Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Project Development and Finance Practice and Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of partners Katie Hicks and Tim Sheddick in London. Hicks and Sheddick join White & Case from Shearman & Sterling, where they were both partners.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Robert J. (Bobby) Higdon Jr. as a partner in the investigations, enforcement, and white collar practice. He joins the firm’s Research Triangle Park office, having most recently served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
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.
Tags: Polsinelli PC | ChicagoGlobal 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.
