Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, one of the largest in the United States, announced that effective July 1, 2019, it will combine with its longstanding ally Santa Maria Studio Legale, a truly elite Italian boutique, and simultaneously add stars in the real estate and finance fields from Freshfields in Milan. The result will be Greenberg Traurig’s 40th office worldwide and its fifth in Europe, located in Milan, Italy. More >>
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Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Stephen Chan has joined as a partner in its litigation practice in the Hong Kong office of Reed Smith Richards Butler. Stephen was previously a dispute resolution partner in the Hong Kong office of Oldham, Lie & Nie. Before relocating to Hong Kong in 2013, Stephen was with McVeagh Fleming in New Zealand. More >>
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Trial and appellate lawyer Joshua C. Prever has joined Holland & Knight’s Fort Lauderdale office as a partner in the firm’s South Florida Litigation Practice. Mr. Prever works with Fortune 100 and 500 companies on complex commercial litigation matters involving financial services disputes, torts and securities litigation, with a significant emphasis on regulatory and compliance matters. He was formerly with Morgan Lewis in Miami. More >>
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Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that it has elected private funds lawyer Zeeshan Ahmedani to the firm’s partnership, effective May 1, 2019. Mr. Ahmedani, who is based out of Morrison & Foerster’s Los Angeles office, is a partner in the firm’s Private Funds Group. He brings to the partnership extensive global experience in the private funds space, having also practiced in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. More >>
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Baker Donelson has added J. Trent Scofield to the Firm’s Birmingham office as a member of the Labor & Employment Group. More >>
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Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has announced the recent appointment of Dominic Gregory as partner strengthening the firm’s global banking and infrastructure finance practices in Asia. Gregory will join BCLP’s Singapore office but his finance practice will span Asia, with a particular focus on Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and Indonesia. More >>
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DLA Piper Argentina announced today the addition of Mariana Lozza as a partner in the International Arbitration practice and Nicolas Teijeiro as a partner in the Corporate Finance practice. Both will be based in the firm’s Buenos Aires office. Lozza joins from Guglielmino & Asociados and Teijeiro joins from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. More >>
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The global law firm Jones Day announces that former U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe has joined the Firm’s Washington Office as a partner in the Investigations & White Collar Practice. Mr. Sharpe comes to Jones Day after serving as U.S. Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands from 2009 through 2017. More >>
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We are pleased to announce that financial lines specialists Maurice Pesso and Greg Steinberg have joined as partners in the US. The duo join from White and Williams LLP where they were partner and counsel respectively. Maurice Pesso will be based in our New Jersey office and Greg Steinberg in New York. More >>
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Latham & Watkins1 is pleased to announce that Ivan Smallwood, Noah Carr, and Stuart Beraha have joined the Tokyo office as partners in the Corporate Department. With the addition of this formidable team, Latham stands poised to capitalize on the strong and growing outbound M&A market in Japan. Smallwood, Carr, and Beraha join Latham & Watkins from Morrison & Foerster LLP in Tokyo. More >>
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