Baker McKenzie Enhances Data, Cyber and Technology Team in the United Arab Emirates with Prominent Partner Hire

Friday, September 27, 2024

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Dino Wilkinson as a partner and head of the Firm’s Middle East Data, Cyber and Technology practice. Dino’s arrival further enhances the Firm’s global data, cyber and technology offering and underscores the continued growth of the Firm’s capabilities in the Middle East. Dino joins from Clyde & Co in Abu Dhabi where he served as a partner and led the Middle East technology, media and telecommunications law practice, also playing a key role in developing the firm’s international technology, data and outsourcing practice.

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Private Equity M&A Partner Joins Paul, Weiss in Los Angeles

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Bianca Levin-Soler has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity groups. Levin-Soler’s practice focuses on representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions. Levin-Soler arrives at the firm from Ropes & Gray LLP.

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Cooley Adds Privacy and Cybersecurity Leader

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Kristen Mathews joins Cooley’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s global cyber/data/privacy group and litigation department. A pioneer in the privacy and cybersecurity fields, Mathews is a trusted advocate and adviser across the full spectrum of the most complex privacy and cybersecurity issues – including treatment of personal and experiential information about individuals, cybersecurity preparedness and data breach incident response. Her practice also meets the convergence of privacy issues, artificial intelligence, brain tech, and the ethical ramifications of the use of AI and other new technologies. Mathews joins Cooley from Morrison & Foerster.

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Financial Services Policy and Regulatory Veteran Kara M. Ward Joins Baker Donelson in D.C.

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Kara M. Ward, a former attorney and advisor with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Ms. Ward was general counsel and managing director at Falcon Capital Advisors, LLC, where she advised clients on key financial services policy issues.

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Litigation Team of Jason Halper and Sara (Bussiere) Brauerman Join Vinson & Elkins in New York

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Vinson & Elkins today announced that Jason Halper and Sara (Bussiere) Brauerman have joined the firm as New York-based partners in the firm’s Litigation Practice. The lawyers join from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where Halper was co-chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Group, head of the Corporate and Financial Services Litigation Practice, co-chair of the ESG Practice, and a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

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Paul Hastings Further Strengthens Market-Leading Restructuring Platform with Partner in Dallas

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Further strengthening its market-leading financial restructuring practice and continuing its strategic expansion in Texas, Paul Hastings LLP has added restructuring lawyer Charles Persons as a partner in Dallas. The firm has more than tripled its Texas headcount in the last year and expects to have more than 100 lawyers in the Lone Star State by Q1 2025, up from 25. He joins from Sidley Austin LLP.

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Cooley Expands Communications Regulatory Practice

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Cooley has strengthened its global communications regulatory practice based in Washington, DC, with the addition of Tony Lin, Ronald W. Del Sesto and Tamar E. Finn. The three new partners enhance the firm’s long-standing position as a leading adviser to many of the world’s top telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) companies. Del Sesto and Finn join Cooley from Morgan Lewis. Lin arrives at the firm from DLA Piper.

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