Paul, Weiss Adds Leading Restructuring Partner

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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BakerHostetler Adds Mark D. Temple and Peter J. Stuhldreher to Labor and Employment Practice Group in Houston

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.

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Kennedys’ Continued Expansion Reaches West Coast of US with Opening of California Office

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.

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Clyde & Co Expands its UK Real Estate and Finance Teams

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.

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Clyde & Co Continues Marine Group Expansion With Partner Hire in Sydney

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.

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