Latham Grows Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice in New York

Monday, October 26, 2020

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Frank Saviano has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice. Saviano has built a strong reputation in the sports and media industry advising clients in a wide array of corporate matters, including media rights, team acquisitions and sales, strategic investments, joint ventures, arena and stadium development, sponsorships, and other significant commercial transactions. Saviano joins Latham & Watkins from Proskauer in New York. 

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WFW creates Real Estate department in Paris with key new hire

Friday, October 23, 2020
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that Cyrille Gogny-Goubert has joined the firm’s Paris office, establishing an on-the-ground real estate practice in France for the first time. Prior to joining WFW, Cyrille was a Partner and Head of Real Estate at boutique French firm Bersay, having previously worked at both Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and King & Spalding in Paris.
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Holland & Knight Expands West Coast Real Estate Practice with Addition of Alexis Alonzo

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Holland & Knight has added Alexis Alonzo as a partner in its West Coast Real Estate Practice Group residing in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Ms. Alonzo’s practice focuses on complex real estate transactions, including representing institutional investors, real estate funds, opportunity funds and public and private homebuilders in real estate joint ventures, as well as the acquisition, disposition and financing of all classes of commercial real estate. She previously practiced at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

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Partner Terri Stallard Joins Dinsmore in Lexington as COVID-19 Creates Spike in Personal Estate Planning

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to welcome attorney Terri Stallard, who has joined the firm’s Lexington office as a partner in its leading Private Client & Family Wealth Planning practice group. She joins from McBrayer PLLC, where she practiced since 2004. Stallard focuses on estate planning, business succession planning and asset protection, typically for clients with eight figures-plus in assets.
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Elite Privacy & Cybersecurity Team Joins Dechert LLP

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Dechert LLP announced today the lateral acquisition of an elite privacy & cybersecurity team, consisting of partners Brenda Sharton and Karen Neuman. Ms. Sharton will serve as co-chair of Dechert’s global Privacy & Cybersecurity practice and Ms. Neuman will serve as global head of Privacy Counseling. The pair join Dechert from Goodwin Procter LLP.  

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Akerman Expands Healthcare Practice in Atlanta with Ricky Benjamin

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the expansion of the Healthcare Practice Group with Ricky Benjamin. He joins Akerman in Atlanta as a partner, bringing experience in an array of healthcare regulatory, transactional and risk management issues, including leading internal investigations stemming from government inquiries. Benjamin comes to Akerman from the Atlanta office of Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

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