Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes back Brian Booker as a partner in the firm’s Phoenix office. Booker joins the firm’s Insurance, Product & General Liability, Professional Liability Defense, Environmental/Toxic Tort, and Commercial Litigation practice groups. Booker re-joins the firm after serving as Vice President and General Counsel at Avnet, a major global distributor of electronic components.
Squire Patton Boggs has further expanded its Global Corporate Practice in London with the appointment of partner Fergus Gallagher. Mr. Gallagher joins from McDermott Will & Emery where he was a corporate partner.
LOS ANGELES – Building on its unparalleled capabilities in antitrust and complex commercial litigation, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced today that Debra D. Bernstein has joined the firm as a partner. Bernstein – previously a partner at Alston & Bird – will be based in Atlanta, where she will lead the new office.
Clifford Chance adds funds regulatory partner Paul Ellison to its leading global Funds and Investment Management team Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that Paul Ellison will be joining the firm in May 2021 as a funds-focused financial regulatory partner, based in London. Paul joins from Macfarlanes, where he was a financial regulatory partner advising on a wide range of matters including the regulation of private equity funds, fund structuring, and the regulatory aspects of corporate transactions.
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that David R. Eastlake has joined the firm as a partner in the Financial Restructuring Practice, based in Houston. Eastlake joins the firm from Greenberg Traurig, where he was a shareholder in the Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice.
Dechert LLP announced today that Craig Brown has joined the firm’s global finance practice as a partner based in New York, focusing on commercial real estate. Mr. Brown joins the firm from Duval & Stachenfeld LLP.
Patrick Hovakimian is joining Pillsbury’s Litigation practice as a partner. Hovakimian comes to the firm after serving in various senior positions at the Department of Justice, including as Associate Deputy Attorney General, directing DOJ’s counter-transnational crime efforts.
International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has welcomed new Real Estate Partner Wayne Ma to the firm’s Hong Kong office. Wayne’s arrival marks the 10th lateral hire to join the practice in the past year, as BCLP continues to strengthen its market-leading position in the international commercial real estate arena. Joining from DLA Piper, Wayne has more than 14 years’ experience in Asia on a wide variety of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of various types of real property, joint ventures, limited recourse and secured financings, private equity and institutional investments, and funds formation.
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