Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Stephen A. Aschettino has joined its New York office as a partner in the leadership role of US Head of FinTech. Aschettino joins from Reed Smith, where he led the Payments Technology team and was a member of its FinTech practice. Aschettino’s experience also includes serving as Chief Legal Officer of a leading payment processor.
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Arnold Cantu, a well-known and respected bond lawyer, has joined Locke Lord as a Partner in the Firm’s Public Finance Practice Group. As the fifth public finance lawyer to join Locke Lord’s Austin office since 2020, Cantu further cements Locke Lord’s reputation as a top public finance firm in Texas and nationwide. Cantu, who joins Locke Lord from Norton Rose Fulbright, serves as bond counsel to state and local government entities, including cities, counties, school districts and municipal utility systems.
Just three weeks after launching an Austin office—its first in the Lone Star State—O’Melveny today announced the opening of a Dallas office. It will be anchored by four new partners nationally recognized for their leadership in corporate restructuring and complex litigation. Louis R. Strubeck, Jr., Scott Paul Drake, H. Douglas Wabner, and Gregory M. Wilkes join the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright, where Strubeck served as Global and US Head of the Restructuring & Insolvency Practice and Drake was regional Head of Litigation.
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Alston & Bird has bolstered its patent litigation capabilities with the addition of Ted Stevenson as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. Arriving from McKool Smith, Stevenson is a first-chair trial lawyer and registered patent attorney who focuses on intellectual property and competition cases for a marquee list of companies in the telecommunications and technology industries worldwide.
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Stephen Grant has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the Capital Markets and Securities Practice Group in the firm’s Houston office. He comes to Haynes and Boone from Thompson & Knight, LLP, where he was a corporate partner.
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Orrick announced today that Julia Apostle has joined the firm as a partner in our IP Licensing and Technology Transactions practice, based in Paris. Julia is the 8th partner addition to this practice over the last 9 months which has grown across the firm’s Bay Area, Boston, New York, London, Düsseldorf and Washington, D.C. offices. She will also work closely with our Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation team. Julia joins the firm from Bredin Prat.
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the appointment of D. Michael Kaye as a partner into the firm’s International Trade Practice and Commodities and Shipping Industry Group. He joins from Baker McKenzie, where he spent two years as the Global Director of Business Management, and prior to that from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), one of the world’s largest food processing and commodity trading corporations, where he was the Chief Counsel of ADM’s largest business unit.
King & Spalding today announced that David Lesser has joined as a partner in the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice group in its New York office. Lesser focuses his practice on representing global financial institutions in complex litigation and regulatory matters. Lesser comes to the firm from WilmerHale.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today the growth of its Tax practice with the addition of Linda Pfatteicher as partner. Pfatteicher focuses on large-scale international tax and operational structuring projects, including cross-border mergers, acquisitions and post-acquisition integration, as well as international tax controversies. She is resident in the San Francisco office and comes to the firm from Squire Patton Boggs.
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Global law firm Ashurst has appointed François Hellot as a partner in the corporate team in Paris. François joins from Dechert where he has been a partner for 12 years. François is a highly reputed corporate practitioner with deep industry expertise across telecommunications and digital, health and biotechnology sectors.
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