Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Douglas A. Yeager and Jeffrey M. Smith have joined the firm as partners in the Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental practice group in Houston. They were previously partners at Winston & Strawn LLP.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Brian Glennon as a partner in its Litigation Practice Group in Los Angeles. As an experienced trial lawyer, Brian brings a wealth of knowledge in complex commercial litigation, including securities fraud class actions, shareholder derivative lawsuits and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions. He has also represented all of the major accounting firms, including Deloitte and KPMG, in auditor liability matters, including administrative proceedings and at trial. He joins from Latham & Watkins LLP, where he served as Global Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice Group.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Terence M. Dunleavy as shareholder in the firm’s Gaming Practice in Chicago. He joins the firm from O’Rourke, LLP, where he was a partner.
Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Krystyna Blakeslee has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Krystyna was a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey “Jeff” A. Fickes and Christopher “Chris” J. DePizzo have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group. They bring extensive experience representing businesses and investors throughout the United States and internationally in private equity (“PE”) transactions, mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), and other corporate matters. Jeff and Chris join Blank Rome from Ballard Spahr where Jeff co-led the private equity group and served as a member of the firm’s senior leadership team.
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Akerman welcomes our newest litigation partner, Keith Blackman. Blackman joins the New York City office where his practice will focus on representing financial services institutions and other commercial clients in cases alleging fraud, racketeering, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and securities law violations. Blackman arrives at the firm from Bracewell LLP.
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Akin is pleased to announce that Gerald Moody has joined the firm as a white collar defense & government investigations partner in Washington, D.C. Moody joins Akin from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, where he was an Assistant Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit.
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Berhane brings significant experience and deep market knowledge advising private equity sponsors and other private and public companies in a wide range of finance transactions. She most recently was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis and, prior to that, served a secondment at KKR & Co, Inc. in New York.
Global law firm K&L Gates continues to grow its Intellectual Property (IP) and trade mark capabilities with the appointment of partner Sally Foreman, based in Melbourne. Foreman joins K&L Gates from Davies Collison Cave, where she was a Principal and Trademark Attorney.
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