Brian Dillavou Joins Emerging Companies Practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Monday, July 12, 2021

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Brian Dillavou has joined the firm as a corporate partner in the Austin office. He will be a member of Wilson Sonsini’s emerging companies practice, which also recently added Matt Lyons in Austin. Dillavou’s hire reflects Wilson Sonsini’s continued expansion of its Austin office amid rising demand from technology and life sciences companies and increasing investor activity. Dillavou was previously a partner at Shearman & Sterling, where he was part of the group-led by Matt Lyons-that founded that firm’s Austin office in 2018.


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Seth Merl Joins Reed Smiths Expanding Global Corporate Practice as a Partner in New York

Monday, July 12, 2021

Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Seth R. Merl has joined the Global Corporate Group as a partner in the New York office. Merl will bolster the firm’s middle-market private equity and strategic M&A practices across a broad range of industry sectors, including financial, consulting and asset management services, consumer products, business services, real estate, transportation, energy, technology, insurance, pharmaceuticals and health care. He joins from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.

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Leading Real Estate and Construction Litigator Michael Dingman Joins McGuireWoods in Tysons

Monday, July 12, 2021

Michael S. Dingman, an accomplished litigator with more than three decades of experience advising clients in real estate, construction and energy matters, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Tysons, Virginia. Dingman has tried more than 40 cases in federal and state court and before arbitration tribunals. Dingman joins McGuireWoods from Reed Smith, where he led the construction practice. 

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Peter Armenio Joins White & Case as a Partner in New York

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Intellectual Property Practice with the addition of Peter Armenio, a leading intellectual property and life sciences patent litigator, as a partner in New York. Armenio joins White & Case from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where he was a partner and co-head of its global life sciences practice. 

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Jones Day Welcomes Abradat Kamalpour to Financial Markets Practice

Thursday, July 8, 2021

The global law firm Jones Day announced that Abradat Kamalpour will join the Firm’s Financial Markets Practice as a partner. Mr. Kamalpour will initially be based in Jones Day’s London Office and will thereafter be relocating to the Firm’s San Francisco Office. Mr. Kamalapour comes to the firm from Ashurst in London.

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Lewis Brisbois Expands Entertainment Law Practice with New Partner Team

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Steven Beer and Richard (“Rip”) Beyman to its New York office as partners in its Entertainment, Media & Sports Practice. Mr. Beer will also become co-chair of the firm’s national practice, along with Jonathan Pink, the firm’s long time Entertainment Practice chair. The pair arrive from Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C.in New York.

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Eversheds Sutherland Bolsters Global IP, Technology and Data Privacy Offering

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed Emmanuel Ronco, as a partner, and his team of two associates, Edouard Burlet and Killian Lefèvre, to its IP/IT & Privacy team in Paris. Emmanuel, Edouard and Killian, who all join from Cleary Gottlieb, continue the expansion of the firm’s intellectual property, technology, data protection and cybersecurity practices.

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K&L Gates Continues Strategic Growth, Combining with Luxembourg Firm Volckrick & Associates to Establish Firm’s Eighth European Office

Thursday, July 8, 2021

The partners of global law firm K&L Gates LLP and Luxembourg firm Volckrick & Associates have voted to combine firms, effective July 1st. The combination gives K&L Gates its eighth office across Europe and 46th worldwide and continues a strategic growth trajectory for the firm that recently also has included the opening of a Nashville office with more than 30 lawyers earlier this year and the hiring of more than 80 partners across the firm’s global platform since January 2020.
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