Latham Further Enhances Antitrust Capabilities In New York

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Katherine A. Rocco has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the global Antitrust & Competition Practice, and member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Rocco advises clients on all aspects of antitrust matters, including merger clearance, cartel investigations, litigation, and transactional work. . She joins Latham from Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York office.

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Renowned Data Privacy Lawyer Dominique Shelton Leipzig joins Mayer Brown’s Growing Los Angeles Office

Veteran data privacy lawyer Dominique Shelton Leipzig has joined Mayer Brown as a partner in the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice in Los Angeles, continuing Mayer Brown’s strategic expansion efforts on the West Coast. Ms. Shelton Leipzig will serve as the lead for Global Data Innovation as well as Ad Tech Privacy & Data Management. She is one of the country’s top privacy and data lawyers; and her considerable experience helps clients navigate the evolving legal compliance issues related to privacy and data security for their digital data initiatives. She joins from Perkins Coie, where she held several leadership roles.

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Dechert Continues California Expansion; Adds Accomplished Private Equity M&A Partner Nicole Macarchuk in San Francisco

Dechert LLP announced today that Nicole Macarchuk will join the firm’s corporate and securities group in San Francisco; she will serve as a key addition to the firm’s private equity M&A and private credit teams. Ms. Macarchuk will be the sixth partner to join Dechert’s San Francisco office in the past year as part of the firm’s strategic plan to bolster its interdisciplinary corporate, litigation, and financial services capabilities in California. Most recently, Ms. Macarchuk was the General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of Angel Island Capital in San Francisco, a multi-strategy credit boutique and portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital.

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Clifford Chance Hires Technology Expert Zayed Al Jamil as Partner to Join its Market Leading Tech Group

International law firm Clifford Chance announces the hire of Zayed Al Jamil a Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) expert who joins as partner in the firm’s Tech Group, based in London. He joins the firm May 1, 2022. Qualifying as a solicitor in 2009, Al Jamil previously practiced at Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) where he was partner and focused on complex commercial and large-scale outsourcing technology projects, as well as tech-related aspects of corporate transactions. 

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