Clark Hill PLC today announced the addition of Rob Neale as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Immigration Law practice in the San Francisco office. Neale’s practice will focus on representing clients in California, the Pacific Northwest and throughout the United States on immigration matters. Neale was formerly the Partner-in-charge of the Immigration practice at Garvey Schubert Barer in Seattle. More >>
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Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Sam Webster will join as partner in its Global Corporate Group in London in January. The news highlights the group’s continued expansion in Europe, following the recent hire of life sciences partner Iqbal Hussain in London and tax partner Martin Bünning in Frankfurt. Webster, who is joining the firm following 15 years at Mayer Brown, has extensive experience working with large corporates and financial investors across a broad range of sectors including energy & natural resources, real estate, financial services and technology. More >>
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Jared Hawk has joined Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr in Pittsburgh as a partner in the Firm’s practices in Litigation and Energy. Hawk previously practiced at K&L Gates before joining the firm. More >>
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Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, announced today that Daniel L. McAvoy has joined the firm in New York as a Shareholder in Polsinelli’s Securities & Corporate Finance practice. McAvoy comes to the firm from the New York office of Nixon Peabody LLP. More >>
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Global law firm K&L Gates has further bolstered its financial services team with the addition of partner Paul Faure and special counsel Ravi Jayemanne, who both join the firm’s Melbourne office from Holding Redlich. More >>
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International law firm Bird & Bird boosts its Venture Capital and Private Equity (VC/PE) practices with the arrival of partner Kaichen (“KC”) Xu in Beijing. KC joins Bird & Bird from private equity firm Zebra Global Capital, where he was the managing director and general counsel. More >>
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Eversheds Sutherland has bolstered its commercial practice with lateral Partner hire, Simon Lightman. Simon, who joins the global legal practice’s London-based commercial team from law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, will be working closely with Eversheds Sutherland’s head of technology group, Partner Simon Gamlin. More >>
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Mintz has expanded its litigation group with the addition of Jacob Hupart as a Member in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Hupart’s practice encompasses complex commercial litigation, including cases involving securities, employment, and environmental claims, as well as class action litigation, white collar criminal defense, and regulatory investigations. Mr. Hupart has extensive experience representing clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, energy, education, and the media. Prior to joining Mintz, he was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he handled a broad range of litigation. More >>
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Global law firm Dentons has expanded its presence in banking and capital markets law with the recruitment of two new partners: Oliver Dreher will head the German Debt Capital Markets (DCM) team from Frankfurt, while Dr. Axel Schlieter will anchor the Banking and Finance practice in the newly opened Dusseldorf office. Oliver Dreher will move to Dentons from CMS where he led the Debt Capital Markets team since 2013, as a partner. Before joining Dentons, Schlieter worked as a counsel at Clifford Chance. More >>
Tags: Dentons | Düsseldorf | FrankfurtDentons today welcomes competition and consumer partner, Elizabeth Sarofim, further enhancing the Firm’s offering for clients. Elizabeth has experience in advising clients on competition law issues in a wide range of industries and regularly advises both domestic and international clients on their rights and obligations under the Australian Competition and Consumer Act. Sarofim previously practiced with Ashurst in Sydney. More >>
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