Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that David R. Hale, former chief privacy officer at TD Ameritrade, will join the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C., office. Hale will spearhead the firm’s privacy practice.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that energy, environmental, and infrastructure lawyers Chris Carr and Navi Dhillon have joined the firm as partners, based in San Francisco. They join from Baker Botts. Their arrival continues the firm’s strong growth across its global platform this year, following lateral additions in London, New York, Paris and Los Angeles.
The international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) today announced that Paul Hoffman has joined the firm as a partner within the Banking Practice Group. He will be based in the Chicago office. Hoffman joins BCLP from Vedder Price, where he was a finance partner.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that William J. Anthony has joined the Firm’s New York office as a partner in the Labor & Employment and Class Action Defense groups. Will joins Blank Rome from Jackson Lewis P.C. where he served in several high-level leadership roles, including firm co-chair (2019-2020), board member (2005-2020), and the Hartford office managing principal (2000-2008). In addition, Will launched and led the firm’s Class Actions and Complex Litigation group and grew it into one of the largest U.S. class action practices. Will also established and led Jackson Lewis’ seminal diversity committee, coordinating strategic initiatives and advancing the firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts, particularly through recruiting.
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Mayer Brown announced today that a five-lawyer team led by partners Eric Pogue and John Tormey has joined the firm’s Projects & Infrastructure practice, adding to its existing power and renewables capabilities. Mr. Pogue will be based in New York, and Mr. Tormey will be based in Washington DC. They join from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, where Mr. Pogue served as a co-chair of that firm’s Renewable Energy practice.
Tags: Mayer Brown LLP | WashingtonInternational law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has taken another step toward becoming the world’s leading real estate legal advisory business with the arrival of Partners Stephen Kelly and Sarah Mahood earlier this month in the firm’s Dubai office. Both joined the firm from Dechert and are highly regarded real estate lawyers in their market, with a particular emphasis in the hotels and hospitality market.
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Lowenstein Sandler is pleased to announce that Mark E. Schamel has joined the firm as partner in the White Collar Criminal Defense group. He will be based in the firm’s rapidly growing Washington, D.C., office. Schamel joins the firm from the Washington office of Womble Bond Dickinson.
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Beau Buffier has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. He will be a member of the antitrust practice. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Buffier served as the Antitrust Bureau Chief of the New York State Office of the Attorney General (NYOAG) from October 2016 to March 2020, where he led several groundbreaking antitrust enforcement initiatives, making the NYOAG the leading state antitrust enforcement unit in the country.
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Experienced health care liability attorney, Ronald M. Puntil, Jr., has returned to Marshall Dennehey’s Pittsburgh office as a shareholder in the Health Care Department. Mr. Puntil previously worked at Marshall Dennehey from 2004 – 2016 before moving to the Pittsburgh office of Cipriani & Werner P.C.
Vinson & Elkins has bolstered its Investment Funds practice with the addition of Emily Stephens as a partner. Stephens, who previously served for more than 14 years in managing director roles for global alternative investment management firm Oaktree Capital Management, participated in all aspects of fundraising for several of Oaktree’s largest funds, including what was, at the time, the world’s largest closed-end distressed debt fund at $10.9 billion.
