FisherBroyles LLP, the first and world’s largest distributed law firm partnership, welcomes Karen Michail Shah, Ken Krug, and John Opgenorth to its Los Angeles office. The attorneys will practice for both the Financial Services & Lending and Real Estate groups. Ms. Michail Shah, Mr. Krug, and Mr. Opgenorth are joining the firm from Paul Hastings. They join a growing number of attorneys at the firm who have previously worked for Am Law 100 firms. More >>
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Six years after entering the Texas legal market with an office in Houston and a year after opening in Austin, Reed Smith today announced that it has opened an office in Dallas with the arrival of eight partners and eight other lawyers from three major law firms. The new group of partners has a broad range of transactional and litigation practices across an array of industries. Reed Smith now has 29 offices worldwide. Joining Reed Smith’s Global Corporate practice are I. Bobby Majumder, Ryan J. Preston and Lynwood E. (Lyn) Reinhardt, all from Perkins Coie. The Global Commercial Disputes practice has added Mark L. Johansen from Perkins Coie and Brian C. Mitchell from Bracewell. Keith M. Aurzada and Michael P. Cooley of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner have joined the firm’s Financial Industry Group. Also arriving is Alfred G. (Al) Kyle, who has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice from Bracewell. More >>
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Michael Chamberlin has joined BakerHostetler’s Labor and Employment Group, where he will be resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He joins from Winston & Strawn LLP, where he was co-chair of its Los Angeles Labor and Employment practice. More >>
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Eversheds Sutherland has enhanced its South African presence with the recent appointment of Head of Mining and Infrastructure Warren Beech, Partner Nicholas Veltman and senior associates Eben van Zyl and Refiloe Vengeni. More >>
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Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Jeremy D. Sosna as a shareholder in its Minneapolis office. Sosna, who joins from Maslon LLP, practiced as an attorney at Littler from 1998 to 2003. More >>
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Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Ke Huang, Ruomu Li, and Lucy (Qiong) Lu have joined the firm as partners. Mr. Huang joins Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong office in its Capital Markets practice. Mses. Li and Lu both join the firm’s Corporate practice, and are based in the Shanghai and Beijing offices, respectively. Between them, Mr. Huang, Ms. Li, and Ms. Lu bring to Morrison & Foerster a wealth of combined experience across Hong Kong and U.S. capital markets, and People’s Republic of China (PRC) corporate and Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) transactions. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the hire of corporate tax lawyer Ed Denny as a partner in the firm’s London office. Ed, who most recently served as head of Orrick’s London tax department, will support Winston’s domestic and cross-border corporate and finance practices. More >>
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Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, welcomes James (Jim) C. Sullivan as a partner in the firm’s Kansas City office. Jim joins from Polsinelli, where he practiced in the firm’s complex commercial and employment litigation practices for nearly 30 years. More >>
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Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Robert Katz has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices. Katz has significant experience advising clients on both negotiated and unsolicited public and private M&A transactions, including tender and exchange offers, leveraged buyouts, takeover defense strategies, joint ventures, divestitures, and cross-border transactions. Katz joins Latham & Watkins from Shearman & Sterling in New York. More >>
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Andrew G. McBride, a former federal prosecutor and nationally recognized trial and appellate lawyer with more than two decades of experience representing corporate clients and individuals, has joined McGuireWoods’ Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department as a partner in Washington, D.C. More >>
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