BakerHostetler announced today that Mark. D. Temple and Peter J. Stuhldreher will join its national Labor and Employment Practice Group as partners, resident in the Houston office. Prior to joining the firm, they were both partners at Reed Smith LLP, where Temple served as the leader of the global Labor and Employment practice.
International law firm Bird & Bird today expands its Intellectual Property practice with the appointment of patent litigation specialist José Miguel Lissén Arbeloa as a partner in Madrid. He comes to the firm from Gómez-Acebo & Pombo in Madrid.
Kennedys has continued its growth in the United States with the opening of its first West Coast office, in San Francisco, and the addition of a four-partner team. This latest opening responds to significant demand from both US and global clients for Kennedys to have a presence in California. A West Coast presence significantly strengthens the firm’s international insurance offering. The new office will open with four partners from Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP: Forrest Booth, Erik Kowalewsky, Pamela Schultz and Jonathan Thames.
Finance partner Dean Gormley and real estate partners Andrew Wallis and Kevin Fox will join the firm in Manchester from Irwin Mitchell, while real estate partner Laura Oliver joins in Guildford from Hogan Lovells. Andrew, Kevin and Dean join this month, with Laura joining in July. The hires strengthen Clyde & Co’s transactional offering to clients in the UK, and expand the firm’s strong UK real estate, finance and construction teams which offers a fully rounded contentious and non-contentious services to clients.
In his role as Global Head of Marine Projects and Finance, Stuart will focus on further strengthening Ince’s position within the marine sector and growing its legal services offering globally.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Lindsay H. Ferguson and T. Allen McConnell have joined the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice group as partners in the firm’s Dallas office. Both partners join from Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Nic van der Reyden joins in Sydney from HFW and specialises in shipping and commercial dispute resolution and litigation, acting for shipowners, charterers, mining and logistics companies and P&I Clubs in relation to a broad cross section of maritime matters including in respect of charterparties, COAs, bills of lading and ship building, sale and purchase disputes and regulatory matters.
Offit Kurman is pleased to announce that John Orrick has joined the firm’s Bethesda office. He will serve as a principal-level attorney with the Business Law and Transactions group.
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Barnes & Thornburg has added veteran labor attorney Grant T. Pecor as a partner in its Labor and Employment practice. Pecor joins the firm from Clark Hill PLC and will work out of the firm’s Grand Rapids and Chicago offices.
