Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Washington, D.C. Litigation and Health Care & FDA practices with the addition of James C. Fraser, a former Associate Chief Counsel for Litigation at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Fraser will also focus on litigation matters within the firm’s Products Liability & Mass Torts and Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation practices.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Matt Donnelly has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. Donnelly, formerly a partner with Baker Botts L.L.P., will continue his tax practice at Gibson Dunn.
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Davis+Gilbert LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy M. Gladden has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added John Houghton to the firm’s London office, where he will serve as Chair of the London Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice. Houghton is former Global Co-Chair of the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice, and former European Head of Restructuring & Special Situations, at Latham & Watkins, where he practiced for nearly 20 years.
Neal Aizenstein has joined Cooley’s mergers and acquisitions practice group in the firm’s newly launched Chicago office. Most recently serving as chair of DLA Piper’s Chicago corporate group, Aizenstein is known for his strong leadership and decades advising companies and boards of directors on high-profile transactions with public and private companies.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Cassandra G. Mott and Sarah H. Frazier have joined the firm’s Houston office as partners in its Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy practice group. Cassandra and Sarah represent financial institutions, including commercial banks and non-bank lenders, as well as borrowers, in a variety of commercial transactions. They join Blank Rome from Holland & Knight LLP and were partners at Thompson & Knight before the two firms recently combined. At Thompson & Knight, Cassandra served as the firm’s Houston office leader and finance practice leader.
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Mayer Brown announced today that Carlos Robles y Zepf has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice. Carlos, who joins the firm from DLA Piper, where he was global co-chair of the Chemicals sector and a member of the firm’s Latin America steering committee, will work out of the Frankfurt office.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Tim Byrne has joined its New York office as a partner. Joining from Shearman & Sterling, Byrne advises major financial institutions on the bank regulatory aspects of a wide range of financial products and corporate transactions.
