Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Michael Jacobs to join its market leading Global Corporate practice as an Equity Capital Markets partner in London. Michael joins the firm from Allen & Overy where he was a partner. He returns to London from Hong Kong, where he has spent the last three years.
Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, announces the addition of Edward Hopkins as a Partner in the firm’s Denver office. Ed joins as part of the firm’s Data Security and Workplace Privacy Practice Group and will collaborate closely with the Employee Defection and Trade Secrets Practice Group. Most recently, Ed founded and ran his own Arizona- and Colorado-based firm, HopkinsWay PLLC, where he represented civil plaintiffs in matters involving privacy and cybersecurity with a focus on litigation.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that highly regarded litigator James Bo Pearl has joined the firm as a partner in the Entertainment and Media Litigation practice, based in the Century City office. Pearl joins the firm from O’Melveny & Myers, LLP in Los Angeles.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that David “Dave” Strong has joined the firm as a partner in the Palo Alto office. He will be a member of the firm’s tax and tax equity practice. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Strong worked in Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Denver office as a partner in its tax practice since 2011, where he served as co-chair of that firm’s tax department and federal tax practice for six years.
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Leech Tishman is pleased to announce the addition of a new attorney to the firm, Lisa Alexis Jones. Jones joins the firm as a Partner in the Employment & Labor and Litigation Practice Groups in the firm’s New York office. Jones focuses her practice on counseling individuals, institutions, and corporations on a broad spectrum of employment & labor legal matters. Most recently, Jones was a partner with Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck, P.C. in New York.
Tags: Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl | New York
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Ed Harris, Adam Brown, and Leanne Moezi will be returning to the firm as partners in the Corporate practice. The trio are joining the firm from Paul Hastings after departing from Hogan Lovells in 2019.
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