Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic growth of its Real Estate Practice, now adding R. David Walker as a shareholder to its local team. Walker joins Greenberg Traurig following an in-house counsel role with Rubenstein Partners L.P., where he focused on equity and debt investments of office real estate assets. Prior to that, he spent eight years working within Cozen O’Connor’s real estate group.
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Robert (Rob) L. Wernli, Jr. has joined the firm as a corporate partner in the San Diego office. His addition bolsters Wilson Sonsini’s public company and transactional experience. Previously, Wernli joined law firm Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton in its San Diego office in 2012 as a special counsel and became partner there in 2018.
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Yeshake (“Isaac”) Yilma has joined the firm’s Public and Infrastructure Finance Practice in Atlanta as principal. He arrives from Hunton Andrews Kurth where his practice involved a broad range of public finance transactions.
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes Harry D. Jones as a shareholder in the firm’s Dallas office. Jones joins the firm’s national Labor and Employment Department with a deep background in providing day-to-day advice to human resources professionals on hiring, training, pay, discipline and termination, including a concentrated focus on complex C-suite misconduct issues. Jones is well-known for his work conducting high-stakes corporate, C-Suite and Board investigations. Jones comes to the firm from Littler Mendelson P.C.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Shab Puri as a partner in the power practice. He joins the firm’s San Francisco office from his practice of Puri Law Group.
Mayer Brown announced today that Elizabeth Hermann Smith has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice. Ms. Smith joins from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
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Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP has strengthened its global business and cross-border trade practices with the addition of veteran attorneys Alan Enslen and John Scannapieco. They join the firm as partners in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Washington, D.C. office. Also, experienced associates Julius Bodie and Frank Xue are coming to Womble Bond Dickinson as part of this team. They come to Womble Bond Dickinson from Baker Donelson, where Enslen led that firm’s International Trade and National Security Practice and Scannapieco chaired the Global Business Team.
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Frost Brown Todd’s Dallas office welcomes Member Laura Stapleton to the firm’s Tax practice group. A Texas-licensed certified public accountant, Stapleton assists businesses with federal, state and international income tax planning. Her work also includes assisting companies with mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of their businesses, raising capital through private offerings and advising private companies contracting with the federal government. Stapleton has more than 20 years of experience practicing tax law in Texas and has her Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University.
