Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Donald Walker as a partner in the health care practice. He joins the firm’s Houston office after serving as director and senior legal counsel at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH).
Hogan Lovells Adds Former FAA Chief Counsel Arjun Garg as Partner in Washington D.C.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that Arjun Garg, the former Chief Counsel and Acting Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, has joined the firm’s Transportation regulatory practice as a partner based in Washington D.C.
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Troutman Pepper Adds Dynamic New York Partner Judy Kwok to Tax and Renewable Energy Practices
Judy Kwok, a leading tax attorney in the renewable energy and sustainability areas, has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in New York. Most recently, Kwok served as a partner at Mintz Levin. Prior to Mintz she served as vice president, Tax Planning and Tax counsel for GE Energy Financial Services.
Cooley Boosts Public Companies Practice With New York Duo
Cooley continues to strengthen its public companies practice and New York presence with the addition of partners Rupa Briggs and Nicolas Dumont to the firm’s business department. Briggs and Dumont are the latest in a string of prominent hires driven by client demand, adding significant depth to the firm’s comprehensive and diverse capabilities to support the day-to-day needs of its maturing public companies client base. Briggs and Dumont join from White & Case and Fenwick & West respectively.
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Dentons Enhances Energy and Finance Capabilities With Addition of Luis F. Torres in Washington, DC
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that Luis F. Torres joins its highly regarded Energy practice as a partner. Resident in the Washington, DC, office, Torres focuses on project finance and structured finance transactions. Prior to joining Dentons, Torres served as counsel in the Project Development and Finance Group with Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Akin Gump Announces Addition of Leading Energy Transactional Lawyers Wesley Williams and Jessica Hammons in Dallas-Fort Worth
Akin Gump today announced the addition of a pair of top energy transactional lawyers, with Wesley P. Williams and Jessica Hammons joining the firm as partners in its Dallas and Fort Worth offices. Ms. Hammons and Mr. Williams come to Akin Gump from Thompson & Knight, where Mr. Williams served as firmwide leader of the corporate and securities practice.
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Sonia Wadhwa Nath has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s business litigation and healthcare regulatory practice groups, further strengthening its life sciences counseling capabilities and regulatory presence. Based in Washington, DC, Nath arrives from the US Food and Drug Administration, where she served most recently as senior counsel in the Office of the Chief Counsel, handling enforcement efforts across the range of products regulated by the agency.
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Senior Policy Lawyer and Capitol Hill Vet Jonathan Becker joins Mayer Brown in Washington DC
Mayer Brown announced today that Jonathan Becker has joined the firm’s Washington DC office as a partner in the Public Policy, Regulatory & Political Law practice. He joins from Greenberg Traurig LLP.
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Eversheds Sutherland Attracts Elite Intellectual Property Partner Jeff Guise, Continuing Firm’s West Coast Growth
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Jeffrey W. Guise has joined the Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group as a partner, resident in the San Diego office, further strengthening the firm’s IP Biotechnology and Life Sciences team in both the patent prosecution and patent litigation areas. Previously, Dr. Guise practiced for 17 years at Wilson Sonsini. |
Dentons Welcomes New York Corporate Insurance Partner Nick Williams
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces the addition of Nick Williams as partner. Williams joins the Firm’s Corporate practice from his most recent role as co-head of a global high-end insurance practice. He is resident in the New York office and focuses on mergers, acquisitions and capital market transactions in both the property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance industries, and cutting-edge work in emerging areas such as cyber insurance. Williams joins the firm from Clifford Chance LLP in New York.
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