Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas Lee has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice. Lee’s practice focuses on the full spectrum of asset management M&A transactions, including control transactions, minority GP stakes transactions, and structured equity transactions. Lee joins Latham & Watkins from Fried Frank.
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Jennifer Kennedy Gellie, a veteran national security and white-collar enforcement attorney who most recently served as Chief of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section in the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has joined Pillsbury as a partner in its International Trade group in Washington, D.C., which is consistently ranked by Chambers and Legal 500 as among the elite practices worldwide for International Trade and National Security matters, including the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and foreign investment, customs compliance and enforcement, export controls, economic sanctions, trade remedies, trade policy, and high profile investigations.
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Alice Ahn, a leading intellectual property litigator, has joined WilmerHale as a Partner in its San Francisco office. Ms. Ahn brings significant expertise in computer science, electrical engineering, and complex intellectual property matters, further enhancing WilmerHale’s capacity to serve leading technology clients and advance its strategic growth on the West Coast. Ahn joins the firm from Covington & Burling LLP in San Francisco.
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Kirkland & Ellis announced today that Lindsay Trapp has joined the Firm as a partner in the Investment Funds and Structured Finance & Structured Private Credit practice groups.
Akin announced today the opening of its Chicago office. The firm’s expansion brings its premier investment management and corporate practices to a major market for private capital managers and an economic hub. The launch is led by a four-partner team that recently arrived at Akin from Mayer Brown, including Wendy Gallegos who will serve as partner-in-charge of the Chicago office.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced another major addition to its renowned Intellectual Property team with the arrival of Joseph H. Lee, who rejoins the Firm as a partner in Weil’s new IP, Technology & Science Litigation practice in Los Angeles. Joe rejoins at the same time as Nate Christensen, a private equity partner in Dallas, and together they are the 14th and 15th partners to return to Weil since the beginning of 2023.
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Gibson Dunn announced today that Bradley P. Smith has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. Brad counsels clients on a wide range of antitrust issues, including pre-merger notifications under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Brad served at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York.
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Ryan Clinton, a nationally recognized appellate lawyer who formerly served as an assistant solicitor general for the state of Texas and has extensive experience handling state and federal appeals for private sector clients, particularly in the energy industry, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner. Clinton will lead the firm’s Texas appeals practice. Clinton joins the firm from Davis Gerald & Cremer PC, where he was a shareholder for more than a decade.
Fox Rothschild welcomes Evan D. Winet to the San Franciso office as a Partner in the Taxation & Wealth Planning Department. Prior to joining Fox, Winet was of counsel at Weintraub Tobin.
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In a further strategic expansion of its leading Real Estate and Hospitality Practice, global law firm Greenberg Traurig Limited added highly experienced real estate and hospitality lawyer Louisa Lynch as co-chair of the firm’s Middle East and European Hospitality Group, working from its UAE office. Lynch joins from Pinsent Masons, an international firm, bringing 17 years of regional experience advising clients across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar.
