Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has strengthened its marine and international trade practice with the appointment of commodities specialist Emma Skakle as partner. She will be based in the firm’s London office. Skakle joins the firm from Clyde & Co in London.
Global law firm Goodwin announced today that partner Brian Bewley and associate Kaitlyn Dunn joined the firm’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practices, resident in the Washington, DC, and Boston offices, respectively. Having worked for the Office of Inspector General, Bewley and Dunn bring significant regulatory and government experience to Goodwin. They join from a regional law firm, where they teamed up in private practice after the OIG. Immediately prior to joining the firm, the pair practiced with Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) welcomes Daniel J. Michaluk, who is joining the firm as partner in its Corporate Commercial Group. Dan will be based in BLG’s Toronto office. Prior to joining BLG, Dan was a partner at Hicks Morley, where he specialized in responding to cybersecurity incidents, defending against privacy complaints and grievances, and freedom of information matters.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services firm, announced today that corporate partner Marc Boiron and litigation partner Rebecca Rettig have joined the firm in its leading financial services group and fintech practice. The team brings unique and deep-rooted expertise representing emerging and growth-stage companies at the forefront of the financial services industry’s digital transformation, as well as traditional financial and technology companies seeking to enter the fintech space. With Rettig based in New York and Boiron in Los Angeles, the team strengthens the firm’s national platform and will work across financial services, M&A, digital and technology, and privacy and data security. They both join the firm from FisherBroyles LLP.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, is adding to a steady stream of recent lateral investments, announcing today that Peter Hayes has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in its market-leading Finance practice. He joins from Shearman & Sterling, where he led the European finance practice. Hayes’ arrival follows impressive additions to the London office, including Finance & Restructuring partner Mei Lian.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Fulton M. Smith III as a Partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Mr. Smith joins the firm’s Insurance and Professional Liability Defense practice groups. Mr. Smith joins the firm from Cozen O’Connor, P.C.
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. (Munsch Hardt) is pleased to announce the addition of Virginia Mixon Swindell as a shareholder in its Houston office. Previously with Jackson Lewis, Virginia will now assist Munsch Hardt in expanding the Firm’s Labor & Employment capabilities.
Mintz today announced that Jeremy Vest has joined the firm as a Member in the Litigation Practice, based in New York. Mr. Vest is an experienced litigator representing plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts throughout the United States in high-stakes commercial cases. Notably, the move to Mintz reunites Mr. Vest with leading litigator Courtney Rockett, who also joined from Boies Schiller at the end of June.
Dr. Tomasz Trocki has joined Dentons’ Warsaw office as a partner in the Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy and Banking and Finance practices. In his new role as Head of the Consensual Restructuring team, Dr. Trocki will co-create a market-leading multidisciplinary restructuring practice, combining banking and finance, consensual (out-of-court) and judicial restructuring, bankruptcy proceedings and court proceedings for financial institutions. He will also strengthen relationships with key banking clients. Tomasz Trocki joins from Allen & Overy, where he was a counsel.
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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce the addition of J. Brin Gibson as a shareholder in its Las Vegas office. Gibson stepped down as Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s top advisor at the beginning of this year and most recently assisted Gov. Sisolak with Nevada’s two special sessions addressing issues related to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
