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.
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Blair Dawson to its Chicago, Illinois office as a partner in its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Ms. Dawson brings to Lewis Brisbois two decades of experience in international insurance law coverage and litigation, as well as claims management, particularly in the London market. She also has extensive in-house experience, which included responsibility for information security matters. Ms. Dawson joins Lewis Brisbois from Acrisure, LLC, one of the largest international insurance brokers in the world.
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the addition of Breen M. Schiller and Nikki E. Dobay to the firm’s Tax Practice Group as State and Local Tax (SALT) partners. Ms. Schiller will join the firm’s Chicago office and Ms. Dobay will join the firm’s Sacramento office in the next few weeks. Ms. Schiller is joining the firm from Horwood Marcus & Berk in Chicago, where she had been the Chair of the SALT practice group. Ms. Dobay is joining from the Council On State Taxation (COST), where she had been senior tax counsel. |
Experienced financial services and capital markets attorneys Paul M. Fogleman and Vanessa Morris have joined Womble Bond Dickinson. Fogleman will practice in the firm’s Raleigh office, while Morris will practice in Atlanta. Fogleman joins Womble Bond Dickinson from Poyner Spruill’s Raleigh office. Morris comes to Womble Bond Dickinson from Nelson Mullins in Atlanta.
Continuing to expand Rimon Law’s presence in China, Xiaowei Ye, former Managing Partner of Morgan Lewis & Brockius’ Beijing office, has joined the firm as a Partner in Rimon’s Shenzhen and Washington, DC offices.
Barnes & Thornburg has added Jerry C. Harris, Jr. as partner in its Dallas office. Harris is the latest addition to the firm’s expanding Intellectual Property Department, following Kurt Rohde’s move to the Chicago office in early July. Harris joins the firm from Wick Phillips in Dallas.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Patrick Richards as a partner and Clare Frederick and Trevor Martin as associates in its IP procurement and portfolio management practice. They will be based in the firm’s Chicago office, and join K&L Gates from Richards Patent Law P.C., an intellectual property firm Richards founded in 2009 after previously practicing at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
