Dechert LLP has expanded its leading global funds practice with the addition of London-based partner, Thiha Tun. Spanning key European fund domiciles, as well as the U.S., Middle East and Asia, Dechert’s financial services practice adds Mr. Tun to its 200 lawyer-strong investment funds team. More >>
Tags: Dechert LLP | LondonWomble Bond Dickinson Welcomes Marc Lemon To Capital Markets Practice Group
Marcus J. Lemon, an infrastructure, public-private partnerships, and capital markets attorney, with more than 22 years of experience, joined Womble Bond Dickinson’s Washington, D.C. office today. Lemon is one of the few practitioners in the U.S. market with experience in transactional, regulatory, and public policy aspects of infrastructure and public-private partnerships. Lemon comes to Womble Bond Dickinson from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. More >>
Tags: Womble Bond Dickinson temp | WashingtonPolsinelli Adds Four Attorneys and Expands Employee Stock Ownership Plans Practice
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli announces today the expansion of its Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) Practice with the addition of four new attorneys. The group includes nationally prominent corporate and ESOP attorneys Robert Grossman and Wally Brockhoff, and Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation attorney Jenny Cascone Mosh, as shareholders, and ESOP and corporate associate Angela Burnett. Grossman has been chosen to lead Polsinelli’s National ESOP Practice. More >>
Tags: Polsinelli PC | Kansas CityVeteran Employment Lawyer Joins Ogletree Deakins’ Los Angeles Office
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Leslie Helmer will join the firm’s Los Angeles office as a shareholder. Helmer joins Ogletree Deakins from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she practiced in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department for 27 years. More >>
Tags: Ogletree Deakins | Los AngelesPaul S. West Joins Butler Snow’s Baton Rouge Office
Butler Snow is pleased to announce Paul S. West has joined the firm’s Baton Rouge office. West will practice with the firm’s business services group and gaming industry team. More >>
Tags: Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC | Baton RougeAshurst Strengthens Global Project Finance Practice With New Partner in Paris
International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Mark Barges as a partner in its global project finance practice in Paris. Mark joins from Linklaters where he worked for 13 years in its banking & projects practice in London and, since 2010, in Paris. Mark has extensive experience in advising on projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He advises sponsors and lenders on French and international projects, in particular in Africa. Mark is dual-qualified in France and England and Wales. More >>
Tags: Ashurst | ParisKaminski Joins Varnum’s Detroit Office
Shanna M. Kaminski has joined Varnum’s Detroit office where she is a member of both the Litigation and Trial Team and the Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team.
Kaminski focuses on bankruptcy-related litigation, defending individuals and businesses in adversary proceedings brought against them in bankruptcy courts throughout the country, as well as on business litigation where she represents businesses and individuals in complex business disputes including shareholder and partnership disputes, breach of contract disputes, supply chain disputes and business torts.
Tags: Varnum LLP | DetroitQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Hires Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Litigator for Houston Office
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is pleased to announce that Patricia B. Tomasco has joined the firm as a partner in the Houston office. Ms. Tomasco Joins Quinn Emanuel from Jackson Walker. More >>
Tags: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP | HoustonNationally Recognized Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Partner Kristen Mathews Joins Morrison & Foerster in New York
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Kristen Mathews has joined the firm in the New York office as a partner. Ms. Mathews joins the firm’s market-leading Global Privacy + Data Security Group, which is comprised of more than 60 lawyers across the United States, Europe, and Asia. She has focused her global practice on data privacy and cybersecurity for more than 20 years and is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in the space. Ms. Mathews comes to Morrison & Foerster from Proskauer Rose LLP, where she served as head of its Privacy + Cybersecurity Group. More >>
Tags: Morrison & Foerster LLP | New YorkHolland & Knight Strengthens Private Equity Practice with Addition of Omari Sealy
Private equity and M&A lawyer Omari Sealy has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in Miami. He was previously a partner at DLA Piper. More >>
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