Salil Gandhi Joins Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Monday, June 15, 2020

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Salil Gandhi has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. He will be a member of the firm’s emerging companies practice. Most recently, Gandhi was a partner at Goodwin Procter in its New York office, where he was co-leader of that firm’s PropTech initiative within the technology practice.

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Dentons Welcomes Nicholas George to Strengthen its Sovereign, Energy and Infrastructure Practices in Paris

Monday, June 15, 2020

Paris-Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Sovereign practice and its Energy and Infrastructure group with the arrival of Nicholas George as a partner in Paris. Prior to joining Dentons, Nicholas George was a partner in Orrick’s Energy and Infrastructure group and prior to that, he practiced for many years at Hogan Lovells in London and Paris. He is a qualified Solicitor of England and Wales and a member of the Paris Bar.

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Trial Lawyers Karen Dunn and Bill Isaacson Join Paul, Weiss

Friday, June 12, 2020

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Bill Isaacson and Karen Dunn are joining the firm as partners in the Litigation Department, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. Both are nationally recognized trial lawyers who have tried and won numerous high-stakes cases for some of the nation’s largest companies. They both arrive to the firm from Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP.

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Alston & Bird Adds Senior Trial Lawyer and Former Federal Prosecutor Joanna C. Hendon as Partner in New York

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Alston & Bird has broadened its white collar, securities enforcement, and complex civil litigation and trial capabilities with the addition of Joanna C. Hendon as a litigation partner in the firm’s New York office. A former federal prosecutor with more than 25 years of trial experience, Hendon joins from litigation boutique Spears & Imes LLP, where she had been a partner since 2012.

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Pinsent Masons Appointments Partner Matthew Escritt in Middle East

Thursday, June 11, 2020
Multinational law firm, Pinsent Masons, has appointed Banking & Finance partner Matthew Escritt to lead the firm’s Banking & Finance practice in the Middle East, based in Dubai. Matthew joins from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he has been for the past 19 years, with the past eight spent as partner in the banking and finance team. During this time he has worked in London, Moscow, Bahrain, Singapore and Dubai.

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