Danielle Kemp has joined Greenberg Traurig as an associate in the Tampa office.  Kemp focuses her practice on bankruptcy.  She is leaving Latham & Watkins.

Source:  www.reuters.com

McDermott Will & Emery has announced the latest addition to its firm:  Mary-Laura Greely.  Greely joins from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo.  She will be based in the Boston office.

Source:  www.pehub.com

Patton Boggs LLP has received an impressive lateral litigator. Scott E. Stewart has left the Justice Department’s environmental team. Stewart spent the last eight years enforcing US environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Source:  www.in.sys-con.com

Greenberg Traurig is proud to announce that two partners have joined the firm. Arthur Don and Nancy Schimmel have joined the Corporate & Securities practice group in Chicago. Don was previously with Seyfarth Shaw LLP, while Schimmel joins from Latham & Watkins.

Source:  www.sys-con.com

Greenberg Traurig has added a shareholder to its Financial Institutions and Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy Practices.  Cindy J.K. Davis, who joins the Atlanta office, was most recently with Paul Hastings. Davis has about 20 years of experience.

Source:  www.earthtimes.org

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn as well as firm Faegre & Benson have launched an international automotive practice group. The group consists of lawyers across several offices, including offices in the US, China, and in the U.K.

Source:  www.mlive.com

Thompson Hine has added two attorneys from Troutman Sanders. Sandra Brown and David Benz join Thompson’s Washington office. Brown joins as a partner and Benz as an associate in the transportation services group.

Source:  www.pr-inside.com

Hogan & Hartson and Lovells have announced that they are in the midst of discussing merging. The outcome of the merger would be a global firm of about 2500 lawyers. The two firms would have a combined gross revenue of $1.9 billion based on 2008 figures. This would make the combined firm # 4 on the top 200 firms list.

Source:  www.nylj.com

Linklater and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are at the top of the list when it comes to the European M&A markets up to now in 2009. Freshfields takes 1st place in terms of value by making 105 deals totaling $127.9bn (£80bn) in Europe. Linklaters beats all in terms of volume (and is 2nd by value).The firm worked on 116 deals worth $111.4bn (£70bn).European M&A deals have reached a six-year low.

Source:  www.legalweek.com