Latham & Watkins Expands Investment Funds Practice in the Bay Area

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Javad Mostofizadeh has joined the firm’s Bay Area offices as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Investment Funds and Private Equity Practices. Mostofizadeh’s practice is focused on the structuring, formation, and operation of US and global venture capital funds, as well as growth equity and private equity funds. He also counsels fund managers on all aspects of day-to-day operations. Mostofizadeh joins Latham from Gunderson Dettmer in Silicon Valley.

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Blank Rome Welcomes Hospitality and Real Estate Partner Christy Reuter in New York

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Christy Reuter has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Real Estate group. As a leader in the hospitality sector, Christy brings more than 25 years of experience guiding clients in hospitality transactions and related business law matters. Before joining Blank Rome, Christy was a partner at Meister Seelig & Fein, where she chaired the Hotel & Hospitality group and was a member of the Corporate and Real Estate groups. Prior to that role, Christy founded Reuter Law PLLC and spent seven years as general counsel at Cipriani, a world-renowned global hospitality company.

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Allen & Overy to Add Game-Changing Multidisciplinary Technology Team in U.S.; Expands West Coast presence

Monday, August 9, 2021
Allen & Overy today announces the investment in seven partners from the White & Case LLP Technology practice. This multidisciplinary and highly-experienced team continues A&O’s rapid expansion in the U.S. and significantly enhances the firm’s leading Technology practice, completing the creation of a global offering to clients with a critical Silicon Valley presence. The team comprises Shamita Etienne-Cummings, Bijal Vakil, David Tennant, Eric Lancaster, Adam Chernichaw, Daren Orzechowski, and Alex Touma. Bijal and Daren will be global co-heads of the firm’s Technology practice. All partners will operate from their current locations in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C.

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Commercial Litigator Thomas Walters Joins Dinsmore in Detroit as National Firm Continues Pursuit of Midwest Expansion

Monday, August 9, 2021

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed its fifth new partner in Detroit in just two weeks, as commercial litigation attorney Thomas Walters brings his practice to the national firm. He is following the path of his colleagues, led by mergers and acquisitions partner Joseph DeVito, who joined Dinsmore in Southeast Michigan in late July. Walters comes to Dinsmore from Howard & Howard in Royal Oak.

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Greenberg Traurig Expands Minneapolis Litigation Practice with Addition of Nicole Narotzky and Thomas Pack

Thursday, August 5, 2021

 Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Litigation Practice with the addition of Nicole E. Narotzky and Thomas R. Pack as shareholders in the firm’s Minneapolis office. Both Narotzky and Pack, who join the firm from Maslon LLP where they were partners, have significant experience in products liability litigation, particularly in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

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Perkins Coie Expands Labor & Employment Practice and New York Office With Partner Brian Turoff

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Brian Turoff has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment practice as a partner in the firm’s expanding New York office. Brian’s addition increases the firm’s national Labor & Employment practice to 67 attorneys. Amid continued growth, the practice has added 27 attorneys since June of 2019. Brian joins the firm from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP where he led the New York employment and labor practice.

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