Paris-Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Sovereign practice and its Energy and Infrastructure group with the arrival of Nicholas George as a partner in Paris. Prior to joining Dentons, Nicholas George was a partner in Orrick’s Energy and Infrastructure group and prior to that, he practiced for many years at Hogan Lovells in London and Paris. He is a qualified Solicitor of England and Wales and a member of the Paris Bar.
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NEW YORK – Barnes & Thornburg LLP has officially announced its expansion into New York with the opening of a Manhattan office and the hiring of six lateral partners and other seasoned attorneys from several of the city’s elite law firms.
Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that veteran bankruptcy lawyer Jeff Reisner has joined the firm to lead and grow the Insolvency & Restructuring practice. Reisner, who joins as a partner, will be based in Steptoe’s Los Angeles and New York offices.
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome Mark M. Yacura in Washington, DC as a partner in the Intellectual Property Department. Mark comes to Fox from the DC office of Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Bill Isaacson and Karen Dunn are joining the firm as partners in the Litigation Department, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. Both are nationally recognized trial lawyers who have tried and won numerous high-stakes cases for some of the nation’s largest companies. They both arrive to the firm from Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP.
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP announced today that veteran litigator Angela Hart-Edwards has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. She joins from Akerman, where she was a partner.
Alston & Bird has broadened its white collar, securities enforcement, and complex civil litigation and trial capabilities with the addition of Joanna C. Hendon as a litigation partner in the firm’s New York office. A former federal prosecutor with more than 25 years of trial experience, Hendon joins from litigation boutique Spears & Imes LLP, where she had been a partner since 2012.
FisherBroyles, LLP, the world’s first and largest distributed law firm, is pleased to announce that Dr. Naira Simmons and Dr. Joseph P. Pieroni have joined the Firm in its intellectual property group. Dr. Simmons and Dr. Pieroni come to FisherBroyles after previously practicing at an Am Law 100 firm and as in-house counsel at a pharmaceutical company, respectively. Before coming to FisherBroyles, Dr. Simmons was an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Prior to Dr. Pieronis arrival at FisherBroyles, he was senior patent counsel at Kashiv BioSciences LLC.
