Seyfarth Shaw LLP continues to strategically bolster its Real Estate Finance capabilities with the move to the firm by Varuna Bhattacharyya as a partner based in the firm’s New York office. Bhattacharyya comes to Seyfarth from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she had been a partner for the past three years.
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Davis Polk today announced that leading finance lawyer Rob Morrison has joined the firm as a partner in the Finance practice. Mr. Morrison will be resident in the firm’s Northern California office. Mr. Morrison joins Davis Polk from White & Case, where he was a partner in the Debt Finance practice.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. strengthens its Health Care & FDA Practice with the addition of Amy W. Schrader as a shareholder in the firm’s Tallahassee office. She joins the firm from Baker Donelson.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | TallahasseeAndrew Knudsen, an accomplished litigator at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environmental Defense Section, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Washington, D.C. Before joining the DOJ in 2020, Knudsen was an associate at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, where he counseled clients on environmental compliance and represented them in administrative rulemaking and permit proceedings, federal environmental litigation and civil tort suits involving environmental issues.
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Former U.S. Department of State official Ambassador Nathan Sales has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Public Policy & Regulation Group, as well as National Security & Defense Industry Group. Immediately prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ambassador Sales was the founder and principal of Fillmore Global Strategies LLC, where he provided clients in the U.S. and abroad with legal and strategic advice on a range of national security and international issues.
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In a move that enhances Pillsbury’s ability to meet the needs of clients connecting into today’s rapidly evolving energy markets, the firm has welcomed Stephen Humes as a partner in the Energy practice. Based in the firm’s New York office, Humes brings more than two decades of deep legal and strategic experience in the energy, environmental, utility, and related infrastructure sectors. He joins Pillsbury from Holland & Knight, where he was co-leader of the Renewable Energy team and a founding leader of the Energy & Natural Resources industry sector group.
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Proskauer is pleased to welcome partner Richard Westling to its Litigation Department and Health Care Group in the Los Angeles and Washington D.C. offices. Richard continues the strategic expansion of the Firm’s litigation footprint both in Los Angeles and firmwide. Westling arrives at Proskauer from Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Tags: Proskauer Rose LLP | Los Angeles | WashingtonGlobal law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to strategically expand its market-leading Real Estate Practice with the addition of Ann (Seung-Eun) Lee as a shareholder in its San Francisco office. She joins the firm from Goodwin Procter LLP.
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Alston & Bird announced today that Alexis Gilman, the former head of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition unit responsible for reviewing mergers and acquisitions in industries such as health care, retail, and consumer products, has joined the firm’s Antitrust Team as a partner in Washington, D.C. Most recently, he was a partner at Crowell & Moring LLP.
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