Squire Patton Boggs is further strengthening its UK Litigation Practice with the addition of Victoria Callicott, who joins the firm in Birmingham as a partner from Eversheds Sutherland. Ms. Callicott is the latest partner to join the Litigation Practice following the arrival of Ellie Pinnells, who joined the firm in May to lead the Birmingham team.
King & Spalding announced today that Maureen Sweeney has joined the firm as a partner in its Finance and Restructuring practice group in Chicago. Sweeney is the former Senior Vice President and General Counsel of private investment firm PSP Partners, L.L.C.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, announced today that Jason Graham has joined the firm’s Tax Department as a partner in the Dallas office. Graham joins the firm from Baker McKenzie.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig further expands its regional Corporate Practice with the addition of Pawel J. Szaja to the firm’s UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and London locations. Szaja has a strong background practicing in elite global law firms, including his work at Davis Polk in New York and London, and his more recent role as a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP (A&O Shearman following the merger with Allen & Overy LLP in May 2024).
In a game-changing development, Cozen O’Connor today announced it has added a team of 22 — made up of 13 lawyers and nine support staff — greatly expanding its Canadian footprint and furthering its goal of becoming one of Canada’s foremost full-service, international law firms. All 22 come to the firm from Clark Wilson LLP and will work out of Cozen O’Connor’s fast-growing Vancouver office. The incoming group is led by international finance, M&A, and mining attorney Virgil Hlus, international finance and M&A attorney Cam McTavish, and family attorney Chantal M. Cattermole. All three join the firm as shareholders. In the past two and a half years, the Vancouver office has grown from three lawyers to 28 lawyers.
Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Will Summers has today joined the firm’s London office as a partner in its Private Equity Practice Group. The group will also be joined in London by of counsel, Michael Skouras. Summers arrives at the firm from White & Case LLP in London.
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William K. Pao joins Cooley’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s securities litigation + enforcement group and global litigation department. He arrives from O’Melveny & Myers where he served as chair of the fintech group and co-chair of the artificial intelligence (AI) group. At Cooley, Pao will advise a broad range of clients – including cryptocurrency and block chain pioneers – on securities, regulatory and litigation issues.
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Further enhancing its leading global tax practice and global corporate platform more broadly, Paul Hastings LLP announced today that Daniel Nicholas has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C. Nicholas joins from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and follows structured finance partners Shawn Kodes and Matt Nemeth, who previously joined from that firm.
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Joseph E. Silvia has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its Chicago office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, he was a member at Dickinson Wright PLLC.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Zackary D. Callarman and Megan M. Skiba have joined the firm as members of the Energy industry team. Zack joins as an of counsel in the Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group in the Dallas office and Megan joins as an associate in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group in the Pittsburgh office. Zack and Megan join Blank Rome from Reed Smith LLP, and reunite with partners Ryan T. Purpura, Matthew “Matt” D. Lea, and Ryan A. Haddad who joined the firm in July.
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