McDermott Will & Emery has announced that it will launch an intellectual property practice in its Italian office in Rome. Heading the firm will be Francesco Mattina, who most recently worked at Roman boutique Gemma Mannino Mattina. Barely two years old, McDermott’s Roman office has grown to house 25 attorneys, including nine partners, and handles Italian corporate, tax and antitrust work.
Source: legalweek.com
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton have hired Johnathan G. Rose and Sheldon M. Kline as partners for their Labor and Employment group in Washington DC. Rose, who most recently worked for Katten Muchin Rosenman, specializes in representing plan sponsors and fiduciaries involved in ERISA litigation. Kline, who most recently worked for Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner, specializes in n labor negotiations, in bankruptcy, federal and state court litigation. These hires are part of an East Cost Labor and Employment growth plan by Sheppard Mullin.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced that a group from DLA Piper will join its Beijing office. The group is led by corporate partner Janet Jie Tang and she is joined by three transactions associates, Lu Ning, Wang Yuanming, and Zeng Linyan. Akin Gump hopes that these additions will broaden the range of services available to their Chinese clients.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Sutherland Asbill & Brennen LLP has announced that they will add a former Fulbright & Jaworski Litigation partner to their Houston office. Steven L. Roberts, who brings almost three decades of courtroom experience to the position, specializes in energy, admiralty and professional services litigation.
Source: houston.dbusinessnews.com
Locke Liddell & Sapp and Lord Bissell & Brook LLP have announced that two firms will merge in early October. The new firm, which will be called Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, will house over 700 attorneys and will have around $400 million is gross revenue. Current Dallas managing partner Jerry Clements of Liddell & Sapp will head the new firm.
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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP has announced that litigation partner Bretton C. Gerard will join the firm’s Dallas office. Gerard specializes in business litigation, focusing on real estate, partnership and property disputes. He is also very skill in mediation and arbitration.
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Fish & Richardson P.C. is preparing to open it’s first non-US office in Munich, Germany. The branch will open October 1 with two partners and three associates, and plans to grow to twelve attorneys by 2008. Frank Peterreins and Alexander Harguth are managing partners.
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com
Heller Ehrman’s executive director Phyllis Gardner has retired. Gardner has often been credited by taking the old-fashioned firm into the modern era and was central to the firm’s growth in both size and revenue at the beginning of the millennium. Although she was not an attorney, Gardner was an incredibly powerful force within the firm and ran much of its day to day business.
Source: nylawyer.com
Senior associate Daniel Winterfeldt, formerly of Jones Day, will join Simmons & Simmons US group. This continues a recent trend of the firm hiring US senior associates as partners. Winterfeldt is a securities attorney who will focus on life sciences and financial institutions.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Former Latham & Watkins corporate partner David Hernand has joined the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. Hernand will focus on technology, specifically public and private mergers & acquisitions. He also has significant experience in private equity and entertainment transactional work.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
