Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has appointed Howie Farn as a partner. He will be based in Hong Kong. Howie Farn joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a capital markets partner, focusing on U.S. securities transactions.
Tags: Freshfields LLP | Hong Kong
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of four partners to the Transactions Practice Group: Merrill Kraines, Todd Kornfeld and Anand Saha in New York and Sunyi Snow in Dallas. Merrill and Todd join from Troutman Pepper. Anand joins from Clifford Chance, where he was co-head of the firm’s US Technology group. Sunyi joins from Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | Dallas | New York
Katten announced today that Julie Lee has joined the firm as a partner in its New York Real Estate practice where she will advise clients on sophisticated commercial real estate transactions. Lee joins Katten form the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
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Erik-Johan G. Hassell is an Associate in the Milwaukee office. Hassell completed a clerkship for Hon. Daniel P. Duffy of the Circuit Court of Cook County and focuses his practice on litigation. He received a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School and a B.A. from Centre College. He resides in Wauwatosa.
Joseph A. Camilli is a Shareholder in the Madison office. Camilli focuses his practice on business and corporate issues, mergers and acquisitions, and employment matters. He received a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law, M.S. in Applied Economics from Marquette University and a B.A. from Marquette University. He resides in Madison.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP continues the expansion of its intellectual property practice with the addition of partners Hannah Koyfman, Ph.D., and David Lu, Ph.D., and their 10-person team. The team, which includes lawyers, patent agents, technology specialists, and other allied professionals, joins K&L Gates’ Boston office from Lando & Anastasi, LLP, and enhances the firm’s life science IP capabilities.
The London office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to make strategic, high-level hires to expand its capabilities across sectors and markets with the addition of internationally renowned real estate finance lawyer Daniyal Ansari as a shareholder. Ansari’s work in real estate finance includes assisting clients with high-profile investment, development, and complex structured debt matters globally. He was previously a senior partner in the real estate finance team at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.
Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Edward “Jay” Southgate has joined the global finance practice as an asset finance and securitization partner based in New York. Dechert welcomes Southgate to the firm from the New York office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
James Noe has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Public Policy & Regulation Group. Mr. Noe, who will work in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Houston offices, provides legislative and regulatory advocacy to energy, oil and gas, construction and other industry clients, which he also represents in a broad range of transactions and disputes. He was previously a partner at Jones Walker.
