Leading Private Equity Partner To Join Latham & Watkins in London

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Paul Dolman will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Dolman is one of the UK’s leading private equity practitioners, with vast experience advising institutional investors and management teams on a variety of complex cross-border investments and divestments. Dolman joins Latham & Watkins from Travers Smith.

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Former Samsung Head of Appeals Christopher Burrell Returns to Faegre Drinker as Partner in Washington, D.C.

Faegre Drinker announced today that Christopher J. Burrell has rejoined the firm as a partner in the intellectual property practice in Washington, D.C. Burrell returns to the firm after spending nearly seven years with Samsung Electronics America in the company’s Washington, D.C. IP Center office, where he most recently served as senior director & senior counsel, head of appeals. He is the 24th partner or counsel addition to Faegre Drinker in 2020.

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Latham Adds Capital Markets Partner in New York

Latham & Watkins LLP  is pleased to announce that Alison (Ali) Haggerty has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Capital Markets Practice within the Corporate Department. Haggerty advises issuers, predominantly in the technology and life sciences industries, and underwriters on capital markets transactions, with a particular emphasis on initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, and convertible debt offerings. She also regularly counsels publicly-traded companies on general corporate and securities law matters, including governance issues, reporting obligations, and stock exchange rules and requirements. Haggerty joins Latham from Cooley LLP in New York.

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Latham Expands Private Equity and M&A Practices in Boston

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Matthew W. Goulding has joined the firm’s Boston office as a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices. Goulding advises financial sponsors, corporate clients, portfolio companies, boards of directors, founders, and management teams on the full spectrum of private equity transactions, along with an array of M&A and corporate matters. Goulding joins Latham & Watkins from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He received his JD from Villanova University.

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Akerman Expands Franchise Offering in Texas with William Sentell

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, is pleased to announce that William Sentell has joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. Sentell focuses his practice on franchise dispute resolution and related corporate, regulatory, and compliance matters. He brings experience representing franchise clients, including franchisors, brand owners, distributors, licensors, manufacturers, and other industry stakeholders. Sentell joins from Baker & McKenzie LLP in Houston, where he served as counsel.

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