Investigations lawyer Brian Saulnier has joined Jones Day’s Pittsburgh Office as a partner in the Firm’s Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice. Saulnier arrives at the firm from K&L Gates, where he was Partner.
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Cooley Strengthens Life Sciences Capabilities with Key Additions on Both Coasts
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 Adds 37-Lawyer CLO and Asset-Backed Lending Team to Its Comprehensive Debt Finance Platform
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.
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M&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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Reed Smith Expands Dallas Corporate Practice
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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Cozen O’Connor Adds Pennsylvania’s Leading Health Care Litigator Andrew S. Kessler to its Commercial Litigation Department
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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John Foote Joins Sidley as Partner in D.C., Expanding Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy Practice
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.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | WashingtonFDA Veteran Tom Sundlof Joins Blank Rome as Partner in Washington, D.C., Strengthening National Life Sciences Team
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Tom Sundlof, former senior attorney at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Life Sciences industry team and Corporate, M&A, and Securities practice group. Tom brings more than two decades of government experience to Blank Rome, including key legal positions at the FDA and the U.S. House of Representatives. Tom’s FDA practice was wide-ranging, including leading the agency on regulatory, compliance, and enforcement matters for medical devices, combination products, and other FDA-regulated products. Tom joins Blank Rome from the FDA’s Office of the Chief Counsel, where he served as Associate Chief Counsel and Assistant Deputy Chief Counsel (Acting), advising on high-profile regulatory actions, enforcement, and policy development.
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Norton Rose Fulbright Extends Middle-Market and Leveraged Finance Capabilities With New Dallas Partner
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright continues to grow its business practice group with the addition of corporate finance partner Chip Gage in Dallas. Chip’s arrival reflects the firm’s enduring commitment to providing top-flight client service for its transactional practices to meet the rising demand for leveraged and acquisition finance counsel among middle-market private equity clients. With more than 30 years of experience, most recently at Winston & Strawn, Chip represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in complex domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions.
Structured Finance Duo Join Squire Patton Boggs Growing Transatlantic Practice
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Trish O’Donnell has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner while Nathan Menon has joined as a director in London. Both join the firm’s growing global Structured Finance group from Reed Smith.
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