Leading international law firm Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has recently hired Osama Audi and Adnan Doha from King & Spalding, and Abeer Jarrar from Linklaters, as corporate Partners to join the firm’s UAE offices in August 2021.
Tags: Baker McKenzie | Dubai
Alston & Bird has bolstered its global anti-corruption compliance capabilities with the addition of Isabelle De Smedt as a partner in the firm’s Brussels office. Joining from Nixon Peabody LLP, De Smedt represents companies in anti-corruption and fraud investigations related to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act, and other government enforcement programs worldwide.
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-San Francisco, CA.- International law firm Keller and Heckman LLP announces Partner Rohit Sabnis has joined the Litigation practice in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Global 100 law firm Nixon Peabody is expanding its West Coast presence with the arrival of intellectual property partners Erica Van Loon and Andrew Choung to the firm’s Los Angeles office. They both previously practiced at Lathrop GPM in LA prior to joining the firm.
Brett Willis, a seasoned tax lawyer with in-depth knowledge of the private equity space, has joined Pillsbury as a partner in firm’s Los Angeles office. Willis, who advises on a broad spectrum of transactions, including the tax aspects of private equity funds, mergers and acquisitions and partnerships, joins from Oaktree Capital Management, where he was Senior Vice President.
The global law firm of Winston & Strawn today announced the appointment of Dean Hinderliter as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office, and a member of the firm’s tax practice. Hinderliter joins from Thompson & Knight LLP.
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Michael Best is pleased to announce the addition of Partner Carrie Meigs and Senior Associate Justin May to the Raleigh office. Both Meigs and May come from the California-based law firm of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP to join Michael Best’s Litigation Practice Group.
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Jonathan Lent as partner in its Financial Services Practice Group in the London office. Mr. Lent joins from Gowling WLG, where he was a partner and co-led the firm’s real estate finance practice, as well as led the firm’s healthcare and hotel finance practices. Alongside Mr. Lent, the firm has appointed Bradley Silver as a director in the Real Estate Practice in London and two senior associates, Beatrice Sidi and Andrea Zemenides, in the Financial Services Practice. All three also join from Gowling WLG.
In a strategic move adding to its rapidly growing New York office, Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce distinguished veteran commercial litigator Jeremy E. Deutsch and several attorneys from Anderson Kill have joined the New York Commercial Litigation Practice. A distinguished litigator with a unique background as a practicing corporate lawyer, he brings the fresh perspective that the corporate practice can exist as a form of centralized risk management with properly structured contracts helping to create productive partnerships and mitigating the risk of future litigation. Deutsch joins Cozen O’Connor as a shareholder. Joining with him will be Christian V. Cangiano, of counsel, Elliot J. Coz, counsel, and Eric W. Huang, Christopher Paolino, and Ian Bain as associates.
