female, which is becoming as well known for its diversity as it is for its data privacy and cybersecurity services.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announces that major projects and contentious construction specialist Spencer Flay will be joining the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, as a partner based in Perth. Spencer joins from Corrs Chambers Westgarth in Perth where he was a partner.
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Dechert LLP today announces that Judith Seddon joins as a partner in its London office. Seddon comes to Dechert from Ropes & Gray LLP in London.
The global firm Jones Day announces that Jennifer Bennett has joined the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice as a partner in its San Francisco Office. Bennett comes to the firm from Dentons in Palo Alto.
Tax attorney Jeffrey Korenblatt has joined Holland & Knight as partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He has a broad-based tax practice focused on domestic and international business transactions. He previously was a partner at Reed Smith.
