With nearly 160 real estate lawyers and development professionals nationally, top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP has grown one of the country’s largest legal teams in the real estate industry with the addition of partner Sara Langan. She joins the Real Estate Practice Group and is licensed to practice in Illinois and Nebraska.
Akin is pleased to welcome Opher Shweiki, former U.S. Department of Commerce, Chief Counsel for the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. With 25 years of experience between the departments of Justice and Commerce, Shweiki brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as well as an impressive track record of handling high-profile national security, export control and other cross-border government regulatory and enforcement matters. Langan arrives at Akin from Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C. in Chicago.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its Health Care & FDA Practice in Arizona with the addition of Peter A. Arhangelsky as shareholder. Arhangelsky joins the firm from Emord & Associates, P.C.
In a strategic move to enhance its full-service, industry-leading Real Estate capabilities through the expansion of its Construction Law and Litigation practices, Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Robert L. Crewdson and John S. Ducat as shareholders in its Atlanta office. They join from DLA Piper, where Crewdson was national co-chair of that firm’s Construction Group.
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Husch Blackwell announced the addition of partners Brian Potts and David Zoppo to the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources industry group in the Madison, Wisconsin office. They join from Perkins Coie where both were partners.
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Clark Hill announced today that Blaine Lamperski and John Bonaccorsi have joined its real estate team in Pittsburgh, further bolstering the firm’s bench of real estate practitioners in Pittsburgh and across the country. The duo arrives from Dentons in Pittsburgh.
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced today that Travis McRoberts has joined its Corporate Department as a Financial Restructuring partner in the Dallas office. McRoberts joins Baker Botts from Squire Patton Boggs.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | DallasGreenberg Traurig, LLP has again expanded its White Collar Defense & Investigations and Litigation practices with the addition of Ivy A. Wang as a shareholder in the Los Angeles office. She joins from litigation boutique Ellis George LLP, where both she and recently added Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Thomas P. O’Brien were partners. Wang served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California during O’Brien’s tenure as U.S. Attorney for the same region.
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Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed a group of ten attorneys and consultants focused on cybersecurity and privacy, deepening the firm’s already strong bench of over 50 attorneys practicing technology, cybersecurity and data privacy. The incoming group consists of four shareholders, one counsel, four associates and one technology consultant. The group has extensive experience guiding clients through cybersecurity and data privacy issues, ranging from proactive risk management and compliance counseling to incident response, regulatory investigations and class action litigation. Further, the team offers tailored due diligence advice in transactions for private equity funds and their portfolio companies.
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