Alston & Bird has recruited Kris Manzano from Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. She joins the firm as a partner in its Charlotte office, strengthening its corporate and securities practice. Manzano’s practice focuses on alternative investment products. She has experience handling private investment funds, investment adviser registration and compliance, foreign offerings, and private offerings of equity and debt securities. Alston & Bird has over 750 attorneys in offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, New York, the Research Triangle and Washington, D.C.
Source: www.charlotte.dbusinessnews.com

Sullivan & Cromwell has lost long-time partner Henry Christensen. The private client partner is leaving for McDermott Will & Emery after 37 years with Sullivan & Cromwell. Christensen will head the Chicago firm’s New York and international private client group, focusing on international estate planning. There are about 40 attorneys in McDermott’s private client practice, but until this recent hire it has lacked a New York and international presence.
Source: www.legalweek.com

Dreier recruited a five-lawyer intellectual property group from Greenberg Traurig. Albert L. Jacobs, the former national head of Greenberg’s IP practice, Daniel A. Ladow, the former head of Greenberg’s New York IP litigation group, and Gerald F. Diebner will become partners at Dreier. Elizabeth S. Lapadula joins as of counsel, and one associate is also making the jump. This team specializes in patent litigation, especially in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical areas. Last year Dreier also added four IP attorneys from Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner.
Source: www.nylaywer.com