McGuireWoods is expanding its formidable energy industry capabilities with the arrival of London partner Simon Hems, who brings two decades of experience advising U.S. and European energy clients in litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. Hems joins McGuireWoods’ Business & Securities Litigation Department from Ince Gordon Dadds, where he led the energy and infrastructure group.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Jonathan Wasserman has joined the firm’s Litigation, Arbitration and Employment practice, as a member of the firm’s Life Sciences and Health Care industry group. Wasserman joins from Bristol Myers Squibb, where he served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel – Litigation & Government Investigations.
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Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Katherine Goldstein has joined the firm as a partner in its white collar defense and government investigations practice in New York. Ms. Goldstein comes to Akin Gump from Milbank LLP.
Anastasia N. Kaup has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its Chicago office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Kaup practiced at Mayer Brown LLP.
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The global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is strengthening its European network with the hire two employment specialists in its Frankfurt office. Dr. Julia Schweitzer joins as a partner and will lead BCLP’s Employment Law Practice in Germany. She joins the firm from JUSTEM Rechtsanwälte. Schweitzer will be followed as of Aug. 1 by Janine Weber, who will work as an associate in the same team.
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Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of Beau McLaren as Partner in its Global Projects & Construction practice. Beau will be based in the firm’s Dubai office. Beau is a construction and disputes expert with over 13 years’ experience in the Middle East. He joins from HFW in Dubai, where he was Partner and played a key part in building the firm’s Construction and Construction Disputes team in the Middle East.
McGuireWoods continues to expand its capabilities in Texas with the arrival of partner Mason Mote, who brings nearly a decade of private practice and in-house experience to the firm’s Real Estate & Land Use Department in Houston and Austin. Mote joins McGuireWoods after serving as general counsel and executive vice president at Williamsburg Enterprises, a private real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition, development, management and leasing of commercial properties in Texas.
Barnes & Thornburg has added Kurt Rohde to the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as a partner in the Chicago office. Rohde is the fourth partner addition in Chicago this year and the third in the office’s Intellectual Property Department. Rohde joins from McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, a boutique intellectual property firm, where he chaired the mechanical and materials practice group.
Procopio’s Intellectual Property law practice has expanded with the addition of seven patent law attorneys, including two partners experienced in medical devices and the latest in 5G cellular network wireless technologies. Jonas J. Hodges and Sheree Rowe have joined Procopio as Partners, with Rowe attached to the firm’s Silicon Valley office and Hodges resident in Procopio’s recently opened Orange County office. The addition of the new attorneys and the opening of that office are two developments indicating the firm’s continuing growth during an economic downturn. Hodges and Rowe previously were partners at Arent Fox, Hodges in Los Angeles and Rowe in San Francisco.
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