Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome Martin R. Martos, II in Chicago as a partner in the Litigation Department. Prior to joining Fox, Martos was a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experienced Trademark Attorney Timothy Hiebert, Ph.D., Joins Womble Bond Dickinson in Boston
Womble Bond Dickinson once again has bolstered its growing Boston office with the addition of veteran trademark attorney Timothy Hiebert, Ph.D. He joins Womble Bond Dickinson as a Senior Partner. He comes to Womble Bond Dickinson from Samuels & Hiebert, LLC in Boston, a firm he helped found with long-time colleague Stephen Samuels.
Perkins Coie Adds Veteran Energy Partner Jane Rueger in Washington, D.C.
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K&L Gates Expands Restructuring Practice with Addition of Seven-Member Frankfurt Team
The Frankfurt office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Dr. Georg Bernsau as a partner, along with a team of six colleagues, in its restructuring and insolvency practice. The team will join K&L Gates in the coming weeks from Bernsau Brockdorff & Partner, where Bernsau was a name partner, and also includes Dr. Simone Wernicke, Harald Knittel, and Hans Beyer, as well as Nadja Raiß, Nicole Stephan, and insolvency department director Stefan Zahn.
Linklaters Bolsters TMT Offering in Germany With Strategic Lateral Hire
Linklaters is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Leicht as a partner within the firm’s TMT practice. Michael Leicht will be based in the Frankfurt office with effect from mid-May. Michael Leicht joins the firm from White & Case, prior to which he spent 10 years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Cozen O’Connor Welcomes Tech Attorney Frank A. Pugliese to its Corporate Practice in New York City
Cozen O’Connor today announced tech law attorney Frank A. Pugliese — who advises clients on matters ranging from complex, technology-related outsourcing/licensing and cloud-based deals to data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity compliance — joined its national Corporate Practice, further deepening the firm’s technology, privacy and data security capabilities. Pugliese comes to the firm from Baker & Hostetler LLP, where he was a partner in that firm’s Digital Assets and Data Management practice. He joins Cozen O’Connor as a member and will work out of the firm’s midtown Manhattan office.
Fox Welcomes Entertainment Partner Alex Threadgold in New York
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome Alexander J. Threadgold, who joined the firm in New York as a partner in the Entertainment & Sports Law Department. Prior to joining Fox, he was a partner at Savur Threadgold LLP in New York City.
DWF strengthens Insurance sector with key partner appointments
Karen Mann joins DWF as Partner from Horwich Farrelly. Previous to this she was the Head of the Counter Fraud Group at Greenwoods and managed sites in London, Manchester, Milton Keynes and Southampton. She has extensive experience in personal injury law and specifically in dealing with high value/complex fraud claims as well as a particular interest in multi-party staged claims and fraud rings.
Hat-trick of New Partners in the UK Doubling Addleshaw Goddard’s Global Investigations practice
Addleshaw Goddard has doubled the size of its Global Investigations practice following the arrival of two new partners who between them have more than 50 years’ experience and the promotion of three internal candidates in the UK and Hong Kong.
Tags: Addleshaw Goddard LLP | Hong Kong | London In the UK the addition of London-based David Young and Polly Sprenger, partners previously at Eversheds and Katten respectively, and the promotion of Sarah Thomas to partner nearly doubles the partner team in AGs corporate crime, FI investigations and Health & Safety practice to create one of the largest specialist teams of its kind in the UK.
Mayer Brown Strengthens Real Estate Capabilities With Addition of Simon Price in London
Mayer Brown has strengthened its transactional real estate capabilities with the addition of Simon Price, who will join the firm as a partner in the Real Estate practice in London. In September, Simon will join Mayer Brown from Linklaters, where is a partner and co-leader of the global funds and financial investor group and co-leader of the real estate sector group.
