Mayer Brown announced today that a five-lawyer team led by partners Eric Pogue and John Tormey has joined the firm’s Projects & Infrastructure practice, adding to its existing power and renewables capabilities. Mr. Pogue will be based in New York, and Mr. Tormey will be based in Washington DC. They join from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, where Mr. Pogue served as a co-chair of that firm’s Renewable Energy practice.
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International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has taken another step toward becoming the world’s leading real estate legal advisory business with the arrival of Partners Stephen Kelly and Sarah Mahood earlier this month in the firm’s Dubai office. Both joined the firm from Dechert and are highly regarded real estate lawyers in their market, with a particular emphasis in the hotels and hospitality market.
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Lowenstein Sandler is pleased to announce that Mark E. Schamel has joined the firm as partner in the White Collar Criminal Defense group. He will be based in the firm’s rapidly growing Washington, D.C., office. Schamel joins the firm from the Washington office of Womble Bond Dickinson.
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Beau Buffier has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. He will be a member of the antitrust practice. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Buffier served as the Antitrust Bureau Chief of the New York State Office of the Attorney General (NYOAG) from October 2016 to March 2020, where he led several groundbreaking antitrust enforcement initiatives, making the NYOAG the leading state antitrust enforcement unit in the country.
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Experienced health care liability attorney, Ronald M. Puntil, Jr., has returned to Marshall Dennehey’s Pittsburgh office as a shareholder in the Health Care Department. Mr. Puntil previously worked at Marshall Dennehey from 2004 – 2016 before moving to the Pittsburgh office of Cipriani & Werner P.C.
Vinson & Elkins has bolstered its Investment Funds practice with the addition of Emily Stephens as a partner. Stephens, who previously served for more than 14 years in managing director roles for global alternative investment management firm Oaktree Capital Management, participated in all aspects of fundraising for several of Oaktree’s largest funds, including what was, at the time, the world’s largest closed-end distressed debt fund at $10.9 billion.
Global law firm Dentons has recruited Rainer Frank as a partner to establish and lead the Czech-German collaboration group in Prague. In this new role, he will strengthen the Firm’s offering to German-speaking clients operating in the Czech Republic, in close cooperation with Dentons’ offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf. He joins from Kocian Solc Balastik, where he was a counsel.
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Pillsbury announced today that corporate lawyer David Ingles has joined the Firm’s M&A and Private Equity practice in New York. He most recently practiced at Skadden, where he served as co-leader of the Financial Institutions M&A Group.
Fox Rothschild LLP welcomes Paul N. Bowles, III in New York as a partner in the Aviation and Litigation Departments. “As the aviation industry continues to navigate the impacts of COVID-19, Paul’s experience handling product liability and litigation matters, as well as his focus on the developing area of drone law and the intersection of AI, will be a valuable resource for our clients,” said Janet MacLeod, Fox’s New York Office Managing Partner. Bowles joins Fox Rothschild after ten years with Fitzpatrick & Hunt, Tucker, Pagano, Aubert, LLP.
