Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Allen Sattler to its Orange County office as a partner in the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Sattler joins Lewis Brisbois from Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, where he served as Vice Chairman of the firm’s national Data Security & Privacy Liability practice. He brings to Lewis Brisbois over a decade of experience handling large-scale data breaches and cyber liability matters.
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Clifford Chance adds partner Michael Bonsignore to its Americas Corporate Group Clifford Chance today announced that Michael L. Bonsignore has joined the Firm’s Americas Corporate Group as a partner in Washington, DC.
Bonsignore advises public and private companies and financial sponsors on transactional matters that include mergers and acquisitions, buyouts and dispositions, special situations, distressed M&A, restructurings and private equity investments, with significant experience in renewable and conventional energy transactions. He joins Clifford Chance from Akin Gump.
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The Seattle office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Robert M. Smith as a partner in its environment, land and natural resources practice. He joins the firm from Plauché & Carr LLP.
Hong Kong/Shanghai – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Shaun Wu has joined the firm’s Investigations and White Collar Defense practice as a partner in Asia. Wu joins from the Shanghai office of Kobre & Kim LLP.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is the next stop in the distinguished career of Kyle R. Freeny, former federal prosecutor for the Special Counsel’s Office and former member of the United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section. Also joining in Washington, D.C. as a shareholder is Daniel Pulecio-Boek from Quinn Emanuel’s Washington, D.C. office.
Linklaters announced that Colin Chang will join its UK Banking practice as partner this month. Colin joins from White & Case where he was a partner since 2008. He has extensive experience representing underwriters, issuers and private equity sponsors in high yield offerings and bridge-to-high yield finance deals in both the European and US markets. Colin has a Bachelor of Civil Law and an LLB from McGill University and a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University.
Armstrong Teasdale proudly announces that five attorneys and five professional staff have joined the firm’s offices in Las Vegas, Philadelphia, New York City and St. Louis. This comes on the heels of the firm’s Jan. 2 announcement that 18 attorneys were named partners. The five new attorneys as of Jan. 6 include: Partners Alicia Ashcraft, Jeffrey Barr, Timothy Bergère, Herbert Cohen and Associate John Sun. They join over 520 attorneys and staff firmwide. Ms. Ashcraft and Mr. Barr join the firm from Ashcraft & Barr LLP in Las Vegas. Mr. Bergère and Mr. Cohen join from Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP and Stiefel Cohen & Foote, P.C. respectively.
Dan Altchek has joined Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice. He is resident in both the Baltimore and New York City offices. Mr. Altchek joins the firm from the Baltimore office of Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Cooley is expanding its global product safety, compliance and liability team with the addition of Matt Howsare, who joins as special counsel based in Washington, DC, where he will lead Cooley’s North American product safety practice. Howsare arrives from Mintz, where he was chair of the firm’s consumer product safety practice. He previously served as chief of staff at the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
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