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.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | WashingtonBlank 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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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.
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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Proskauer has added Boris Dolgonos as a partner in its Capital Markets practice in New York. Boris brings decades of experience advising issuers and underwriters on equity and debt financing transactions across global markets. Boris joins the firm from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Sam Roseme has joined the firm as a partner in its Entertainment & Media Industry Group, based in Century City. Roseme brings nearly two decades of experience representing clients in the film, television, and music industries. Roseme joins from King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano in Los Angeles. Earlier in his career, he was counsel at Barnes & Thornburg and Hogan Lovells, and began his practice as an associate at Sidley Austin and O’Melveny & Myers.
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Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its Energy & Natural Resources industry team with the addition of environmental and mining partner Aleava Sayre. She joins the firm from Medtronic, where she served as Senior Principal Legal Counsel. Based in Minneapolis, she will be a member of the firm’s virtual office, The Link.
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O’Melveny announced today that Lindsey Greer Dotson, a former Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of California and chief of the Criminal Division, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations Practice Group. She will represent and advise multinational and domestic public companies, boards of directors, audit committees, officers, and directors on complex white collar matters, including criminal cases, internal and regulatory investigations, governance and compliance issues, and enforcement concerns.
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