Mayer Brown announced today that Scott Young has joined the firm’s Salt Lake City office as a partner in its Technology & IP Transactions and Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice groups. Young joins the firm from Stoel Rives LLP in Salt Lake City.
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Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Tax Practice Group with the addition of partner Lauren Ferrante in Chicago. Ferrante represents clients in state and local tax (SALT) controversies and planning matters. Ferrante joins the firm from PwC in Chicago, where she acted as the Senior Manager for the State and Local Tax department.
O’Melveny announced today that experienced litigator and trial lawyer Nexus Sea has joined the firm as a partner in New York. He will serve in the firm’s Product Liability & Mass Torts practice group.
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Holland & Knight has bolstered its nationally recognized Private Equity Team with the addition of Scott Syverson as a partner in the firm’s Orange County and Los Angeles offices. Mr. Syverson represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies in all aspects of their businesses, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A). He was previously a partner with Kirkland & Ellis.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Colin Conklin has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. His addition bolsters Wilson Sonsini’s private and public company and transactional experience. Before joining Wilson Sonsini, Conklin worked as a partner in the San Francisco office of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Sophia Vandergrift has joined the firm as a partner. Vandergrift, formerly with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, will continue her antitrust practice at Gibson Dunn.
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Katten announced today that Geoffrey G. Young has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice in New York, building on the firm’s high caliber of talent representing clients in complex commercial disputes. Prior to joining Katten, Young was a partner at Reed Smith and held various DEI leadership roles, most recently as the firm’s Executive Director of Diverse Recruiting, in which he guided the firm’s strategy for recruiting diverse attorneys at all levels. He has also held several DEI leadership roles in the legal community.
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Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Paul Navarro as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and Emerging Companies + Venture Capital Group (ECVC) based in Los Angeles. Mr. Navarro brings extensive experience representing start-ups, emerging growth companies, and investors in a variety of corporate and technology transactions covering all stages of the ECVC life cycle, in the United States and Latin America. Mr. Navarro joins Morrison & Foerster from Perkins Coie LLP, where he was a member of the ECVC practice.
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.
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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Michelle Molinaro Burke as a partner in the firm’s New Jersey office. She joins the firm’s Environmental & Toxic Tort, Commercial Litigation and Product & General Liability practice groups. Burke comes to the firm from Porzio Bromberg & Newman in Morristown.
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