Anderson Kill & Olick has recently merged with California based firm, Wood & Bender. This marriage will bring Anderson Kill’s numbers to a little over 90. The firm has gained 14 lawyers in California.
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has launched a Moscow office with approximately 70 attorneys from Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners (PGP), a top Russian firm. Andrey Goltsblat, previously co-managing partner of PGP, will run the new office, and is also its namesake. The attorney brought 8 partners along with him. It is estimated that Goltsblat (the office), will make a tenth of BLP’s overall revenue.
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Nathan Haynes is the latest addition to Greenberg Traurig’s New York office. Haynes joins as shareholder in the bankruptcy practice group. He was previously with Cadwalader. Greenberg Traurig has added immensely to its New York office in the past few months. They have hired 13 lateral partners, prior to Haynes.
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Ex-Thacher Proffitt partner, John Woods, has accepted a position with firm Clyde & Co. Woods, litigator and maritime insurance specialist, joins the London office as partner and head of Commercial Recoveries and Dispute Resolution. The attorney brings along another ex-Thacher associate, and two more will most likely join soon.
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Allen & Overy is in the midst of restructuring its Hong Kong arm as a response to the ailing economy as well as to its loss of seven corporate partners who laterally moved to Latham & Watkins in October 08. The firm is left with four partners. Allen & Overy has assured its staff that it is thinking of them first. The public, as well as its staff, will have to wait to see the outcome of this restructure.
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Stinson Morrison Hecker has shared its secret to its success over 28 years, even through the times of suffering real estate market: “focus on customer service”. It seems simple. It even seems cliché. But, David Frantze, chairman of the firm’s real estate division, says it works, that and having the ability to make deals happen. They don’t force the deals. They instead think of alternatives and routes around obstacles. Today, Stinson Morrison has offices in Washington, Arizona, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.
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K&L Gates has launched a new office in Frankfurt with the lateral hires of Mathias Schulze Steinen and Frank Thomas. Both partners join form Simmons & Simmons. This will mark K&L Gates second office in Germany, the first being in Berlin. The Frankfurt office will focus its practice on corporate, M&A and finance.
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Nixon Peabody has taken on ex-Heller partner, Henry Liu, to oversee the China practice. Liu is to split his time between NY and Shanghai. Between 1995 and 2000, Liu was general counsel and director-general at the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Nixon Peabody welcomes Liu with open arms.
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Tags: Nixon Peabody LLP | Shanghai
Law Firm Seyfarth Shaw has put together a team devoted to assisting clients with legal issues resulting from the suspect illegal actions of Bernard Madoff. This team is led by Brian S. Cousin and William Prickett. It is an interdisciplinary team consisting of attorneys from all nine of Seyfarth’s US offices and from the following fields: bankruptcy, tax, securities and financial litigation, class action, fiduciary litigation, real estate, and class action.
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Tags: Seyfarth Shaw LLPGreenberg Traurig has recently gained some and lost some. The firm has boosted its corporate practice with the addition of Stephan Mallenbaum, Conrad Everhard and Sean Hayes. All three come to Greenberg from K&L Gates. However, the firm has just lost two of its partners to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Peter Gillon now leads Pillsbury’s insurance coverage group, and brought partner Geoffrey Greeves along.
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