Eric Winwood, Noted Tax, Employee Benefits, and Executive Compensation Lawyer, Joins Sidley in Dallas

Sidley is pleased to announce that Eric Winwood has joined the firm as a partner in its Dallas office. He will be a member of Sidley’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice and the leader of the firm’s Dallas Tax, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation group. Previously, Mr. Winwood was an employee benefits and executive compensation partner with Baker Botts LLP and a member of its Oil and Gas M&A team.

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Lewis Brisbois Enhances Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice With Addition of New Partner From DOJ

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Donna Maddux to its Portland, Oregon office as a partner in its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Ms. Maddux brings to Lewis Brisbois almost two decades of experience prosecuting a wide range of fraud and regulatory crimes on behalf of corporate and individual victims. Ms. Maddux joins Lewis Brisbois from the U.S. Department of Justice, where she served as an assistant United States attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Oregon for the last eight years.

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Orrick Again Expands Tech Transactions Team

 
Orrick announced today that Tech Transactions advisor Colleen McDuffie has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C. Colleen is the third addition to Orrick’s Tech Transactions team this month, following the arrivals of Life Sciences licensing advisor Shana Solomon in Boston and technology transactions rising star Faraaz Samadi in London. Colleen joins from Arnold & Porter.
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Dentons Recruits Holger Ellers as Partner in the German Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practice

Global law firm Dentons has expanded its Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice in Germany with the recruitment of Dr. Holger Ellers, who joined the Berlin office as a partner effective today. He will advise clients on restructuring, insolvency and corporate law, and will strengthen the Firm’s existing practice with his experience in international distressed M&A transactions. Holger Ellers joins from Baker McKenzie, where he last headed the German Restructuring practice. 

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Thompson & Knight Expands in Houston with Addition of Three Attorneys

Thompson & Knight LLP expands in Houston with two Corporate and Securities Partners, James R. Brown and Douglas C. Lionberger from Vinson & Elkins, and Alexandre P. Bourgeois, Government and Regulatory Counsel from Chevron Corporation. With more than 50 years of shared experience among the three, Mr. Brown, Mr. Lionberger, and Mr. Bourgeois bring sophisticated experience that enhances the Firm’s existing practices and further adds to its reputation in both areas.

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