O’Melveny Continues Texas Expansion, Launches Dallas Office

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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 Adds Prominent IP Trial Lawyer Ted Stevenson as Partner in Dallas

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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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Orrick Makes 8th Hire in IP Licensing & Tech Transactions and Grows in Paris

Monday, June 28, 2021

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.

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Squire Patton Boggs Continues Expansion of Commodities and Shipping Capabilities with International Trade Hire

Monday, June 28, 2021

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.

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Dentons Grows Tax Presence on US West Coast with Linda Pfatteicher

Monday, June 28, 2021

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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Major Private Equity Hire Strengthens Ashurst’s Reputation as Global Leader in Private Capital and Digital Economy

Friday, June 25, 2021

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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Latham & Watkins Adds Senior Tax Partner With Formidable Transactional Experience in London

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Helen Lethaby will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Tax Department. Highly regarded in her field, Lethaby has more than 25 years’ experience advising clients on a variety of complex corporate tax matters, including the tax aspects of capital markets and private equity transactions, public and private M&A, joint ventures, demergers, and restructurings. Lethaby joins Latham & Watkins from Freshfields. 

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