1,200 attorney firm Pinsent Masons and 750 attorney firm Salans have announced a new strategic alliance. The agreement will give each firm a greater global reach and ability to better serve its clients.
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Lucius Vassar Joins Clark Hill PLC
Today, Clark Hill PLC announced the addition of Lucius A. Vassar to its Government and Public Affairs Practice Group.
Vassar brings to the firm more than 15 years of extensive government relations and legislative affairs experience. Prior to joining Clark Hill, he devoted six years of service and leadership to the City of Detroit where he served in a variety of leadership positions.
Tags: Clark Hill PLC | Detroit$3 Billion Malpractice Suit Brought Against Dewey Leboeuf
The liquidators of General American Life Insurance have filed a malpractice suit against Dewey & Leboeuf for damages of $3 billion. The plantiffs claim that Dewey did not act in their best interest ten years ago as the firm advised the sale of the company to MetLife, whom Dewey also represented. The firm has rejected all allegations at this point.
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Take Me Back! – Clifford Chance Will at Least Listen
Clifford Chance is allotting some time to hear from partners previously let go. The firm has launched an appeals committee take on this matter. Litigation partner, Simon Davis, leads the committee. It is believed that the group is made of 5 partners.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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Akin Gump Boosts its Litigation Practice
Nicholas Porritt and William White have joined firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington. Both attorneys join as partners in the litigation group. Porritt previously worked with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for six years. White has spent the last ten years with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
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Linklaters’ Ex-Eastern Practice Hires the Firm’s Ex-Attorney
Law firm, Kinstellar, formerly Linklaters’ Eastern European practice, has hired a former Linklaters attorney. Bogdan Bibicu practiced out of Linklaters’ London office as a banking associate in 2005-2006. Bibicu joins Kinstellar as head of banking and finance in the Bucharest office. Kinstellar, which formed in November 2008, also has offices in Bratislava, Budapest and Prague.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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Jones Day Ranked As Second Best
Cleveland’s Jones Day was rated as the second best law firm in the United States. Magazine, Board Member Inc., surveyed over six thousand general counsels and directors of publicly traded firms. There were only three firms not headquartered in one of the major legal cities, such as New York, Washington, Chicago, or Los Angeles.
Source: www.wcpn.org
Tags: Jones DayDavid Berstein – New Firm, Same City
Clifford Chance has lost partner David Bernstein to K&L Gates. Bernstein is joining the firm’s New York office from his former firm’s New York office. He joined Clifford Chance when the firmed merged with Rogers and Wells. Bernstein was head of the corporate practice and chairman of the M&A group.
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Baker Botts Hires Shibeer Ahmed for Dubai
Shibeer Ahmed has joined Baker Botts’ Dubai office. Previously, Ahmed co-led Lovells’ Middle East practice from 2007, when it launched, through April of this year. Ahmed specializes in banking, finance, specifically Islamic finance. Baker Botts launched its Dubai office in 2005.
Source: www.legalweek.com
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He Couldn’t Leave Winston & Strawn Forever
David Hertzog has made his way back to Winston & Strawn LLP. He rejoins as of counsel in the firm’s New York office. Hertzog practices corporate law, focusing on securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and financial transactions. Hertzog joined the firm the first time when his firm Hertzog, Calamari & Gleason merged with Winston & Strawn in 1999.
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