McDermott Bolsters Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice in New York

Thursday, September 8, 2022

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of Kathryn (Katy) Linsky as a partner in its Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group. Katy joins McDermott in New York from an in-house senior privacy counsel role at Apple. Her practice is focused on counseling companies on data protection throughout the information lifecycle, including compliance with national and international regulations and data processing in product development and emerging technologies.

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Blank Rome Continues National Finance Team Growth with Addition of Partner Mirlande Telfort in New York

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Mirlande Telfort has joined the firm’s Finance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy practice group as a partner in the New York office. With a strong focus on middle market financings, Mirlande represents private equity funds, banks, and other investors in complex debt financing transactions across a wide range of industries, particularly life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, and consumer products. Prior to Blank Rome, Mirlande was a partner in the Banking & Finance practice at McGuire Woods LLP.

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Akin Gump Adds Leading Leveraged Finance and Private Equity Partner Andrew Sagor in New York

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Akin Gump today announced that Andrew Sagor has joined as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Sagor’s practice focuses on leveraged finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on acquisition finance in connection with private equity transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sagor was a partner in the New York office of Baker & McKenzie LLP, where he was chair of its North America Banking & Finance Practice.

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Veteran IP Litigator and Trial Lawyer Joins Baker Botts in Austin

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced today that Jose C. Villarreal has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property Department in Austin. He joins Baker Botts from the Austin office of Perkins Coie, which he helped open in February 2020 and where he served as the founding office Managing Partner. Before that, he was a partner at Wilson Sonsini for over 15 years.

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Holland & Knight Expands Sports & Entertainment Practice with Addition of Nationally Recognized Team

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Holland & Knight has ushered in a new era for its Sports and Entertainment Law practice with the hiring of Partners Keith Carroll, Anthony Mulrain and O’Kelly E. McWilliams III, along with recent lateral Partner Tyrone Thomas. The attorneys were previously partners at Mintz Levin, where Mr. Mulrain and Mr. Carroll co-chaired the firm’s Sports and Entertainment practice.

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Squire Patton Boggs Boosts Global Restructuring & Insolvency Practice With London Team Hire

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Squire Patton Boggs has hired partners Charlotte Møller, and Monika Lorenzo-Perez into its Restructuring & Insolvency Practice. They join the firm from Brown Rudnick LLP, where Ms. Møller was head of its European Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Practice Group. The new partners are accompanied by director Helena Clarke and senior associates Rebecca Terrace and Sabina Khan.

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O’Melveny Continues Expansion of Energy Practice with Renowned Energy Regulatory Lawyer Andrew B. Young

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

O’Melveny announced today that acclaimed energy regulatory lawyer Andrew B. Young has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner in its Project Development & Real Estate Practice Group and Energy Industry Group. Recognized as one of the nation’s top energy and regulatory lawyers by The Legal 500, Young comes to O’Melveny from the Washington, DC office of DLA Piper, where he served as a member of that firm’s Energy and Natural Resources Group.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth Expands Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice with Addition of Sarah Pearce in London

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP continues the expansion of its global privacy and cybersecurity practice with the addition of Sarah Pearce as a partner in the firm’s London office. Pearce most recently led Paul Hastings LLP’s U.K. and European privacy and cybersecurity practice from the firm’s London and Paris offices, advising companies on data privacy and security issues in the U.K. and across Europe, including the impact of Brexit negotiations and the aftermath of the U.K.’s departure from the EU.

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