Bryan Cave has hired Ignatius Hwang to join as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Ignatius will head the firm’s projects practice in Asia. He will be aided by various other experienced projects practitioners in the Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore offices.
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Winston & Strawn LLP has recently hired two excellent banking and finance attorneys. Christopher C. Kupec and Molly McGill have joined the firm’s Charlotte, N.C. They both join as partners and were both previously partners at Mayer Brown in Charlotte.
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Todd Millay has received the position of the managing director of Choate, Hall & Stewart’s Wealth Management group. This position will mandate working closely with the firm’s management team consisting of lawyers, tax preparers, and trusts and estates administrators. Before joining Choate, Hall & Stewart, Todd Millay was the founding executive director of the Wharton Global Family Alliance.
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft are losing two reinsurance partners. Head of the practice, Lawrence I. Brandes and Harry P. Cohen are joining other firms. Brandes has chosen the DLA Piper and will begin later this week. Cohen will join the New York office of Crowell & Moring at the start of May.
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Morris, Manning & Martin has hired a whole troupe of newbies to its firm, existing of three partners, four senior lawyers, and a of-counsel. Washington receives two new partners to join its Intellectual Property group: Christopher W. Raimund and Ping Wang, M.D. Savannah takes Joseph R. “Rusty” Ross and turns him into partner in its health care practice; he will also be working with the real estate group. Morris, Manning & Martin takes 21 year in-house counsel veteran of Fannie Mae, Allison Gould, for the firm’s Atlanta headquarters. Gould will join the commercial real estate lending group.
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The firm Moore & Van Allen has recruited nine attorneys for its Charlotte office. These new attorney’s join various practice groups: Rick Hazlett, Amy Johnson, Brett Weber and Matt Mitchell join the firm’s financial services group; Three attorneys, Christian Buhrer, Marcus Lee, and Jason Allman are joining the firm’s corporate practice group; David Annis is now a member of the intellectual property group; Michael Coblin is joining the firm’s government, policy and regulatory affairs group. These nine hires now brings Moore & Van Allen up to more than 230 attorneys.
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The firm of Fish & Richardson has hired an associate to its San Diego office. Olga May will join the business litgation group. Before joining the firm, Olga was a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Roger T. Benitez and the Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo with the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. www.sddt.com
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has announced plans to enter the German market, with the aid of a merger. The firm is currently discussing a potential merger with Dusseldorf firm Holters & Elsing. Orrick does comfirm its plan to enter the German market, but will not confirm talks with Holters & Elsing. www.legalweek.com
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PLC Which lawyer? has conducted a survey of 5,000+ in house counsel. The outcome? Baker & McKenzie is given the honor of being named the International Law Firm of the Year. Baker & McKenzie received more awards than any other firm in the competition. The firm is the leading firm in the following regions: Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
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Law firm Hunton & Williams is closing its Knoxville office. Partner John Decker will be moving to the Atlanta office where he will be “play[ing] a leading role in building the firm’s real estate practice,” says the Atlanta’s managing partner. Two of the office’s attorney’s, John Lucas and John Winemiller, have left Hunton & Williams all together and are joining the Knoxville office of Merchant & Gould.
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