FisherBroyles, LLP, the world’s first and largest distributed law firm, is pleased to announce that Dr. Naira Simmons and Dr. Joseph P. Pieroni have joined the Firm in its intellectual property group. Dr. Simmons and Dr. Pieroni come to FisherBroyles after previously practicing at an Am Law 100 firm and as in-house counsel at a pharmaceutical company, respectively. Before coming to FisherBroyles, Dr. Simmons was an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Prior to Dr. Pieronis arrival at FisherBroyles, he was senior patent counsel at Kashiv BioSciences LLC.
In joining Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Philadelphia office, Darius Gambino brings to the firm more than 20 years of experience helping clients protect their intellectual property under the patent, trademark and copyright laws in the United States and abroad. He joins the firm as a partner in the Litigation Practice and the IP Litigation Team. Gambino joins the firm from the Philadelphia office of DLA Piper.
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP is pleased to announced that Katherine Cheung has joined the Firm’s Commercial Litigation Group in Hong Kong as a Partner. Ms. Cheung joins Dorsey from the disputes resolution practice of King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong office.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood has expanded its international funds capabilities with the arrival of Penelope Shen, who joins the firm’s Hong Kong partnership. Ms. Shen, who is trilingual in English, Cantonese and Putonghua, joins from Kwok Yih & Chan, where she was a partner.
Jenner & Block is pleased to announce that David Robbins, a leading government contracts lawyer, has rejoined the firm as a partner and co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Practice. Mr. Robbins is an experienced litigator and investigations lawyer with a broad skillset focused on ethics, compliance, counseling, claims, investigations and enforcement defense. Based in the firm’s Washington, DC office, he will lead the Government Contracts Practice with Partner Marc Van Allen. Mr. Robbins joins the firm from the Washington office of Crowell & Moring, LLP.
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has recruited partner Navinder Grover to the commercial dispute resolution team in London. Navinder joins Trowers after 17 years at Teacher Stern LLP.
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Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce Richard Hughes, real estate finance specialist, has joined the firm in London. Richard joins us from Pinsent Mason’s real estate finance team. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Partner at Simmons & Simmons.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Andrew M. Parlen is joining the firm as a partner in the Restructuring Department, resident in the New York office. Mr. Parlen represents public and private companies, ad hoc groups of creditors and investors in a variety of distressed situations, including out-of-court restructurings, prepackaged and prearranged chapter 11 reorganizations, debtor-in-possession financings and acquisitions of distressed companies. Parlen comes to the firm from the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP.
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