Holland & Knight announced today that Nasim Fussell has joined the firm as a partner in its International Trade Group, residing in the Washington, D.C., office. Most recently, Ms. Fussell was chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, advising Chairman Chuck Grassley, committee members and staff on international trade and customs matters.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome three new attorneys and a paralegal to the Firm’s Insurance Recovery group in the Washington, D.C., office: Partner Robert P. Jacobs, Of Counsel Linda A. Powell, Associate Allison Zamani (based in San Francisco), and Paralegal Lakisha Foster. The prominent team joins from Perkins Coie LLP where Rob served as firmwide chair of the Insurance Recovery practice. They add to Blank Rome’s leading national policyholder practice, which has more than doubled since Blank Rome welcomed more than 100 attorneys from Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s New York and Washington, D.C., offices in 2016.
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Michael Best is pleased to announce that Emily Hobbs has joined the firm’s Labor and Employment Relations Practice as a partner in Denver. She will be the first member of the Labor and Employment Relations practice to be based in the firm’s Denver office. Hobbs comes to the firm from the Denver office of Holland & Hart LLP.
King & Spalding has recruited a Paris-based white-collar crime team, led by partner Jean Tamalet, to expand and strengthen its international Government Matters Practice Group. Tamalet is a French criminal lawyer who represents both corporations and their executives in a variety of matters, focusing primarily on alleged criminal financial fraud offences. He most recently worked at Bird & Bird, prior to which he had established his own white-collar crime boutique, Tamalet & Associés.
Mayer Brown announced that it has further expanded its restructuring and special situation capabilities with the hire of Barry Cosgrave as a partner in London. Barry joins Mayer Brown from K&L Gates, where he was a partner and the EMEA practice coordinator for the restructuring and insolvency group.
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft has gained Dr Stephan Rippert as a new Partner to further extend its Corporate/M&A practice area in Munich. Rippert, who has over 25 years’ experience as a lawyer, is moving from Reed Smith where he has been instrumental in setting up the Munich office since 2006.
Global law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces the appointment of Gary Hamp as a Leveraged Finance partner in London. Mr. Hamp joins Shearman from the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins.
Dechert LLP announced today that leading international arbitration expert, Claudia Annacker, has joined the firm’s International Arbitration practice as a partner* in Paris. Annacker joins Dechert from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Partner Robynn D. Ragland to the firm’s Corporate Services practice group. Ragland, who has more than two decades of experience focusing on estate planning and wealth management, is one of over 50 attorneys and staff who have joined the firm in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, Ragland worked for Lowenhaupt & Chasnoff and focused on counseling her clients through wealth transfer, philanthropy and governance issues.
