In another noteworthy addition to its work on behalf of emerging companies, Venable LLP has added experienced corporate and venture capital attorney Anthony Saur as a partner to its Corporate group in New York.  He arrives from the New York office of DLA Piper.

The global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, announced that Dennis J. Block is joining the firm as Senior Chairman of its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice as of September 12, 2011. Block joins Greenberg Traurig from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, where he was a Senior Partner in its Corporate Practice group.

Morgan Lewis today announced that Bradley Edmister, a dealmaker experienced in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital markets transactions in Japan and elsewhere in Asia, joined the firm as a partner in its Business and Finance Practice, resident in New York. Mr. Edmister returns to New York following nearly a decade living and working in Tokyo, where he advised leading Japanese and global corporations and financial institutions on numerous prominent M&A and securities transactions throughout Asia.

Smith, Gambrell & Russell announced today that six attorneys have joined the firm’s New York office from Fox Rothschild LLP: Joseph M. Pastore III, William M. Dailey, Paul R. Dehmel, Michael A. Zamat, Leanne Murray Shofi and Jennifer R. Shufro.