Bracewell & Giuliani has acquired nine attorneys in its Austin office from Fish & Richardson. The decision to leave was prompted by the fact that Fish & Richardson had announced that it planned to close its Austin office. The group of IP attorneys, led by partner Alan Alrbight, decided they should stick around in Austin. Mission achieved.
Source: www.nylj.com
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Last week McCarter & English merged with litigation boutique Pollack & Kaminsky. Daniel Pollack is leading the group from the former. The following partners will join Pollack: Martin Kaminsky, Edward McDermott, Anthony Zaccaria, Justin Chu and W. Hans Kobelt.
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Word is out that Vinson & Elkins is looking to launch in Saudi Arabia. The firm has offices nearby in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. In Saudi Arabi, an international firm must first sign up with a local lawyer to be allowed to open an office there. There is no word of with whom the US firm is in discussion.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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Word is out that Vinson & Elkins is looking to launch in Saudi Arabia. The firm has offices nearby in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. In Saudi Arabi, an international firm must first sign up with a local lawyer to be allowed to open an office there. There is no word of with whom the US firm is in discussion.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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Allen & Overy has added to its presence in London with its latest lateral from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Robert Williams, a capital markets partner, is boosting the US-UK transactional practice. The news of Williams comes after the addition of partner Kevin Muzilla from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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McDermott Will & Emery have gained former White House special counsel, Lanny Davis and distinguished journalist, Eileen O’Connor. Both leave firm Herrington & Sutcliffe, where they led the legal, strategic and crisis management practice. Davis is a friend and supporter of former President Bill Clinton. O’Connor spent almost a quarter of a century working as a reporter for ABC News and CNN.
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Jones Day has lost a partner in Tokyo. Tadakatsu Sano resigned for the firm two weeks ago because he is set to be the newest chief executive assistant to Yukio Hatoyama , Japan’s new Prime Minister. Sano joined Jones Day three years ago. Prior to that, he was vice minister for international affairs in Japan’s Ministry of Economy, trade, and Industry.
Source: www.asialegalbusinessonline.com
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Kirkland & Ellis has announced that the firm is launching a banking practice. Edwin del Hierro is leaving Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg to join Kirkland & Ellis and run the new practice. The firm has most likely based the decision on the economic downfall and its effects on banks (closing and the calls for regulation).
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Patton Boggs has hired the former chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin. Martin will start in the beginning of October as co-chair of the telecommunications policy practice. He was made chairman of the FCC in 2005 and left in January of this year.
Source: www.voices.washingtonpost.com
Tags: Squire Patton BoggsTwo partners have defected from Big Law Firms: Steven Molo is leaving Shearman & Sterling and Jeff Lamken leaves Baker Botts. The two are starting their own litigation boutique called MoloLamken. The firm will have offices in New York and in Washington D.C.
Source: www.law.com
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