Blank Rome Continues Real Estate Growth with Addition of Partner in Los Angeles

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Saul Breskal has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in our nationally recognized Real Estate practice. Representing hospitality and entertainment clients in real estate transactions and ground-up development both domestically and internationally, Saul joins Blank Rome from Glaser Weil and is the latest addition to Blank Rome’s growing Real Estate group, which recently welcomed leading partners Christy Reuter, Sonia Kaur Bain, and J.J. Broderick, of counsel Kerri Alessi, and associates Kaitlyn West, Christina Preminger, and Matthew Crawford.

More >>

Tags:  Blank Rome LLP | Los Angeles

Akerman Expands Houston and Los Angeles Offices with Labor and Employment Partner Mishell Parreno Taylor

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Houston and Los Angeles offices with Labor and Employment Practice Group partner Mishell Parreno Taylor. Parreno Taylor focuses her practice on employment litigation in federal and state courts and administrative agencies across the country. Parreno Taylor comes to the firm from Littler Mendelson, P.C.

More >>

Tags:  Akerman LLP | Houston | Los Angeles

Arent Fox and Schiff Hardin Complete Combination, Launch Top 80 National Firm

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Arent Fox LLP and Schiff Hardin LLP completed their merger, effective March 1, 2022. The new firm operates under the name ArentFox Schiff and is led by Chair Anthony V. Lupo and Firmwide Co-Managing Partners Cristina A. Carvalho and Joseph J. Krasovec III. The newly combined firm is home to more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals and serves as a destination for an international client base of corporations, governments, private individuals, and trade associations.

More >>

Tags:  ArentFox Schiff LLP | Ann Arbor | Boston | Chicago | Lake Forest | Los Angeles | New York | San Francisco | Washington

Litigation Practice Strengthened with Addition of Partner, Nabeel Ikram, in Dubai

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Vinson & Elkins strengthens its litigation practice in Dubai with the addition of Nabeel Ikram as a partner in its global complex commercial litigation practice. A leading authority on engineering and construction matters across the Middle East, Ikram is best known for his disputes practice, but also acts as project counsel, assisting clients with risk management. Ikram joins Vinson & Elkins from Hogan Lovells, his practice focuses on advising clients as they navigate contentious engineering and construction matters.

More >>

Tags:  Vinson & Elkins LLP | Dubai

Troutman Pepper Grows Top-Ranked Energy Practice with Addition of Partner Mindy McGrath in Charlotte

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Melinda “Mindy” McGrath, a leading attorney with extensive knowledge of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Natural Gas Act, and state regulatory matters, has joined Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Energy Practice Group in Charlotte, NC as a partner. She joins the firm from McGuireWoods.

More >>

Tags:  Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP | Charlotte

Former Acting U.S. Attorney Nathaniel Mendell Joins Morrison & Foerster in Boston

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Nathaniel Mendell has joined the firm as a partner in its Investigations + White Collar Defense Group, based in the Boston office. Mr. Mendell joins Morrison & Foerster from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, where he most recently served as Acting U.S. Attorney and previously served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney. During his time with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Mendell supervised more than 120 federal prosecutors across three offices and oversaw numerous complex enforcement matters spanning corporate healthcare fraud, securities and economic fraud, national security, public corruption, and international money laundering.

More >>

Tags:  Morrison & Foerster LLP | Boston