Day Pitney Forms Alliance with Minority-Owned Firm

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Day Pitney announced this week its new alliance with the minority-owned corporate law boutique, Gray Haile. The firms will maintain independence, but will co-counsel on transactions when needed and will pursue new business opportunities together as well. For Gray Haile, having the services and resources of a 9-office, 400-lawyer firm will allow it to expand its client base and go after larger transactions. Serving as co-counsel for a sizable pool of corporate clients, Day Pitney aims to become those clients’ choice of firm when they need representation in another practice area. The alliance is also especially beneficial for Day Pitney because of the boost it gives to the firm’s minority lawyer numbers.
Source: wwww.law.com

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Sutherland Asbill Recruits Paul Hastings Outsourcing/Systems Integration Team

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan has gained eight lawyers from Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Partners Scott Hobby, Charles Hollis, III, Derek Johnston and John Miller, Jr., along with Counsel Timothy Dodson and three associates, will join noted technology and licensing Partner Peter Quittmeyer to create a new Outsourcing/Systems Integration practice within Sutherland’s Corporate Group. Hobby will chair the new practice. This Outsourcing/Sysytems Integration practice has over 20 years experience structuring, negotiating, and documenting domestic and offshore outsourcing services arrangements. Sutherland has over 450 lawyers in offices in Atlanta, Austin, Houston, New York, Tallahassee and Washington.
Source: www.lawfuel.com

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Sidley To Open in Sydney

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Sidley Austin is ready to open a new Australia office after hiring Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Sydney office managing partner, Bob Meyers. The Sydney office will open May 1, becoming the firm’s sixth office in the Asia Pacific region after offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore. Meyers, who will head the new office, advises Australian, New Zealand and US companies and investment banks on stock market listings, M&A and structured finance. He will join the firm’s corporate finance and capital markets practice.
Source: www.legalweek.com

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Hogan & Hartson’s Denver Managing Partner Departs for UnitedHealth

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Hogan & Hartson’s Denver managing partner, Tom Strickland, is leaving to become the chief legal officer of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., one of the firm’s clients. At United, Strickland will address issues within the national healthcare debate such as the rising cost of healthcare and the senior’s market. Strickland was a former U.S. attorney, and a two-time Democratic candidate for the Senate. Cole Finegan will fill Strickland’s shoes at Hogan & Hartson’s Denver office. As a former Denver city attorney, Finegan re-organized the city attorney’s office of 100 attorneys, which saved the city more than $1 million.
Source: www.bizjournals.com

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Venable Recruits Lateral for NY Real Esate Practice

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Ralph Miles has joined Venable’s New York office, where he will chair the New York Real Estate Group. He joins from McCarter & English, where he was a partner in real estate and public finance groups. Miles has close to thirty years of experience in real estate finance, development, leasing and real estate bankruptcies and restructurings. Since Venable’s New York office opening in 2005, the firm has been working to grow its real estate practice.
Source: www.dsnews.com

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Foley & Lardner Applies for Shanghai Office

Monday, April 23, 2007

Foley & Lardner announced that it has filed an application to open an office in Shanghai. Catherine Sun, a partner from Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Shanghai office, was hired to head Foley’s Shanghai office, assuming that it will be approved. The new office will focus on intellectual property, specifically IP counseling and dispute resolution. Clients will also need the firm’s help with IP asset management, licensing, and litigation. Joining Sun in Shanghai will be seven other Foley attorneys, including three Chinese nationals. The Shanghai office would be Foley’s second in Asia, following the Tokyo location that opened in 2003.
Source: www.prnewswire.com

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San Fran Firm Loses Top Land Use Lawyer to Luce, Forward

Monday, April 23, 2007

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has recruited hot-shot land use lawyer, Timothy Tosta, from Steefel, Levitt & Weiss. Tosta will join the San Francisco office, along with four other real estate attorneys from Steefel. Tosta’s departure adds to the number of partner losses Steefel has faced in the past year; the firm’s attorney headcount is now at 50. Most of the lawyers who have left have gone to larger national firms. Luce, Forward has 200 attorneys and five offices in California, though it plans to expand further into the Bay Area and Los Angeles. It’s 21-lawyer San Francisco office focuses on real estate, bankruptcy, and business and real estate litigation.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

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NY Lateral Hires, Firms Gain IP Litigators

Monday, April 23, 2007

Peter J. Toren of Sidley Austin has been recruited by Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman in New York. Toren focuses on patent litigation, especially computer fraud, and he was once the head of Sidley’s NY IP group. Loeb & Loeb’s NY office has also added an IP litigator. Mark E. Waddell joins the firm as a partner from Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. Waddell specializes in litigation under the Hatch-Waxman Act governing the introduction of generic pharmaceuticals.
Source: www.nylawyer.com

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Howrey London Prepares to Move to New Office

Monday, April 23, 2007

Howrey’s London operation is preparing to move to a new office, doubling its size. By the end of next fall, the firm hopes to move into a 40,000sq ft. space in a new building at 5 New Street Square. Howrey moved into its present 18,0000sq ft. office just last year. The firm has been growing via lateral hires and is especially looking to expand its arbitration practice; this year its focus has been on IP.
Source: www.thelawyer.com

Crowell & Moring Adds Three Bankruptcy Lawyers

Monday, April 23, 2007

Crowell & Moring has recently hired three bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys for its growing financial services team; the firm just added nine others to the same practice in February. Monique Almy joins the Corporate and Bankruptcy groups in Washington as a partner from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Mark Lichtenstein left Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney to join Crowell’s New York office as a partner. Finally Matthew Cheney, a bankruptcy and creditor’s rights lawyer, will also join the Washington office as counsel. The three lawyers add unique strengths to the Bankruptcy group and will also contribute expertise on litigation, loan workouts, and restructurings to the financial services team .
Source: www.prnewswire.com

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