Highly Respected Litigator Julian Moore Joins Allen & Overy, Bolstering U.S. Litigation Practice

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

ulian Moore, a veteran prosecutor, will be joining Allen & Overy as a partner in the New York office. Moore will join the litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution practice and work closely with a wide range of A&O teams to support the firm’s regional and global growth. Moore is joining from K2 Intelligence, an investigative and advisory service firm, where he served as a Senior Managing Director. His prior experience involves large-scale, high-profile investigations including both international and U.S. domestic legal disputes. More >>

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Mayer Brown Strengthens Litigation Capabilities With Double Partner Hire in Los Angeles

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Mayer Brown announced that it has expanded its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice with the addition of two highly regarded trial lawyers: veteran US Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor Jason Linder, who joins the firm as a partner in Los Angeles and Washington DC, and leading securities litigator Glenn Vanzura, who joins the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Both partners were previously with Irell & Manella LLP, where Mr. Linder was head of that firm’s Global Investigations and Anti-Corruption practice. More >>

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Baker Botts Boosts White Collar Practice With Addition of Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology and energy law firm, is pleased to announce that Brendan Quigley, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has joined the firm’s White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice as a partner in New York. More >>

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Akerman Continues National Expansion of Labor and Employment Practice Group with Arturo Ross in Miami

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that Arturo Ross has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group from Gunster. He further expands the group’s presence in Miami, marking the ninth partner to join Akerman’s national Labor and Employment Practice Group in 2019. More >>

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Pillsbury Further Enhances Cross-Border Disputes Capabilities with Arrival of June Yeum

Monday, September 16, 2019

June Yeum, a highly acclaimed international arbitration practitioner with a well-established practice representing Asian clients—including several major Korean companies—has joined Pillsbury as a partner. She joins from Clyde & Co. and will split time between the firm’s New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo offices. More >>

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McGuireWoods Bolsters Global Finance Practice With Partners Lee Cullinane and Marc Naidoo

Monday, September 16, 2019

McGuireWoods is expanding its formidable global banking and finance capabilities with the arrival of London partners Lee Cullinane, who will lead the firm’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) finance group, and Marc Naidoo. Cullinane and Naidoo bring significant experience representing leading banks and other clients in cross-border and emerging markets transactions. They join McGuireWoods London from White & Case, where Cullinane formerly led the EMEA bank finance group. More >>

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Hogan Lovells Continues Growth in Boston Adding Leading Corporate Partner Suzanne Filippi to the Firm’s Life Sciences Group

Monday, September 16, 2019

Global law firm Hogan Lovells LLP announced that Suzanne Filippi has joined the firm’s Boston office as a corporate partner in the Life Sciences and Health Care Industry Group. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Filippi served as VP, Corporate Counsel Consultant at both Sage Therapeutics and Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, and as Senior Securities and M&A Counsel at TripAdvisor. At TripAdvisor, Filippi spearheaded the company’s US$9 billion spinoff from Expedia and its subsequent IPO. More >>

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Peter Ekberg Joins DLA Piper’s Corporate Practice in Minneapolis

Monday, September 16, 2019

DLA Piper announced today that Peter Ekberg has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in Minneapolis. Ekberg was a cavalry officer in the United States Army before earning his law degree at Columbia University, with the goal of focusing on international M&A. He began his career at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York before spending more than a decade at Faegre & Benson, where he led the firm’s emerging companies practice. He then spent five years at Barnes & Thornburg, where he was the managing partner of the firm’s Minneapolis office, and later was one of the founding partners of the Minneapolis office of Jones Day. More >>

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