Eversheds Sutherland welcomes Sindhura Swaminathan as Partner who will head its Paris-based banking and finance practice and Louis-Jérôme Laisney as Counsel. They both arrive at Eversheds from White & Case LLP.
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Polsinelli Welcomes New Financial Services Shareholder Seth Aigner to Chicago Office
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes new Shareholder Seth M. Aigner as a member of the firm’s national Capital Markets and Commercial Lending Practice. He will practice from the firm’s Chicago office. Aigner joins the firm from Honigman LLP.
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K&L Gates Further Strengthens Paris Office with Real Estate Partner Addition
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Denis Charles as a partner in the real estate practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Paris office from Pinsent Masons LLP, and is the latest in a series of strategic additions to the office that also included the earlier arrivals of complex commercial litigation partner Barthélemy Cousin and team and corporate partner Raphaël Bloch. Charles is accompanied in his move by associate Julien Chabanat.
Orrick Continues to Grow IP Licensing & Tech Transactions Team with Rising Star in Germany
Orrick announced today that Benedikt Migdal has joined the firm as a partner in our IP Licensing & Technology Transactions practice, based in Düsseldorf. He is the 7th partner addition to this practice since September. Benedikt joins the firm from Hengeler Mueller.
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Willkie Further Broadens Global Business Reorganization & Restructuring Practice with the Addition of Prominent Three-Partner Team in New York
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that three leading bankruptcy lawyers, Brett Miller, Dennis Jenkins and Todd Goren, have joined the firm’s Business Restructuring & Reorganization Department in New York as partners. The group joins from Morrison & Foerster, where Mr. Miller served as Managing Partner of the New York office and co-chair of the Distressed Real Estate Group, and Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Goren were partners.
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Partner Namik Ramić joins Dentons to lead Corporate and M&A in Luxembourg
Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice in Luxembourg with the recruitment of partner Namik Ramić. He was previously a partner at Elvinger Hoss Prussen.
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Former Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel Rejoins Dechert
Dechert LLP announced today that Steven Engel has rejoined the firm after completing his service at the Department of Justice as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. Mr. Engel returns to the Litigation practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. and New York offices, where he will represent clients in a broad range of trial, white collar, regulatory, and appellate matters.
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Eversheds Sutherland has continued its expansion with the appointments of two new Partners: Daniel von Brevern joins the global law firm from McDermott Will & Emery, further strengthening its competition service offering in Dusseldorf, while Thomas Freund joins Eversheds Sutherland’s finance practice group in Munich from Latham & Watkins.
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Gordon & Rees Expands in the Midwest with 12 Attorney Team
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is expanding its presence in the Midwest with the addition of twelve attorneys to the firm’s Detroit office. John T. Eads III will serve as the Detroit Office Managing Partner along with Juliana B. Sabatini, who will serve as Assistant Office Managing Partner.
Eckert Seamans Expands Corporate Capabilities in Boston with the Addition of Michael Horner
Eckert Seamans is pleased to welcome Member Michael Horner to the firm’s Boston office. His practice has involved corporate finance, governance, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions, both in private practice and as in-house counsel. Horner joins from Morrison & Foerster.
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