K&L Gates Further Deepens Intellectual Property Practice with Houston Partner Addition

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Collin Rose as a partner in the intellectual property group. Rose joins the firm’s Houston office from Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, PC, where he was chair of the intellectual property and technology & IP transactions practices. His arrival follows the addition of IP partners Hannah Koyfman and David Lu and their 10-person patent team in Boston last month, as well as the additions of a team of IP lawyers in Japan, new IP partners in Melbourne, Portland, Orange County, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, and Nashville, and the establishment of an IP Agency in China all during the past year.

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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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