Baker Botts Continues Bay Area Growth With Addition of Emerging Companies and VC Partner Michael Torosian

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology and energy law firm, announced today the arrival of Michael Torosian. He joins Baker Botts’ Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) Practice as a member of the Corporate Department. Mr. Torosian, who is the fifth lateral partner to join Baker Botts’ Bay Area offices since early October, will work out of the San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. He joins Baker Botts from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, where he was a corporate partner in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. More >>

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Clifford Chance Strengthens its Restructuring Practice With The Arrival of Delphine Caramalli as a Partner

Friday, November 8, 2019

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced today that Delphine Caramalli is to join the Firm’s global Restructuring and Insolvency practice as a partner in the Paris office.
Delphine is specialised in financial restructuring, insolvency proceedings and mergers and acquisitions related to reorganisation and reversal operations. She works alongside domestic and international investors, private equity funds, hedge funds and other lenders. She also advises shareholders or buyers in their restructuring or external growth operations. She began her career as a lawyer in 2001 in the mergers and acquisitions department of Fried Frank, successively in London, New York and Paris, and joined Weil Gotshal & Manges in 2005. Delphine moved to STC Partners as a partner in 2008 and then joined Bremond & Associés in 2012.
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Dechert Boosts Global Fund Formation Capability with Paris Hire

Friday, November 8, 2019

Dechert LLP has added to its market-leading global funds team with the strategic hire of Cyril Fiat as a national partner in Paris. Mr. Fiat, an experienced private fund formation lawyer who has most recently worked as in-house counsel for the World Bank Pension Fund in Washington DC, will complement the firm’s 200 lawyer-strong investment funds capability in France and internationally. More >>

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Reed Smith Continues Dallas Growth With Addition of Corporate Partner Chauncey Lane

Friday, November 8, 2019

Reed Smith today announced that Chauncey M. Lane has joined the firm as a partner in its Global Corporate Group in the firm’s Dallas office. Lane is the fifth lateral partner to join the firm since the office opened in May with 16 lawyers. The Dallas office has doubled in size since its opening and now has 31 lawyers. Lane was formerly a partner in the Dallas office of Husch Blackwell, and before that was an attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission. More >>

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Simmons & Simmons Expands its Banking Practice with Partner Hire

Thursday, November 7, 2019

International law firm Simmons & Simmons announced today the recruitment of banking specialist Kirsty Barnes, who will be joining as partner in our international banking practice on 12 November, based in London. Her arrival follows the recent appointments of James Taylor, Jens Golz and Michaela Sopp who joined teams in London, Frankfurt and Munich earlier this year, boosting the firm’s international banking and finance offering. Kirsty joins the firm from Gowling WLG where she was a partner and head of banking and finance in the UK. More >>

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Patent Trial Lawyer Eugene Goryunov Joins Haynes and Boone’s Chicago Office

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Patent trial lawyer Eugene Goryunov has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s IP Litigation Practice. He will lead the firm’s Chicago post-grant review trials practice. Prior to joining Haynes and Boone, Eugene was a partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was instrumental to the firm’s post-grant review practice. More >>

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Hogan Lovells Adds Leading Sports Lawyer Michael Kuh to Corporate Practice in New York

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Michael Kuh has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in New York, effective Nov. 1. Kuh has represented some of the country’s largest sports organizations in high-stakes transactions. He also represents clients in M&A and corporate matters in the entertainment, technology, ecommerce, fintech and private equity sectors. Kuh joins the firm from Latham & Watkins. More >>

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Morgan Lewis Adds Two Corporate, Energy, and Infrastructure Partners in Moscow and UAE

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Morgan Lewis welcomes two corporate partners who focus on energy projects and transactions. Chadi Salloum, a corporate, projects, and infrastructure lawyer, is resident in the Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices. He arrives from Akin Gump, where he co-managed the Abu Dhabi office. Jennifer Josefson, a leading energy transactions lawyer in Russia who arrives from King & Spalding, is resident in the Moscow and London offices. More >>

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K&L Gates Boosts Health Care Practice with Senior In-House Counsel Hires in Dallas and Research Triangle Park

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Jacqueline B. Hoffman as a partner and Lindsey Rogers-Seitz as an of counsel in its health care practice. Based in the firm’s Dallas office, Hoffman joins K&L Gates from Tenet Healthcare, where she served as senior counsel, while Rogers-Seitz arrives in the firm’s Research Triangle Park office from University of Colorado Health (UCHealth), where she was associate general counsel. More >>

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