Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Stacey T. Kern has joined as a partner in the M&A and Private Capital teams within the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Ms. Kern will be based in Eversheds Sutherland’s Chicago office, which opened in May. Ms. Kern, who joins from Greenberg Traurig, has practiced for more than 20 years in such areas as mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructurings and general corporate matters. More >>
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Burr & Forman LLP announces the continued growth of its Carolina offices with the addition of attorney Lori Hinnant. Joining from K&L Gates, she joins the firm’s Raleigh office as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Hinnant will focus on regulatory guidance and compliance in the areas of real estate development, agribusiness, food and safety, manufacturing, aggregates, and energy. More >>
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Allen & Overy has appointed leading restructuring specialist Ian Chapman, as partner of its Asia Pacific Restructuring and Recovery Group (RRG). Regarded as one of the region’s finest distressed debt lawyers, Ian brings over three decades of frontline experience advising on many of the most complex and high profile restructurings and insolvencies in Asia. Before joining A&O, Chapman was the CEO of Workout Investments Ltd in Hong Kong. More >>
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Natasha Romagnoli has joined the Firm as Partner in the Insurance Recovery group in the New York office. A highly skilled litigator with more than 20 years’ experience, Natasha counsels a wide breadth of clients, including corporations, investment funds, universities and high schools, religious institutions, and individuals, on issues in connection with insurance coverage claims and disputes. She joins the Firm from McKool Smith where she was a Principal.
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Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce 13 attorneys from California’s Miller Law Group — one of the largest woman-owned employment law firms in the country — have joined its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. The new hires represent yet another milestone in the expansion of the firm’s highly regarded Labor & Employment practice, as well as the continued development of its West Coast presence.
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Mayer Brown announced that Adam Paul has joined the firm as a partner in Chicago, where he will serve as a co-leader of the firm’s global Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency (RBI) practice. Previously, Mr. Paul was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. More >>
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O’Melveny announced today that Anna Pletcher, former Assistant Chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division in San Francisco, has joined the firm as a partner. Pletcher will advise clients on a broad range of antitrust issues, as well as sensitive white collar and corporate investigations. She will be based in O’Melveny’s San Francisco office.
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Wilson Elser announced today the addition of two new partners, Emily Aguero and Jane Lucero, to the firm’s Denver office. Aguero and Lucero, whose collaborations on behalf of several key clients − including a prominent national insurance carrier − span more than seven years, are both former shareholders at Harris, Karstaedt, Jamison & Powers, P.C. More >>
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Eric Strain has joined Locke Lord’s New York office as a Partner in the Firm’s Aviation Industry Group. With more than two decades of experience representing aviation companies from North America, Europe and Asia, including defending against wrongful death, personal injury and commercial claims, Strain and Paul Stinson, who joins the Firm as Senior Counsel in the San Francisco office, will further strengthen Locke Lord’s national aviation litigation capabilities. The pair will join the firm from Nixon Peabody LLP. More >>
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