Skadden is pleased to welcome Katie Leah as a partner in our Tax Group in the London office. Ms. Leah was previously a partner at another global law firm in the tax practice, where she focused on transactional matters, providing advice on the tax aspects of private equity, real estate, M&A and capital markets transactions, including U.K., U.S. and cross-border matters. Leah comes to the firm from Goodwin.
Gibson Dunn announced today that Rachel D. Kleinberg has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office, where she will serve as a partner in the Tax Practice Group. Rachel advises corporate and private equity clients on the U.S. federal tax aspects of a wide array of transactions. Kleinberg arrives at Gibson Dunn from Sidley Austin LLP.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Mark D. Passler and Ryan L. Harding have joined the firm as partners in the Intellectual Property & Technology practice group and Technology industry team. The prominent team will also establish a presence for Blank Rome in West Palm Beach, Florida. The duo joins from Akerman LLP.
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, is adding veteran environmental litigator Matt Morrison as a partner in Washington, D.C. He brings a decade of experience in private practice, most recently at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that former Assistant United States Attorney Negar Tekeei has joined the firm as a partner and global co-lead for the Corporate Crime & Investigations Practice.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to bolster its Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice with the addition of Taylor Klavan as a shareholder in its Houston office. She joins the firm from Squire Patton Boggs LLP.
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Highly regarded energy transactional attorney Adam Dempsey has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Houston as a partner in the firm’s national oil and gas corporate and transactions practice. Formerly from Bracewell, Dempsey most recently served as GC with Cotton Holdings Inc.
Tags: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | HoustonBaker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, is growing its global industry-leading intellectual property department with the addition of life sciences and chemicals patent partner Martin A. Bruehs in Washington, D.C. He joins the firm from Sheppard Mullin, where he served as a partner and Head of the East Coast Chemical Patent Practice.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | WashingtonSkadden is pleased to announce that David Fish has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Group of its New York office. Mr. Fish brings extensive experience managing complex disputes and significant insight into the commercial and regulatory issues confronting multinational companies operating in North America. Most recently, Mr. Fish served as the head of litigation for Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (Sumitomo), where he oversaw a broad portfolio of high-stakes matters.
Morgan Lewis welcomes Chad Davis, Ph.D. as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property (IP) practice, resident in Boston. Dr. Davis joins from Dechert, bringing extensive experience in global patent portfolio strategy, patent prosecution, IP due diligence, infringement and validity analyses, post-grant proceedings, and IP-related agreements. With a doctorate in chemistry, Dr. Davis is deeply embedded in the Boston life sciences community and counsels and implements patent strategies for biotech, pharmaceutical, and chemical companies, as well as their investors, on the development, protection, and commercialization of complex scientific innovations.
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