Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology and energy law firm, is pleased to announce that Brendan Quigley, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has joined the firm’s White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice as a partner in New York. More >>
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Allen & Overy has hired financial services regulation specialist, Knox McIlwain, as a partner in London. The New York qualified lawyer joins from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton where he worked closely with regulation expert and partner Bob Penn, who returned to A&O last summer.
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that Arturo Ross has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group from Gunster. He further expands the group’s presence in Miami, marking the ninth partner to join Akerman’s national Labor and Employment Practice Group in 2019. More >>
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June Yeum, a highly acclaimed international arbitration practitioner with a well-established practice representing Asian clients—including several major Korean companies—has joined Pillsbury as a partner. She joins from Clyde & Co. and will split time between the firm’s New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo offices. More >>
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McGuireWoods is expanding its formidable global banking and finance capabilities with the arrival of London partners Lee Cullinane, who will lead the firm’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) finance group, and Marc Naidoo. Cullinane and Naidoo bring significant experience representing leading banks and other clients in cross-border and emerging markets transactions. They join McGuireWoods London from White & Case, where Cullinane formerly led the EMEA bank finance group. More >>
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Global law firm Hogan Lovells LLP announced that Suzanne Filippi has joined the firm’s Boston office as a corporate partner in the Life Sciences and Health Care Industry Group. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Filippi served as VP, Corporate Counsel Consultant at both Sage Therapeutics and Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, and as Senior Securities and M&A Counsel at TripAdvisor. At TripAdvisor, Filippi spearheaded the company’s US$9 billion spinoff from Expedia and its subsequent IPO. More >>
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DLA Piper announced today that Peter Ekberg has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in Minneapolis. Ekberg was a cavalry officer in the United States Army before earning his law degree at Columbia University, with the goal of focusing on international M&A. He began his career at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York before spending more than a decade at Faegre & Benson, where he led the firm’s emerging companies practice. He then spent five years at Barnes & Thornburg, where he was the managing partner of the firm’s Minneapolis office, and later was one of the founding partners of the Minneapolis office of Jones Day. More >>
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Katten announced today that James V. Drew has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Insolvency and Restructuring practice. Prior to joining Katten, Drew was a partner at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP. More >>
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Bracewell LLP announced today that Todd W. Eckland has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the corporate and securities group. Eckland, who was a senior partner and served for over 15 years as co-leader of the securities team at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, is reunited with former Pillsbury colleagues, Catherine Hood and J. Anthony Terrell, who respectively joined Bracewell in June and July. More >>
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King & Spalding today announced that Ed Holzwanger has joined as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment team in the Washington, D.C., office. Holzwanger, who joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis, provides employment counsel on corporate transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, debt financing, restructurings, and outsourcing arrangements. More >>
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