Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michael J. Desmond has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices. Desmond, who recently served as the Chief Counsel of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Assistant General Counsel in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will focus on tax controversy matters.
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Data privacy attorney Hilary Lane has joined Holland & Knight’s Tampa office as a partner. Ms. Lane was formerly the chief privacy officer for NBCUniversal. She is a member of Holland & Knight’s national Data Strategy, Security & Privacy Team. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Lane was a partner at Quarles & Brady.
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes new Shareholder Seth M. Aigner as a member of the firm’s national Capital Markets and Commercial Lending Practice. He will practice from the firm’s Chicago office. Aigner joins the firm from Honigman LLP.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Denis Charles as a partner in the real estate practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Paris office from Pinsent Masons LLP, and is the latest in a series of strategic additions to the office that also included the earlier arrivals of complex commercial litigation partner Barthélemy Cousin and team and corporate partner Raphaël Bloch. Charles is accompanied in his move by associate Julien Chabanat.
Orrick announced today that Benedikt Migdal has joined the firm as a partner in our IP Licensing & Technology Transactions practice, based in Düsseldorf. He is the 7th partner addition to this practice since September. Benedikt joins the firm from Hengeler Mueller.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that three leading bankruptcy lawyers, Brett Miller, Dennis Jenkins and Todd Goren, have joined the firm’s Business Restructuring & Reorganization Department in New York as partners. The group joins from Morrison & Foerster, where Mr. Miller served as Managing Partner of the New York office and co-chair of the Distressed Real Estate Group, and Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Goren were partners.
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Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice in Luxembourg with the recruitment of partner Namik Ramić. He was previously a partner at Elvinger Hoss Prussen.
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