Cooley is continuing its global growth with the announcement of plans to launch in Hong Kong. Leading Hong Kong corporate lawyer Will Cai is joining the firm from Skadden, where he had been a partner since 2014. More >>
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King & Spalding D.C. Office Bolsters IP Trial & Litigation Expertise with the Addition of Chris Campbell
King & Spalding today announced that nationally recognized intellectual property trial lawyer Chris Campbell has joined the firm as partner in its Trial and Global Disputes practice group. He joins from Cooley, where former colleagues Jim Brogan and Tom Friel joined from last year. More >>
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Katten Boosts Private Equity Practice
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Michelle A. Gyves has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate/Private Equity practice in New York. Gyves provides strategic advice on a range of US and international employment matters, with a particular focus on private equity clients and their portfolio companies. Prior to joining Katten, Gyves was at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York. More >>
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Clifford Chance Boosts Capital Markets Practice With The Hire of Philipp Klöckner
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance is strengthening its capital markets team with the hire of Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer Philipp Klöckner, who will join the partnership in May 2019. Philipp will work alongside the team’s well-respected US partner, George Hacket in Frankfurt, in an expansion of the firm’s regional Equity Capital Markets (ECM) practice. More >>
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Skilled Class Action Litigator Lisa Simonetti in Los Angeles
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its Litigation Practice in California with the addition of Lisa M. Simonetti as shareholder in the Los Angeles office. Simonetti, who joins the firm from Vedder Price, focuses her practice on the defense of complex litigation, including financial services class actions and mass actions. More >>
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Mayer Brown Strengthens Energy and Infrastructure M&A Capabilities With Arrival of Elena Rubinov in New York
Mayer Brown announced that Elena Rubinov has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice as a partner in New York. Ms. Rubinov previously was a corporate partner at Bracewell. More >>
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Commercial Litigation Partner Kara Czanik Joins Dinsmore in Cincinnati
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has welcomed commercial litigation partner Kara A. Czanik to its headquarters in Cincinnati. She will focus her practice on consumer finance litigation, as she has done professionally for the last 12 years. Czanik joins Dinsmore from Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP, where she practiced for over 13 years. More >>
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Attorney Brent R. Scott Joins Bodman PLC
Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that Brent R. Scott has joined the firm as an associate attorney in the Workplace Law Practice Group in the firm’s Grand Rapids office.
Scott concentrates his practice on advising and representing companies in all aspects of employment, labor, and general business law matters across multiple industries. Scott has litigated an array of employment matters in state and federal courts throughout Michigan at both the trial and appellate levels in areas involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, Michigan’s Whistleblower Protection Act, and wrongful discharge. This representation has resulted in dispositive relief and favorable settlements for many clients.
Morrison & Foerster Continues Strategic Growth of REIT Group with Addition of Another Highly Regarded Partner
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Heath D. Linsky has joined the firm as a partner in its market-leading REIT Group and will also play a key role in its Corporate Finance | Capital Markets Group. More >>
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Gibson Dunn Adds Litigator Elizabeth Papez in D.C.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Papez has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, where she will continue to focus her practice on high-stakes class actions, complex commercial litigation, and appeals. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Papez served as Co-Chair of Financial Services Litigation at Winston & Strawn, as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, and as a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis. More >>
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