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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Paul Hastings Continues Growth of M&A and Entertainment and Media Practices with Addition of Prominent Corporate Partner in Century City

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that prominent M&A and entertainment and media transactional lawyer Sean Monroe has joined the firm as a partner, based in Century City. He joins from O’Melveny & Myers. Mr. Monroe’s arrival adds further momentum to the growth of the firm’s Entertainment and Media practice, and bolsters the firm’s strategic depth in M&A and corporate transactional capabilities.

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Crowell & Moring and Kibbe & Orbe Join Forces

Crowell & Moring and Kibbe & Orbe have joined forces effective today to provide expanded service offerings to clients in the financial services industry.  Twenty-four lawyers from the storied financial law firm are now part of Crowell & Moring’s New York, London, and Washington, D.C. offices, including Jennifer Grady, managing partner and chair of the firm’s executive committee, who will co-chair Crowell & Moring’s Corporate practice; three founding partners, Jonathan Kibbe, William Orbe, and Michael D. Mann, and the managing partner of the London office, Andrew M. Martin.
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Locke Lord Further Solidifies Robust Texas Public Finance Presence With Addition of Carey Troell as Partner in Austin

Carey Troell, a highly experienced bond counsel attorney, has joined Locke Lord’s Public Finance Practice Group as a Partner in the Firm’s Austin office. With an extensive background in structuring all types of financing transactions and representing the full spectrum of issuers in Texas, Troell strengthens the Firm’s full-service public finance capabilities in the state. Troell joins Locke Lord from Bracewell.

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K&L Gates Adds Second London Energy Partner Since Start of March

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP continues to strengthen its energy, infrastructure and resources practice with the addition of energy partner James Douglass. Douglass, who arrives at K&L Gates from Baker Botts LLP, is the second new energy partner – and fourth partner overall – to join K&L Gates’ London office since March 1.

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