Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes well-known Chicago real estate attorney Kimberlie Pearlman as shareholder in the firm’s Chicago office. Pearlman joins the firm’s rapidly-growing national Real Estate Practice, bringing tangible general counsel and development experience, including over a decade as real estate associate and partner with DLA Piper.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has further strengthened its intellectual property practice with the addition of partner Mitsuhiro Imamura and his team of paralegals in the firm’s Tokyo office. Imamura and his team join K&L Gates from DLA Piper, and are a key addition to the firm’s global intellectual property practice, giving K&L Gates, for the first time, the ability to file Japanese patent and trademark applications, among other capabilities.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its Corporate Practice with the addition of James Doyle as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C. office. He joins the firm from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that commercial litigator Kaan Ekiner will be joining the Commercial Litigation Practice in the firm’s Wilmington office. Ekiner has built a respected career as a distinguished litigator handling corporate and complex commercial matters involving corporate governance, and contractual and other commercial disputes. His addition marks the continued growth of Cozen O’Connor’s nationally recognized Commercial Litigation Practice. Prior to joining the firm, Ekiner was counsel at Whiteford Taylor Preston, LLP in Wilmington.
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Vladimir Zenin has been appointed as a partner in the firm’s Global Corporate Practice, based in the Moscow office. Mr. Zenin joins from CMS where he led the M&A practice in Russia for the past six years, prior to which he had been with the corporate and energy practices of Allen & Overy in Moscow and London for almost nine years. Joining alongside Mr. Zenin is a team of three associates, Elizaveta Rakova, Natalia Gegechkory and Viktoria Shcherba, all from CMS.
Rimon is pleased to announce it has opened an office in Seoul, South Korea with, Jungwoo Chang joining the firm as corporate partner. Rimon’s Seoul office is its 42nd location, following the opening of new offices in international hubs London, Paris and Montréal earlier this year, as well as several new offices in the United States. Mr. Chang joins Rimon from Accelsior Partners, where he was co-founder and Managing Partner.
FisherBroyles, LLP is pleased to announce Joseph DiRago has joined the Firm in Denver as a Partner. Joseph is a Real Estate and Energy partner and joins the Firm’s Corporate Department from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
Crowell & Moring and Chicago-based Brinks Gilson & Lione have joined forces. The deal brings together the practice of the premier 100-year old IP firm, recognized for its deep technical experience and scientific savvy, with Crowell & Moring’s intellectual property, technology, brand protection, and digital transformation capabilities. Brinks Gilson & Lione is renowned for assisting clients to maximize the value of cutting-edge technologies and advancing the interests of intellectual property owners.
