Locke Lord Adds Steve Bolden as Partner in Dallas, Further Strengthening Deep Public Finance Bench

Steve Bolden has joined Locke Lord’s Public Finance Practice Group as a Partner in the Firm’s Dallas office. His arrival highlights Locke Lord’s continued commitment to the Firm’s public finance presence in the Lone Star State, one of the largest and most diverse public finance markets in the country. Bolden, who joins Locke Lord from Bracewell, concentrates on public finance matters and acts as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriters’ counsel.

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McDermott Adds Prominent Litigators in Dallas

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of partners Richard Salgado and David Genender to its Litigation Practice Group based in Dallas. David and Richard are experienced first-chair trial lawyers who understand the complex litigation risks associated with doing business in today’s economy. David joins McDermott after 28 years at Baker Botts LLP. Richard joins McDermott from Jones Day.

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Greenberg Traurig’s Global Tax Practice Adds Sharon Katz-Pearlman, a Marquee Name in Tax Controversy Practice

KPMG International’s Global Head of Tax Dispute Resolution & Controversy and the Co-Principal in Charge of KPMG LLP’s U.S. Tax Dispute Resolution Practice, Sharon Katz-Pearlman, joined Greenberg Traurig’s Global Tax Practice. Katz-Pearlman, known for her role in developing the tax controversy practice at the Big Four accounting firm, joins Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its New York City office to assist clients worldwide.

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Willkie Adds Leading Digital Asset Lawyer Kari Larsen as Partner and Announces “Willkie Digital Works” Practice Leadership

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that leading digital asset attorney Kari Larsen has joined the Firm as a partner. She will serve as co-head of the Willkie Digital Works practice based in the firm’s New York office. Kari is a pioneer in the digital asset industry with more than two decades of private practice, in-house and government experience advising financial technology, digital asset, crypto and blockchain clients on some of the industry’s most innovative technologies and products. Kari joins Willkie from Perkins Coie, where she was co-lead of the Blockchain, Digital Asset, and Custody group within its Fintech practice.

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James Lu Joins Sidley’s Growing Life Sciences, Corporate, and ECVC Practices

Sidley is pleased to welcome James Lu as a partner in the Corporate Practice in Century City. He was a partner at Cooley LLP, as well as co-founder of its Shanghai office and the head of its corporate practice. Mr Lu’s addition comes on the heels of his former Cooley colleague, Daniel Elefant, joining the firm from Softbank Investment Advisers in San Francisco.

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Second Partner Hire in London Litigation Practice

Squire Patton Boggs is further strengthening its Litigation Practice with the addition of Lucy Webster who joins the firm from Eversheds Sutherland. Ms. Webster is the second partner to join the team in as many months, following Christian Toms who arrived from Brown Rudnick LLP in July.

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Baker Donelson Launches Charleston Office with Addition of Four South Carolina Shareholders

Baker Donelson has launched a new location in Charleston, South Carolina, with the addition of four attorneys from two well-respected firms. Joining Baker Donelson as shareholders in the Firm’s new Charleston location are corporate attorney J. Ashley Cooper and employment attorney Jennifer K. Dunlap, both previously with Parker Poe, and health law attorneys Alissa Fleming and Catherine F. Wrenn, both previously with Womble Bond Dickinson.

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