Global law firm Dentons has recruited partner Christophe Fichet in order to establish and lead the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice in Paris. He joins along with one associate, Adrien Morisse, and with an additional joiner to strengthen the team over the coming weeks. Before joining Dentons, Fichet was a partner in the Technology Media and Telecommunications team at Simmons & Simmons. More >>
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Pillsbury has added Keith Ranta as a partner in the firm’s growing Executive Compensation & Benefits practice. Ranta, who was previously with Cooley, will work closely with the firm’s East Coast Corporate lawyers and will be based in the firm’s Washington, DC and Northern Virginia offices. More >>
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Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Kris Bieker joined the firm’s Life Sciences practice as partner in the Boston office. Bieker joins the firm from McDermott, Will & Emery. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Peter F. Stewart has joined the firm’s London office as a partner. He joins from Clyde & Co., with a practice spanning energy and infrastructure projects and international arbitration, with a specialty representing sovereign entities in Africa, South America and elsewhere. More >>
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Dr Marc-Sebastian Muhle will join the Hamburg office of Osborne Clarke as a Partner on January 1, 2020. Marc-Sebastian will be part of the Disputes & Risk practice group. He previously worked as a Salary Partner for Taylor Wessing in the practice area of Projects, Energy & Infrastructure in Hamburg. More >>
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Clark Hill today announced that Robert Hannen has joined the firm as a Member of the Litigation Practice in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Before joining Clark Hill Hannen was a Member at Eckert Seamans. More >>
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International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Claire Dutch as a partner in the real estate practice in London and co-head of the planning team. Claire joins from Hogan Lovells, where she has been a partner since 2007 and most recently headed up the firm’s planning team. She focuses on all aspects of planning law, highways law, heritage law and CPO. More >>
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that Chaobo Fan has joined the firm’s Capital Markets practice as a partner in Hong Kong. Fan’s practice focuses on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate matters. He previously practiced at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Latham & Watkins, and has extensive experience advising on prominent equity capital markets transactions. He is particularly experienced in advising Chinese companies on their listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. More >>
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Herbert Smith Freehills has added to its European pharmaceuticals platform with the hire of leading Spanish lawyer Lourdes Fraguas to the firm’s Madrid office. Lourdes is an accomplished corporate and regulatory lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical sector. She was most recently the secretary general and head of legal at Farmaindustria (Spain’s national pharmaceutical association) which she joined in 2004. More >>
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Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Jared Kelly has joined as a partner in the firm’s Global Corporate Group in New York. Formerly with White & Case LLP, Kelly will bolster the firm’s offerings in corporate finance matters, including high yield and investment grade bonds, bank financings and debt restructuring transactions. More >>
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