King & Spalding today announced Suzanne Murray has joined the firm as a partner on the firm’s Environmental, Health and Safety team within the Government Matters group, and is based in the Austin office. She joins from Haynes and Boone.
Sapna W. Palla Joins Allen & Overy’s U.S. Intellectual Property Litigation Practice
Allen & Overy today announced that Sapna W. Palla has joined the firm as a partner in its intellectual property litigation practice, based in New York. Sapna joins from Wiggin & Dana LLP, where she led the Life Sciences intellectual property litigation team for seven years and helped build out the firm’s IP litigation service offerings.
Winston & Strawn Adds Restructuring Partner Tim Walsh to New York Office
Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Tim Walsh as Global Chair of the Restructuring and Insolvency Practice resident in the firm’s New York office. Tim brings over 30 years of experience advising U.S. and international clients on all aspects of restructuring transactions. Walsh joins the firm from McDermott, Will & Emery.
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Powerhouse Global Tax Partners Join McDermott
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the additions of Tax partners Jeffrey (Jeff) Maydew and Meaghan A. Wolfe based in Chicago and Michael W. Hardgrove based in Boston. Jeff and Meaghan join from Baker McKenzie where Jeff was Chair of its Global Tax Planning and Transactions Practice Group and was a member of the Management Committee for the firm’s North American Tax Practice. Michael joins from DLA Piper where he was a member of its Global Tax Committee.
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Dinsmore’s Growth Continues as Prominent M&A Team Joins Firm in Detroit and Chicago
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed five dynamic partners to its Mergers and Acquisitions group this week—four in the national firm’s Detroit office and one in Chicago. The team is led by Joseph DeVito, who served as chair of Corporate, Finance and Real Estate at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC. Also joining Dinsmore in Detroit as M&A specialists are partners Jeffrey Hoover, Evonne Xu and Ian Larkin. The team is rounded out by Jane Hahn, who is joining Dinsmore in Chicago.
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Leading Professional Services Litigator Will Glassey to Join Herbert Smith Freehills in London
Herbert Smith Freehills has further strengthened its Disputes Practice in London, after hiring Will Glassey to join its partnership. This will enable the firm to further bolster its successful solicitors’ professional indemnity and regulatory practice, as well as its professional negligence offering more broadly. Will joins Herbert Smith Freehills from Mayer Brown, where he was Head of Insurance Disputes in London and Global co-Head of Insurance. Before moving to Mayer Brown in 2000, he was an associate in legacy Herbert Smith’s Disputes team in London.
Duane Morris Welcomes Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring Partner Morris S. Bauer in Newark
Morris S. (Mo) Bauer has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring Practice Group in its Newark, N.J., office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Bauer was a member at Norris McLaughlin, P.A.
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Brandon Fox to Return to Jenner & Block and Serve as Los Angeles Office Managing Partner
Ashurst Boosts Asia Restructuring and Insolvency Offering With Partner Hire in Singapore
Global law firm Ashurst is pleased to announce that Robert Child has joined as a partner in the restructuring, insolvency and special situations practice, based in Singapore. His addition follows the recent arrival of senior project partner Andrew Roche in the Singapore office. Joining from Clifford Chance, Robert has advised on complex multi-jurisdictional restructurings and insolvencies in both Europe and Asia.
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Leading Privacy, Advertising, and Brand Protection Attorney Joins Reed Smith as a Partner
Reed Smith today announced the addition of pioneering data privacy, advertising, and brand protection partner Robert Newman. Formerly the co-chair of Privacy, Security & Data Innovations at Loeb & Loeb LLP and co-leader of the Global Privacy & Data Security Task Force at Winston & Strawn LLP, Newman has joined Reed Smith’s global Entertainment & Media Industry Group as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.
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