Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired three new partners from three different firms. One aspect that all three share is that all focus their practice on financial insitution litigation. Marshall Fisherman joins the firm’s New York office from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel. Timothy Coleman also joins in New York but from firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. Walter Stuart leaves Vinson & Elkins to join Freshfields in Washington.
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Tags: Freshfields LLP | New YorkAdorno & Yoss has lost two more attorneys. The firm has lost several attorneys in the last few months. Most recently, Rodney G. Moore (litigation) and Stephen G. Weizenecker (entertainment) have left the firm. Moore joins Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz as a partner and Weizenecker has started his own practice.
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Cozen O’Connor has officially moved into its new office in Manhattan, New York. The new 46,000 square feet space resides on the 19th floor at 277 Park Ave. The firm signed an 11-year sublease. Abby Wenzel, managing partner, explained that the firm is looking to expand. The firm can take in 20 new attorneys and about 10 staff employees.
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Akerman Senterfitt has launched a new office in Las Vegas despite a decrease in revenue. Partner Ariel Stern, who joined the firm Ballard Sparr Andrews & Ingersoll, will be the first to practice out of the new office. The plan is to grow the Las Vegas office to about a dozen attorneys.
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King & Spalding has hired its fifth professional liability and securities litigation partner from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe since February. Kenneth Turbull joins the other four in Washington. He spent the last eight years with Orrick.
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Kilpatrick Stockton has snagged three new associates for its New York office. Olivia Harris, Breen Sullivan and Ashford Tucker join the firm’s intellectual property group. The group specializes in trademark and copyright litigation.
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Troutman Sanders has lost its managing partner, John Varholy. Reed Smith hired Varholy in the firm’s London office. He joins the energy, trade & commodities group. Varholy joins today, March 8th, as a partner.
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Linklaters is launching a structured finance practice in Amsterdam. The firm just hired Kees Westermann, a partner from Clifford Chance. Westermann joins the firm on April 1st.
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Anastasia Kelly resigned from American International Group in December because of a government imposed a salary cap of $500,000 a year. Kelly has just taken a position with DLA Piper as counsel in the firm’s Washington office. Thomas Russo, formerly senior counsel at Patton Boggs, takes Kelly’s position at AIG.
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Steptoe & Johnson has just opened its first office in Asia. The first office resides in Beijing. Partner Eric Emerson has relocated from the firm’s Washington office to Beijing. Susan Munro, a lateral partner from O’Melveny & Myers, will also practice out of the new office.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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