Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Chen Zhu has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in its global Investigations + White Collar Defense practice. He brings to the firm extensive experience in cross-border government enforcement and internal investigations involving U.S. economic sanctions, anti-corruption, securities fraud, and corporate compliance matters. Zhu joins the firm from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
Michael Francisco, an accomplished litigator and recent law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, has joined McGuireWoods’ Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department as a partner in Washington, D.C. He is one of eight former Supreme Court clerks in the firm’s litigation practices.
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to welcome Travis Bayer as a partner to the firm’s Cincinnati office, where he will practice with the Bankruptcy and Restructuring group. Bayer joins Dinsmore from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today the strengthening of its Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy (RIB) practice with the addition of Lynn P. Harrison III. Harrison, who focuses his practice on international and cross-border insolvencies, will be resident in the Firm’s New York Midtown office. Harrison joins the firm from Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP in New York.
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Faegre Drinker announced that Judith Praitis has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the environment and energy practice. Praitis comes to the firm from Sidley Austin, where she held senior practice leadership positions.
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International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the appointment of Miguel Ángel de la Fuente as a partner in its Mexico City office. Miguel Ángel joins from Spanish law firm Garrigues, where he was a principal associate.
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Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Kari Berman and Tina Syring to its Minneapolis office as partners in its Complex Business & Commercial Litigation Practice and Labor & Employment Practice, respectively. The pair come to Lewis Brisbois from Cozen O’Connor, P.C.
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Clark Hill PLC has announced the addition of Steven Shparber as a Member in the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources practice group in the Washington, DC office. Shparber has an extensive background as a private sector, corporate and government lawyer in advising on energy regulatory issues, independent power production and renewable energy, and distributed energy resources. Shparber is the second energy lawyer to join Clark Hill’s Washington, DC office in the last six months. Immediately prior to joining Clark Hill, Shparber was an energy lawyer for three years at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, where he had been named partner in January 2020.
