Clifford Chance expands leveraged finance practice with lateral hire Elizabeth Hundt Russell in Australia Leading international law firm Clifford Chance is strengthening its Australian and global leveraged finance practice with the hire of partner Elizabeth Hundt Russell. The experienced finance specialist will join the firm’s Sydney office in late March 2021. Elizabeth joins from King & Wood Mallesons where she was a partner.
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Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, today announced that Allyson K. Thompson has joined the firm as an employment litigation partner in its Los Angeles office. She provides advice and counsel to companies in how they manage their workplaces and workforces and defends companies when they are the target of litigation. Ms. Thompson is also an experienced trial attorney. Thompson joins from Kring & Chung LLP in Irvine.
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Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, had added Gregory S. Fisher as a shareholder in its Anchorage office. Fisher was previously a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that experienced tax lawyer Lucas Rachuba has joined the firm as a partner in the Tax and Private Equity practices, based in the San Francisco office. His arrival adds further momentum to the significant growth of the firm’s Private Equity and M&A practices. Rachuba joins Paul Hastings from Ernst & Young, where he led the international tax consulting practice for its West Coast asset management practice.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Andrew J. Lee has joined the Firm’s Regulatory practice as an antitrust partner based in Washington, DC. Andrew is an esteemed advisor in antitrust issues and regularly represents Korean and Japanese electronics, engineering and shipping clients facing high-profile antitrust activity enforcements. He is highly respected globally for his work in cartel defense and merger review proceedings for international corporations based in Asia. Prior to joining McDermott, he was a partner at Hogan Lovells LLP.
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Skadden is pleased to announce that Raquel Fox, a former member of the senior staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Fox is a member of the firm’s SEC reporting and compliance practice and will assist clients on a full range of securities, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and other SEC-related matters.
Louis Rouleau has joined Holland & Knight as a litigation partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Mr. Rouleau focuses on real estate, consumer finance and manufacturing disputes. Most recently, he was a partner at Womble Bond Dickinson.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced the addition of prominent patent litigators Indranil “Indy” Mukerji and Stephen Marshall. They join the Firm as partners in the Intellectual Property and Litigation Departments, with Mr. Mukerji joining as Willkie’s Head of Tech Patent Litigation. Both will be based in Washington, DC. They were previously Principals at the intellectual property boutique Fish & Richardson.
Rimon is proud to welcome Sean Byrne as an Investment Management Partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Mr. Byrne joins Rimon from Morrison & Foerster.
BakerHostetler announced today that David H. Stern has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group resident in Los Angeles. Stern joins from Dechert LLP in Los Angeles.
