Ethan Jin has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s global capital markets practice. Based in Beijing, Jin brings significant experience in taking companies public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as well as in Hong Kong public M&A. He arrives from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Tags: Cooley LLP | Beijing
Holland & Hart announced the addition of partner Melinda Pasquini to its Real Estate, Finance, and Development practice in its Denver office. Pasquini brings extensive experience as a business owner to help clients evaluate opportunities and negotiate transactions that meet their strategic business goals. Before joining Holland & Hart, Melinda was a shareholder at Polsinelli PC.
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Jessica T. Travers as a shareholder in its Orlando office. Travers, who rejoins from Akerman LLP, practiced at Littler from 2010 to 2017. Her arrival comes after Lisa Kathumbi’s return to the firm’s Columbus office earlier this month, marking the second shareholder to rejoin the firm in April.
Womble Bond Dickinson is proud to announce that Luke Cass joined our firm today as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. With more than 16 years of experience, most as a federal prosecutor, Cass’s practice focuses on white collar and government investigations, including health care fraud, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, embezzlement, bank fraud, and money laundering. His practice also extends to internal investigations with particular emphasis on matters of bribery, misbranding, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Cass joins from Quarles & Brady LLP in Washington, where he was a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group.
Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, has expanded the national footprint of its Tax Practice Group with employee benefits and executive compensation lawyer Gabriel Marinaro in Chicago. Marinaro joins the firm from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago.
Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Rachel Gray as a partner in the firm’s New York office and a member of the Leveraged Finance team where she will play a key role in the expansion of the firm’s lender designation practice in both the mid and large cap markets. Rachel most recently served as partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Tags: Winston & Strawn LLP | New York
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Andrea Cunha as a partner in the health care practice. She joins K&L Gates’ Austin office from Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP.
Global law firm Reed Smith today announces the hire of Daniel Birch as partner in its Energy and Natural Resources Group and London office. Birch, who joins from Allen & Overy, where he practiced for more than 13 years, is a US qualified commodities finance lawyer.
Tags: Reed Smith LLP | London
The Amsterdam office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has added Ruud van Bork to its notarial practice as a shareholder and civil law notary in the Corporate Practice. Van Bork, formerly senior partner with Loyens & Loeff, started at GT on 19 April 2021.
