Bracewell Adds Leading Renewable Energy Finance and Transactions Lawyer Danielle Garbien to Power Team to Address Growing Renewables Market

Bracewell LLP announced today that Danielle Garbien, a leading lawyer in the renewable energy finance and transactional space, has joined the firm’s power practice as a partner in the New York office, strengthening the firm’s capabilities in addressing the growing renewable energy market. Garbien was previously with Sidley Austin LLP.

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Expands Coast-to-Coast Capabilities with Labor & Employment Shareholder Jason E. Murtagh

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney announces that Jason E. Murtagh has joined the firm as a shareholder in the Labor & Employment section. Murtagh will practice in the firm’s Philadelphia and San Diego offices serving clients with interests on both coasts. Mr. Murtagh joins Buchanan Ingersoll from Rubin Fortunato.

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Peter Wynacht Joins Locke Lord as Partner in Chicago Office, Strengthening Firm’s Tax Capabilities and Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice

Peter Wynacht has joined Locke Lord’s Chicago office as a Partner in the Firm’s Tax Department, expanding the Firm’s capabilities to counsel clients on complex tax matters, especially across the private equity and venture capital industry.

Wynacht, who joins Locke Lord from Vedder Price, focuses his practice on federal income tax matters, with an emphasis on corporate ‎mergers and acquisitions and corporate spin-offs and split-offs. He regularly represents private equity and venture capital firms on dispositions and ‎acquisitions of portfolio companies as well as entrepreneurs, strengthening Locke Lord’s Private Equity and Venture Capital practice.

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Paul Hastings Continues European Expansion with Paris Competition Partner

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, has continued its growth in Europe with the arrival of Camille Paulhac as a partner in the global Antitrust and Competition practice group and the Competition & European Law department of the Paris office. Paulhac, who joins from Allen & Overy, has extensive experience in competition law and assists major French and international groups before the French and European competition authorities and the courts.

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BakerHostetler Opens in San Francisco, Brings on Nation’s Former Top Fraud Enforcement Officer Robb Adkins to Lead

BakerHostetler announced today that the firm launched its 15th national office in San Francisco, California, with the addition of Robb Adkins, who joins the firm’s White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team. Adkins will lead the new San Francisco office, located in the Transamerica Pyramid. Adkins joins BakerHostetler from Winston & Strawn, where he served as the managing partner of their San Francisco office, head of West Coast litigation and co-chair of their white collar practice. 

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Latham Expands M&A and Private Equity Practices in Boston and Chicago

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Neal Reenan and Ian Bushner have joined both the firm’s Boston and Chicago offices as partners in the Corporate Department and as members of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and the Private Equity Practice. Reenan and Bushner advise private equity sponsors and public and private companies on complex corporate transactions across a range of industries.

 

Reenan and Bushner join Latham & Watkins from Kirkland & Ellis. They are the latest additions to an extensive group of prominent partners who have joined Latham’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices since January 2019.

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Akerman Strengthens Intellectual Property Litigation Capabilities with Alejandro Fernandez and Stephen Leahu in Tampa

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, is pleased to announce that it has enhanced its Intellectual Practice Group with the addition of Alejandro Fernandez and Stephen Leahu. Fernandez and Leahu, both Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Intellectual Property (IP) and registered patent attorneys, practice in Akerman’s office in Tampa. They bring a deep understanding of IP protection and enforcement, further strengthening the firm’s capabilities in advanced software, artificial intelligence, manufacturing, and medical device industries. The pair join Akerman from the Tampa office of Brinks Gilson & Lione.

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