Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the joining of Chris Williams as a partner in its London Intellectual Property (IP) team. Chris joins from Blake Morgan and specialises in soft IP disputes including trade mark infringement actions and design, confidentiality and copyright disputes.
Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the hire of Ian Birdsey as a partner in London. He joins as part of the firm’s ongoing expansion and development of its global cyber risk offering. Ian joins from Pinsent Masons, where he was Global Head of Cyber and led the development of the firm’s practice over eight years.
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Peggy Beat to its Cleveland, Ohio office and Kamran Salour to its Orange County, California office as partners in the firm’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Beat joins Lewis Brisbois from CareSource, where she served as senior counsel. Salour, who has more than a decade of experience in the cybersecurity arena, joins Lewis Brisbois from Baker Hostetler.
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Mintz is continuing to grow its nationally recognized Technology, Communications & Media (TechComm) practice with the arrival of leading industry attorneys T. Scott Thompson and Daniel P. Reing, who have joined the TechComm section as Members based in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Thompson will Chair the Section’s Communications Infrastructure Litigation Practice. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Reing join from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Allison Becker as partner in the Raleigh office. She joins the firm’s Health Care, Professional Liability Defense, Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights, and Appellate practice groups. Becker comes to the firm after eight years at Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P.
Shearman & Sterling is pleased to announce that Garreth Wong has joined the firm as an International Arbitration partner in London. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling Garreth was a partner at Bird & Bird.
Akin Gump today announced that Matthew R. Nicely has joined the firm as a partner in its international trade practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Nicely maintains a market access-focused practice centered on trade remedies and customs work as well as on disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO). He joins Akin Gump from Hughes Hubbard & Reed.
Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Partner Keith Brandofino, Counsel Maximiliano Rinaldi, and Counsel David V. Mignardi have joined the Firm’s New York office in the Real Estate and Banking Group. Together, these real estate litigation attorneys have more than 50 years of expertise on a range of legal matters, including real estate and business finance, real estate capital markets, special servicing, contracts and commercial agreements, distressed debt and workouts, and appellate litigation. The three come to the firm from Kilpatrick Townsend in New York.
