The Washington, D.C., office of K&L Gates LLP has added Stephen M. Humenik as a partner in the investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments and derivatives and structured products practices of the global law firm’s financial services practice area. He joins K&L Gates from Covington & Burling LLP, where he led the global futures and derivatives practice. More >>
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Robert K. Gross has joined LeClairRyan as a partner in the national law firm’s business litigation practice. He is based in the firm’s New York office. More >>
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Global law firm Reed Smith today announced the addition of Alan J. Schwartz, a seasoned tax attorney to its Global Corporate Group in New York. Schwartz was previously a partner in the tax practice of McDermott Will & Emery LLP. More >>
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Greenberg Traurig wins the renowned employment partner Kara Preedy who will join on 16 May 2019 from Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law. She will change together with Konradin Pleul and Holger Faust, who are both counsel. The team starts jointly with Dorothee von Einem, senior associate at Greenberg Traurig, and plans to further grow at associate level. More >>
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Lewis Brisbois is excited to announce the addition of four attorneys to the firm’s Environmental & Administrative Law Practice in its Washington, D.C. office. Jane C. Luxton and Karen C. Bennett join as partners and co-chairs of the newly expanded practice. The group also includes William J. Walsh, who joins as a partner, and Amanda L. Tharpe, who joins as an associate. More >>
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The U.S law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Rory Eric Jurman as a partner in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, FL office. Jurman—a highly experienced insurance and commercial litigator—will focus his practice on bad faith litigation and counseling, insurance coverage, professional liability and high exposure/complex litigation. More >>
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We are pleased to announce that international arbitration specialist Celine Abi Habib Kanakri has joined our Dubai office as a partner. Joining from Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla, Celine’s practice is focused on complex UAE and international arbitration across a range of industry sectors. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that Brian Nugent, Amy Moor Gaylord, Michael Gallion, and David Van Pelt have joined the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group as partners, further expanding the geographic footprint of the group in Denver, Chicago, and Los Angeles. More >>
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Ms. Anderson joins the Firm as a shareholder and represents employers and management exclusively, focusing her practice on wage and hour compliance, arbitration and litigation. Licensed in Texas as well as Louisiana, she has represented employers in more than 200 Fair Labor Standards Act cases, including more than 50 class and/or collective actions. Ms. Anderson represents publicly traded and private companies across a variety of industries, with particular experience advising energy clients, including oil and gas drilling and production-related service companies. She also advises and defends employers in discrimination, harassment and other employment related claims. Ms. Anderson has been recognized in Chambers USA in the area of Labor & Employment since 2007, in Louisiana Super Lawyers since 2009, and she was recently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Jonathan Rogers as a new partner in London. With nearly 20 years of experience, Rogers joins White & Case from Taylor Wessing, where he was a partner from 2008 and head of the Financial Services Regulatory group in London. More >>
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