Mintz is pleased to welcome Tung-On (T.O.) Kong, who has joined the firm as a Member in its Intellectual Property Division. A nationally recognized life sciences patent strategist, T.O. brings more than two decades of trial and appellate experience representing pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics companies in bet-the-company disputes. Kong arrives at the firm from Wilson Sonsini.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Robert P. “Bob” Zinn and Megan A. Wotherspoon have joined the firm’s Pittsburgh office as partners in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group and the Financial Services industry team. They join Blank Rome from K&L Gates, where Bob co-led its firm-wide corporate practice from 2007 to 2023 and was a founder of its manufacturing and FinTech industry groups.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Juan A. Arteaga, a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, has joined the firm’s office in New York as a partner in the Antitrust and Competition practice. Mr. Arteaga joins from Crowell & Moring, where he was chair of the New York Antitrust practice.
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Morgan Lewis today announced that Joseph Gatti has joined the firm as a partner in its leading structured transactions practice, based in the Washington, DC office. Joe brings extensive experience in securitization as well as asset management and corporate finance. Most recently, Joe served as executive vice president and head of legal at Amherst Residential, a real estate investment, development, and operating platform, where he led legal strategy.
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Emily Johnson and Mark Stagliano have joined the firm as partners in the New York office. Johnson joins the Banking & Private Credit and Capital Markets practices, while Stagliano joins the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice. Johnson’s practice focuses on all financing aspects of complex corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and spin-offs, with particularly deep experience in company-side, issuer-focused financings. Stagliano’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, and company representation work, including corporate governance. The addition of these prominent partners further elevates Latham’s elite, fully integrated corporate and finance practice and marks a major expansion of the firm’s industry-leading capabilities. Johnson and Stagliano join Latham & Watkins from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Schulte today announced that money transmitter licensing lawyer Laurie Rosini has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice Group in New York, further strengthening the industry’s only crypto-exclusive team whose lawyers devote 100% of their practice to digital asset matters.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | New YorkMorgan Lewis is pleased to welcome Brian Buckley and Melissa Lawton as partners in the firm’s global litigation practice, resident in Seattle and Los Angeles, respectively. Joining from Fenwick & West, Brian and Melissa enhance the firm’s litigation capabilities in key West Coast and technology markets, bringing a wide-ranging litigation background spanning intellectual property disputes, consumer class actions, securities and corporate governance matters, and high-stakes commercial litigation across a range of industries. The team will be joined by Armen Nercessian, who starts on March 2 as of counsel in San Francisco.
