Hernan Gonzalez Moneta has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its New York office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, he was an attorney at Reed Smith LLP. Gonzalez Moneta joins on the heels of the addition of three partners from Reed Smith LLP – David M. Hryck, Christopher W. Healy and C. Neil Gray – and economist Theodor J. van Stephoudt in New York on March 15.
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Scott Morgan has rejoined Thompson Coburn as a St. Louis partner in the Firm’s national class action litigation practice. Scott was previously an associate at Thompson Coburn.
Reed Smith today announced the addition of four partners – Edward Rhyne, Robert Phillpott, Efren Acosta and Ron Scharnberg – to its Global Corporate Group in its 70 lawyer Houston office. The team brings decades of private equity, middle-market mergers & acquisitions (M&A), and business tax capabilities, including a wealth of experience in the Texas market. All were formerly partners with Baker Botts.
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International law firm Bird & Bird today grows its Corporate practice and Energy & Utilities sector group with the hire of partner, Alfonso Bayona, in Madrid. Alfonso joins the firm from Cazorla Abogados SLP where he was responsible for the Financing and Projects practice.
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Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Pavel Shaitanoff joined the Private Equity practice as partner, resident in the New York office. Shaitanoff joins the firm from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, is pleased to announce the expansion of its Intellectual Property Practice Group with the addition of Jeffrey Armstrong and Benjamin Urban in Chicago. Armstrong and Urban bring with them a broad range of experience in intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, unfair competition, copyrights, and trade secrets. The pair arrive from McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Ferdinand Mason as a partner in London. Mason joins White & Case from Jones Day, where he was a partner.
The New York office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP has welcomed Jaclyn Ruch as a shareholder its Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Private Equity Practices. Ruch represents private equity sponsors in domestic and cross-border transactions focused on the healthcare sector. She joins the firm from Ropes & Gray.
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Scott W. Brady, the former United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, will join the Firm as a partner in its Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice. He will be based in Pittsburgh.
