Silvia Marchili Joins White & Case as International Arbitration Partner

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global International Arbitration Practice with the arrival of Silvia Marchili as a partner who will focus on the Houston market and be based in due course in Miami. Marchili has expertise across a variety of sectors including oil & gas, power and construction. She joins White & Case from King & Spalding, where she worked as a partner in its international arbitration practice. More >>

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Pillsbury Adds to London Office with Energy Dealmaker Gavin Watson

Further expanding its global energy platform, Pillsbury today welcomed highly-regarded Gavin Watson as partner in its London office. Watson, who advises clients on cross-border corporate and commercial transactions in jurisdictions around the world, comes to the firm from Dechert LLP where he was Co-Head of the International Oil & Gas Group. More >>

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Barnes & Thornburg Announces Enhanced Firmwide Parental Leave Policy Inclusive Of Attorneys And Non-Lawyer Staff

Barnes & Thornburg has rolled out an enhanced parental leave policy, effective January 1, 2019, which helps to set the bar for “one for all” parental leave policies in law firms across the U.S. Under the new policy, all firm employees – legal and non-legal alike – will be provided 16 weeks of parental leave at 100 percent pay. This includes parents who are starting a family through adoption.

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Baker McKenzie hires White & Case partners Rob Mathews and David Becker

Baker McKenzie has hired leading capital markets partners Rob Mathews and David Becker to join its growing Corporate Finance practice in London. Both join the Firm from White & Case this month and will play a key role in further developing the Firm’s full service leveraged finance practice, together with lateral partner hires Matthew Cox, Haden Henderson, Bevis Metcalfe, Geoff O’Dea, Nick O’Grady and Matthew Smith. More >>

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Ben Singer, Former Head of DOJ Securities and Health Care Fraud Units, To Join O’Melveny

O’Melveny today announced that Benjamin D. Singer, a former senior prosecutor in the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, is joining the firm as a partner in its White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations practice. Mr. Singer was head of the Criminal Division’s Securities & Financial Fraud Unit and the Health Care Fraud Unit, and directed some of the Justice Department’s most significant investigations of the health care, financial services, and automobile industries. He will begin working at O’Melveny effective July 1, 2018, and will be based in the firm’s Washington, DC, office. More >>

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Leading Energy Transactions Partner Jerry Farano Joins Gibson Dunn in Denver

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Gerald (Jerry) P. Farano has joined the firm as a partner in the Denver office. Farano, formerly with Jones Day, will continue his energy transactions practice. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Farano was a partner at Jones Day in the D.C. office. Previously, he was also a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP. More >>

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