Eversheds Sutherland continues its growth in Germany with the appointments of Partners Dr. Werner Brickwedde and Dr. Simon Weppner to its Dusseldorf office. Werner will join Eversheds Sutherland’s corporate/M&A team from Clifford Chance on 01 August, while Simon will join its tax team from Taylor Wessing on 01 September. In addition, Sandro Wiggerich, also from Clifford Chance, will join Werner’s team as a Senior Associate in September. More >>
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Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of Lee Astfalck and Wim Cilliers as Partners in its leading Insurance practice in South Africa. They will be based in Johannesburg. Lee joins from Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) in Johannesburg, where he was a litigation and dispute resolution director and head of risk advisory for South Africa. Wim Cilliers joins from Gildenhuys Malatji (GMI) in Pretoria, where he was a commercial litigation and insurance law director. More >>
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Scott D. Samlin has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Consumer Financial Services group in the New York office. Scott represents financial institutions, corporations, and other entities, providing regulatory counsel related to mortgage banking and consumer financial services matters. Scott joins Blank Rome from Pepper Hamilton LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s financial services practice group and leader of the consumer financial services and bank regulatory practice. More >>
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology and energy law firm, announced today that Robin Spigel, who regularly represents large and complex troubled companies in Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, has joined the New York office as a partner in the Financial Restructuring practice. Spigel joins Baker Botts from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. More >>
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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is expanding its East Coast presence with the opening of an office at 101 Arch St. in the city’s Financial District. Leading the practice are three partners who have deep roots in the community and have represented clients in real estate development and litigation throughout New England. Javier Flores and Eric Skelly join Dinsmore from Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP. Brian Blaesser joins the firm from Robinson & Cole LLP, where he formerly headed the real estate development practice in the firm’s Boston office.
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Womble Bond Dickinson continues to build its Houston office with the addition of intellectual property attorney Karthika Perumal, Ph.D. as a partner. Perumal joins Womble Bond Dickinson from the Houston office of Bracewell LLP. More >>
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The Dallas office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its strategic expansion with the addition of Daniel P. Elms as a shareholder in the firm’s Global Litigation Practice. Elms assists clients with business litigation and arbitration matters, including risk assessment, pre-trial litigation strategy and discovery, as well as trial and post-trial proceedings. He joins Greenberg Traurig from Bell Nunnally & Martin. More >>
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Jeffrey M. Stefan has joined the Corporate Practice Team at Varnum. He is based in the firm’s Detroit office.
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the growth of its Atlanta office with the addition of Sul Kim, Erica Mason, Anthony Morris and Peter Spanos. The four new partners continue the firm’s strategic expansion in Atlanta, raising the headcount to 11 lawyers in the 10 months since the office opened. Kim, Mason and Spanos enhance the firm’s labor and employment capabilities, while Morris expands the commercial litigation bench. Kim and Mason join the firm from Constangy Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP, while Morris and Spanos join from Dentons and Barnes & Thornburg LLP, respectively.
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BakerHostetler has announced that Timothy (“Tim”) Swan has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Group. Swan, who was previously a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and, most recently, at Frost Brown Todd LLC, will be resident in the firm’s Cincinnati office. More >>
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