Alvin So, an experienced solicitor and investment adviser in Hong Kong specialising in IPOs, M&A, regulatory compliance, corporate finance, and direct investment transactions, has joined Nixon Peabody CWL as a partner in Hong Kong. So comes to the firm from the Hong Kong office of Eversheds Sutherland. More >>
Tags: Nixon Peabody LLP | Hong KongJohn Sandweg, former acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and former acting General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has joined Nixon Peabody together with his legal team. The Washington, DC-based team will spearhead the firm’s new Cross-Border Risks team. John comes to Nixon Peabody from Frontier Solutions, the investigatory, compliance, due diligence, and crisis management firm he founded in 2015. More >>
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Cynthia Langelier Paine has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Tax, Benefits, and Private Client group in the Washington, D.C., office. Cynthia focuses her practice on commercial real estate matters in addition to affordable housing, economic development, and subsidized transactions. Previously, Cynthia was special counsel in Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP’s real estate practice. More >>
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Shearman & Sterling announced today the addition of Jay Singer as partner to the firm’s Tax practice. Jay will be based in the Washington D.C. office. Jay joins the firm from the Washington office of McDermott, Will & Emery. More >>
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Addition of partner Jon Ornolfsson, joining from Ashurst, further enhances the firm’s energy and projects capabilities in Asia. More >>
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Morgan Lewis today welcomes Dr. Sabine Konrad as a partner resident in Frankfurt focusing on international dispute resolution with an emphasis on investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration. She arrives from McDermott, Will & Emery and will be joined by her team. More >>
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Marques Peterson, a well-regarded government contracts lawyer with a focus on international government contracts and the defense sector, has joined Pillsbury as a partner in the firm’s award-winning Government Contracts & Disputes practice. He joins from Vedder Price P.C., where he was a shareholder, and will reside in the firm’s Washington, DC office. More >>
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King & Spalding today announced that former senior Justice Department official Alicia O’Brien has joined as a partner in the firm’s Government Matters practice group in the Washington, D.C., office. She was previously a partner in the Washington office of Venable. More >>
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Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Intellectual Property and Technology practice with the recruitment of Alexander Odle. He joined the Amsterdam office as a partner on September 1, 2019. In his new role, he will focus on developing Dentons’ intellectual property and trademarks offering in the Netherlands. Prior to his move, Alexander Odle was co-founder of Nineyards Law, where he headed the IP department. More >>
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Tom Epps has joined Cooley as a partner in the London office, marking the latest key addition to the firm’s white collar group. He arrives from Brown Rudnick, where he was a partner for six years. More >>
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