Perkins Coie Expands National Environmental, Energy and Resources Practice With Prominent Project Development Lawyers in Washington, DC

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Perkins Coie announced today that Edward (Ted) Boling and Stacey Bosshardt are joining the firm’s Environment, Energy & Resources practice in the Washington, D.C., office. Ted and Stacey will expand the firm’s nationally prominent project development and infrastructure practice. Ted will be joining Perkins Coie from the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), where he served as the country’s top National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lawyer. Stacey joins from the DOJ where she served as an assistant chief in the Environment and Natural Resources Division and was a leading litigator for the federal government.

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Squire Patton Boggs Continues Expansion of International Disputes Resolution Practice

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Squire Patton Boggs continues the global expansion of its International Disputes Resolution (IDR) Practice with the addition of Michelle Glassman Bock, who joins the firm as a partner from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Splitting her time between the firm’s Brussels and Washington DC offices, Ms. Bock is the latest addition to the firm’s IDR practice, which has recently hired team members in New York, London, Singapore, Dubai, and Milan and consists of more than 140 practitioners across 20 countries.

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Dentons Adds former White House Policy Advisor and SBA Regional Administrator Ashley Bell

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces the addition of Ashley Bell as a partner. Bell joins the Firm’s award-winning Public Policy practice from his most recent post as policy advisor for the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council in the Office of American Innovation and as regional administrator for the Small Business Administration (SBA). He will be resident in Dentons’ Atlanta office, and maintain a strong presence in Washington, DC, working closely with the firm’s real estate, corporate, capital markets and public finance practices.

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Mintz Expands M&A Practice With Hire of Leading Corporate Attorney Ivan Presant in New York

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Ivan J. Presant, a leading mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions attorney, has joined the New York office of Mintz as a Member in the firm’s Corporate Practice. Mr. Presant has particular experience with advising buyers, sellers, and investors in U.S. and cross-border public and private business combinations, acquisitions, tender offers and corporate control matters. Prior to joining Mintz, Mr. Presant was a partner in the New York office of McDermott, Will & Emery, where he handled complex business transactions for multinational corporations and U.S. companies.

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Akerman Grows Litigation Practice in New York with Real Estate Litigator Massimo D’Angelo

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the growth of the Litigation Practice Group in New York with Massimo D’Angelo. He advances Akerman’s real estate strengths representing landlords, owners, tenants and tenant groups, bringing experience in dispute resolutions surrounding force majeure, contract negotiations, tenant-landlord conflicts, and business interruption insurance and coverage. D’Angelo joins the firm from Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. in New York.

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BCLP Expands Commercial Disputes Practice with New Partner in LA Office

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) today announced that Jean-Claude “J.C.” André has joined the firm as a partner within the Commercial Disputes Practice Group, residing in the firm’s Los Angeles office. André will co-lead the firm’s Appellate & Supreme Court Group alongside St. Louis Partner Barbara Smith. André joins from Sidley, where he was the West Coast head of the firm’s national Supreme Court & Appellate Practice. 

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