Orrick announced today the addition of three rising stars to its global Corporate team as partners: private equity M&A advisor Leah Recht from Kirkland & Ellis and capital markets advisors Edward Dyson from Cooley and Mark Mushkin from Cravath.
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Global law firm Dentons is strengthening its Energy Regulatory practice in Dusseldorf with the recruitment of Dr. Florian-Alexander Wesche as a partner. With his extensive professional and industry experience, he will consolidate Dentons’ strategic focus on infrastructure and energy in Germany. Florian-Alexander Wesche was previously a partner responsible for energy law at Deloitte Legal.
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Dechert LLP announced today that Howard Levine and Jennifer Swan have joined the firm in Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley, respectively, as partners in the Intellectual Property group, further expanding Dechert’s global life sciences capabilities. They both come to the firm from Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Hendrik Viaene has joined the Firm’s international antitrust practice in Brussels as partner. He joins a dynamic, experienced and ambitious team, widely recognised for its outstanding credentials in defending multinational corporations in international cartels and regularly securing complex merger clearances in Europe. Hendrik joins from Deloitte Legal where he led the global Centre of Expertise in Competition and Regulatory Law.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Carr will join the firm as a partner in the London office. Carr will join from Herbert Smith Freehills and will continue his real estate finance practice at Gibson Dunn.
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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Timothy R. Herman as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. Herman joins the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Class Action and Employment Law practice groups. Herman joins the firm from Clark Hill PLC in Chicago.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that Jesse P. Myers has joined the Firm as a partner in the Houston office. He joins the Firm’s Corporate & Financial Services Department, focusing on private equity transactions with an emphasis on energy projects. Mr. Myers joins Willkie from Latham & Watkins.
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Craig A. Day has joined the firm’s Seattle office as a principal. Craig has almost 30 years of experience advising clients on a wide range of complex employee benefits matters. Day comes to the firm from Lane Powell PC, where he was counsel.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Helen B. Kim as a partner in the securities and transactional litigation practice. She joins K&L Gates’ Los Angeles office from Thompson Coburn LLP, where she served as vice co-chair of the business litigation practice group.
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