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 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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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 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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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to welcome Airina Rodrigues to its Brand Management, Trademark & Copyright Protection practice as a shareholder. She is based in the firm’s Denver office. Rodrigues joins Brownstein from DLA Piper’s New York office. She received her B.A., B.C.L. and LL.B. from McGill University. More >>
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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 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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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 >>
Tags: K&L Gates LLP | Dallas | Research TriangleGlobal law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that Ana Lazo Tenzer has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in Denver. Tenzer, who focuses on real estate finance, will be a member of the firm’s national real estate team. Tenzer previously was with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, where she served as chair of the firm’s Finance & Lending Group, and before that as co-chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department. She began her legal career at Paul Hastings in New York. More >>
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Nataline Fleury has joined the firm in Paris as a partner. Fleury, formerly with Ashurst from 2008 as head of the Paris employment practice, will continue to practice in the areas of employment, social security and employee benefits. She will be accompanied by two associates, Claire-Marie Hincelin and Charline Cosmao. More >>
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