The SEC has hired Meredith Cross as director of the commission’s division of corporate finance. Cross was most recently a corporate partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. She has been with the firm for over ten years.
Source: www.legaltimes.typad.com
Proskauer Rose has stolen Linklaters’ head of São Paulo office. David Fenwick is to join Proskauer Rose after 15 months of discussion. His replacement has yet to be announced, or whether there will be one at all.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Tags: Linklaters LLP | Sao Paulo
Fred Fielding, previously White House counsel for Bush, has decided to join Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Fielding starts April 15 in the firm’s litigation practice as a partner. Before joining the Bush administration, Fielding was a name partner at Wiley Rein.
Source: www.nylj.com
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morris Manning has the distinction of being the first Atlanta-based law firm to open an office in Beijing. Troutman Sanders, a firm which also originated in Atlanta, has offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong, but not in Beijing. Morris Manning has five offices in Georgia, one of each in the following: North Carolina, Washington, Taipei and now one in Beijing.
Source: www.atlantabizjournals.com
Tags: Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP | Beijing
Schiff Hardin LLP has cut down on extra expenses by taking action, while avoiding job cuts. The firm announced that it is canceling various company gatherings, such as holiday parties and picnics. Schiff has enacted an early retirement program, as and has also cancelled health benefits. This is all done in an effort to stay afloat during these economic hard times while minimizing layoffs or denying them all together.
Source: www.chicagobusiness.com
Tags: Schiff Hardin LLPLinklaters has added Lewis Steinberg, previously with UBS’s investment banking group. Steinberg was managing director and global head of strategic solutions group at UBS, and will now be Linklaters US co-head, as well as head of the firm’s tax practice. Prior to joining UBS, he was a partner at Cravath Swaine & Moore.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Tags: Linklaters LLP
Greenberg Traurig has gained a notable lateral attorney by the name of Jack McBride. McBride has joined the firm New York arm as a Shareholder. He specializes in corporate and finance, but also entertainment and media law in particular. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, McBride was a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
Source: www.earthtimes.org
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | New York
John Bellinger III is joining Arnold & Porter as a partner starting April 13. He has served in the George W. Bush administration. He spent those 8 years as a senior associate White House counsel. The last time Bellinger worked at a law firm, was 16 years ago when he worked at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. He will work out of the Washington office.
Source: www.legaltimes.typepad.com
Foley & Lardner has lost three partners from its bankruptcy practice to Patton Boggs. Michael Richman, the former firm’s bankruptcy foreman is now destined to chair Patton’s bankruptcy practice. He will be based out of the New York office, while partners Mark Salzberg and Erika Morabito will be stationed out of the Washington office.
Source: www.nylj.com
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs | New York
Two firms have stepped forward and taken in lawyers from Wolf Block, soon to be non-existent. Duane Morris hired 24 of its attorneys and 30 went to Cozen O’Connor. More than half of Wolf Block’s 290 attorneys have relocated to new firms only a mere two weeks after the firm announced its closing.
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