Labor and employment attorney Melissa Fried Spence has joined Butler Snow LLP, enhancing its successful labor and employment group and growing the firm’s Charleston office. Spence comes to the firm from the Charleston office of Nexsen Pruet.
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Dan Sennott, most recently the Republican staff director for the House Armed Services Committee, has joined Holland & Knight’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Public Policy & Regulation Group.
Citing the increasing needs of clients in consumer and specialty finance, fintech, and banking sectors, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Benjamin M. Saul as a shareholder in the firm’s Financial Regulatory & Compliance (FRAC) Practice in its Washington, D.C. office. Previously at Bryan Cave, Saul’s consumer enforcement matters have involved fair lending and servicing, unfair deceptive and/or abusive trade practices, and other federal and state consumer finance laws.
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Becky A. Girolamo will be the newest member of the Class Actions Practice in the firm’s Los Angeles office. She brings deep experience defending businesses across industries in class actions, including cases involving privacy, data breach, and consumer protection claims in the California courts. Girolamo has also defended financial services companies in class actions and derivative suits arising from alleged violations of securities laws. Girolamo’s joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and will focus on defending consumer class actions and advising clients on related compliance issues.
The wave of senior hires at Squire Patton Boggs in Australia continues with the appointment of construction partner Brent Henderson. Joining from DWF, Mr. Henderson focuses on the front-end of construction and infrastructure projects, advising on the initial feasibility stage, tender documentation, procurement processes and contract negotiations through to the identification and management of key project risks.
Mayer Brown announced today that Lucy F. Kweskin has joined its Global Restructuring practice as a partner in the New York office. One of several recent additions to Mayer Brown’s New York office, Ms. Kweskin joins from Proskauer Rose LLP.
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Clifford Chance strengthens Greater China Litigation & Dispute Resolution team with two partner hires Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has announced the hires of Soo Khim Keoy and Jonathan Wong as partners in its global Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, based in Hong Kong. Both Soo Khim and Jonathan bring extensive experience in commercial litigation and contentious financial regulatory matters, respectively. Soo Khim will join in late May and Jonathan joins 1 April. Keoy joins from Withers, Wong comes to the firm from Freshfields’ Hong Kong office.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Daniel Greenaway as a partner in the asset management and investment funds practice and Michael Ruck as a partner in the investigations, enforcement and white collar practice. They join K&L Gates’ London office from Mishcon de Reya LLP and TLT LLP, respectively.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic expansion of its Litigation Practice and Intellectual Property Litigation Practice with the addition of Andrew F. Halaby as a shareholder in the Phoenix office. Halaby is a seasoned trial lawyer and business advisor with 25 years’ experience practicing in commercial and intellectual property litigation. He joins the firm from Snell and Wilmer, where he was a partner.
