McDermott Grows Restructuring & Insolvency Group

McDermott Will & Emery, a leading international law firm, announced that Jeffrey M. Reisner has joined the Firm’s Transactions and Restructuring & Insolvency groups as a partner, based in Los Angeles and New York. Jeff will become co-chair of the Restructuring & Insolvency group. He joins McDermott from Irell & Manella LLP, where he served as the Chair of their bankruptcy practice. More >>

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Squire Patton Boggs Enhances Leadership of Global Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the appointment of partner Rosa Barcelo as co-chair of the firm’s global Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group. Based in the Brussels office, Ms. Barcelo will serve as co-chair of the practice with partner Ann LaFrance, who has relocated from London to the firm’s New York office. More >>

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Prominent EU and UK Competition Law Practitioner to Join Latham & Watkins in London

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that David Little will join the London office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department. Little’s practice focuses on advising clients on a variety of complex UK, EU, and international competition law matters, including merger control, anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance, litigation, and sectoral regulation. More >>

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Former Chief of the Narcotics and Money Laundering Section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago Joins Nixon Peabody

Continuing a string of recent high-profile hires, Nixon Peabody is again expanding its Government Investigations & White Collar Defense practice with the arrival of Christopher P. Hotaling as partner in the firm’s Chicago office. Chris is the former chief of the Narcotics and Money Laundering Section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois and brings extensive experience investigating and trying matters related to the Bank Secrecy Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). More >>

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K&L Gates Expands Corporate Practice with Perth Partner Appointment

Global law firm K&L Gates welcomes James Clyne as a corporate partner in the Perth office. Clyne joins the firm from Allens. Clyne advises on both public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as equity capital markets matters including equity raises and initial public offerings. Clyne’s extensive corporate experience includes advising on general corporate governance matters, shareholder activism, contested shareholder meetings and disputed transactions involving consideration by Australia’s Takeovers Panel. His practice also encompasses advice on foreign investment and the establishment of debt and structured products. More >>

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Dentons Welcomes Morgan Camley as Partner in Our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group

Dentons is pleased to announce that Morgan Camley has joined the Firm as a partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. Based in Vancouver, Morgan has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, agri-business, regulatory and Aboriginal law, as well as criminal and municipal law. She has represented a diverse range of clients in British Columbia and the Yukon before all levels of court and arbitral tribunals. More >>

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Highly Regarded FCPA Partner Pamela Davis Joins Winston & Strawn

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Pamela Davis as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Pamela brings 25 years of white collar experience to the firm, including the distinction of being appointed three times by the U.S. government to serve as an independent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) monitor and independent consultant. More >>

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