Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, announced it has expanded its San Francisco office with the addition of a prominent team from Venable, led by Friedemann Thomma, the former co-chair of its Transactional Tax Group. He is joined by fellow partner Becca Chappell.
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Building on recent growth in the Pacific Northwest, national law firm Wilson Elser has today welcomed seventeen accomplished attorneys to its Seattle, Washington, office, including eight new partners. Mary Butler, Lorianne Hanson, Nicole Jackson, Dan Mooney, Daniel Park, John Versnel, Evelyn Winters, and Steven Wraith join as partners.
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Polsinelli is pleased to announce that Philip Piecuch has joined the firm’s national Real Estate Practice in Chicago as a shareholder. Arriving on the heels of another recent real estate shareholder hire in Chicago, his addition reflects the firm’s continued investment and momentum in the market and further builds on Polsinelli’s real estate joint ventures bench. Piecuch arrives from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
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Cooley has expanded its life sciences corporate partnering and licensing practice with the addition of partners Sarah Hogan and Jenna Ventorino in the Boston office and partner Stephen Abreu in the San Francisco office. The three new attorneys enhance Cooley’s established position as a leading strategic advisor across the life sciences industry. Hogan and Ventorino join from WilmerHale, and Abreu joins from Sidley Austin.
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Orrick today announced the addition of a 37-lawyer team — including 10 partners — from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, further strengthening its position as a global leader in structured finance and credit markets. The team, ranked No. 1 CLO arranger counsel by volume in the UK and No. 2 in the U.S. (9fin), is Band 1-ranked by Chambers Global in both jurisdictions. The group’s arrival marks a significant expansion of Orrick’s debt finance capabilities and coincides with the launch of the firm’s new office in Charlotte, North Carolina, adding 15 lawyers to the firm’s East Coast presence. The team also brings six lawyers to Washington, D.C., three to New York, and 14 (plus two trainees) to London — bringing Orrick’s Finance team to more than 250 lawyers across 17 offices worldwide.
Tags: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPM&A lawyer Bret Stancil has joined Jones Day as a partner in the Corporate Practice. Stancil joins the firm from Latham & Watkins and is based in Silicon Valley.
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Global law firm Reed Smith today announced the addition of Jocelyne E. Kelly as a partner in its Global Corporate Group in Dallas. Kelly joins Reed Smith from Sidley Austin LLP, where she was counsel.
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International law firm Cozen O’Connor announced Andrew S. Kessler, a prominent Pennsylvania litigator with a 34-year track record of successfully defending medical providers and hospitals in all facets of litigation, has joined its award winning Commercial Litigation Department. Kessler, who comes to the firm from Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP, joins Cozen O’Connor as a member and will work out of its Philadelphia office.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that John Foote has joined the firm’s Global Arbitration, Trade & Advocacy practice in Sidley’s office in Washington, D.C. Mr. Foote joins from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he led the customs practice. Sidley’s Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy practice is a Chambers Band 1 practice in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
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