Lathrop GPM Boosts Litigation Practice Group with Three Kansas City Partners

 Lathrop GPM LLP is excited to announce that Pat Fanning, Kristi Burmeister and Aaron Craig will join the Kansas City office in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group as Partners, with a focus on general business and complex commercial litigation. All three join from PEAK Litigation LLP, which they co-founded in 2018 after practicing together at Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 

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O’Melveny Continues Texas Expansion with Addition of Renowned Energy Sector Dealmaker

Continuing its Texas expansion, O’Melveny announced today that renowned energy dealmaker Monica Hwang has joined the firm as a partner, based in the firm’s new Dallas and Austin offices. Ranked by Chambers and by Legal 500, Hwang will be a member of both O’Melveny’s Project Development & Real Estate Practice Group and the Energy Industry Group. Hwang, who joins O’Melveny from King & Spalding LLP, brings more than 14 years of experience advising developers and energy companies on infrastructure projects and commercial transactions.

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Leading Debt Specialist Alan Yeung to Join Clifford Chance in Hong Kong

International law firm Clifford Chance is strengthening its US securities law and debt offering with the addition of Alan Yeung as a partner in Hong Kong. Alan, who joins the office today, is a highly experienced US qualified practitioner advising clients for more than 20 years in Asia Pacific. He is widely recognised in the market for his extensive work on many market leading debt and equity issuances, including high yield and investment grade bond offerings, and IPOs. Alan joins from Shearman & Sterling where he advised on debt and equity offerings of securities into the US, high yield and investment grade debt offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S placements and liability management transactions.

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Baker Botts Welcomes Financial Restructuring Partner in New York

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Scott Bowling has joined its New York office as a partner in the Financial Restructuring practice. Bowling joins Baker Botts from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York, where he served most recently as counsel in the Restructuring Department. 

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Akerman Continues Expansion of Tax Practice Group with Partner John Buckun in Chicago

Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has continued its expansion of its Tax Practice Group with partner John Buckun in Chicago. Buckun focuses his practice on federal, state and local, and international tax matters. His arrival follows one week after the addition of Tax partner Lorie Fale in Miami. Buckun joins Akerman from Miller, Cooper & Co., Ltd. in Deerfield.

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Paul Hastings Continues Investigations and Fintech Growth with Addition of Experienced Partner in Washington

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that experienced financial services litigator Meredith Boylan has joined the firm as a partner in the Investigations & White Collar Defense (IWCD) and Fintech & Payments practices, based in Washington, D.C. Ms. Boylan joins from Venable. Her arrival follows the recent addition of Investigations and Fintech partner Allyson Baker, who leads Paul Hastings’ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) practice.

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