Nixon Peabody is expanding its Complex Commercial Disputes practice in Chicago with the arrival of corporate and appellate litigator Michael Summerhill as partner. Mike comes to Nixon Peabody from Freeborn & Peters. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the hire of transportation finance lawyer Alison Weal, previously with White & Case LLP, as a partner in the firm’s London office. Alison will serve Winston’s transportation finance clients and also work with the firm’s aviation and maritime practices. More >>
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Tarek Helou has joined the firm’s government investigations practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining WSGR, Helou was an assistant chief in the Department of Justice’s FCPA Unit in Washington, D.C. since 2014. More >>
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Jones Walker LLP announced today that John Beaulieu “Beau” Grenier has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the Birmingham office. Prior to joining the firm, Beau was the chairman and managing partner at the Birmingham branch of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. More >>
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Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Douglas A. Henning has joined the firm as a partner in the Government practice in the firm’s Chicago office. Formerly the First Deputy General Counsel for the Chicago Board of Education, Henning founded and served as chief of the school district’s Office of Student Protections & Title IX, the first such office established by a school district in the nation. More >>
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Stacey T. Kern has joined as a partner in the M&A and Private Capital teams within the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Ms. Kern will be based in Eversheds Sutherland’s Chicago office, which opened in May. Ms. Kern, who joins from Greenberg Traurig, has practiced for more than 20 years in such areas as mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructurings and general corporate matters. More >>
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Burr & Forman LLP announces the continued growth of its Carolina offices with the addition of attorney Lori Hinnant. Joining from K&L Gates, she joins the firm’s Raleigh office as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Hinnant will focus on regulatory guidance and compliance in the areas of real estate development, agribusiness, food and safety, manufacturing, aggregates, and energy. More >>
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Allen & Overy has appointed leading restructuring specialist Ian Chapman, as partner of its Asia Pacific Restructuring and Recovery Group (RRG). Regarded as one of the region’s finest distressed debt lawyers, Ian brings over three decades of frontline experience advising on many of the most complex and high profile restructurings and insolvencies in Asia. Before joining A&O, Chapman was the CEO of Workout Investments Ltd in Hong Kong. More >>
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Natasha Romagnoli has joined the Firm as Partner in the Insurance Recovery group in the New York office. A highly skilled litigator with more than 20 years’ experience, Natasha counsels a wide breadth of clients, including corporations, investment funds, universities and high schools, religious institutions, and individuals, on issues in connection with insurance coverage claims and disputes. She joins the Firm from McKool Smith where she was a Principal.
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Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce 13 attorneys from California’s Miller Law Group — one of the largest woman-owned employment law firms in the country — have joined its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. The new hires represent yet another milestone in the expansion of the firm’s highly regarded Labor & Employment practice, as well as the continued development of its West Coast presence.
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