Akerman Broadens Real Estate Finance Practice with Partners Beau Baker, Christopher McCranie in Jacksonville

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the growth of its Real Estate Finance Practice with the addition of Beau Baker and Christopher McCranie in Jacksonville. They bring significant experience in secondary market portfolio and single asset loan sales and acquisitions, joint venture and preferred equity investments, and commercial real estate capital markets. The pair join from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. More >>

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Leading Insurance Recovery Team Joins Blank Rome in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Partners Mary Craig Calkins and Helen K. Michael, Of Counsel Daniel H. Rylaarsdam, and Associate Sarah L. Edri, along with additional professional staff, have joined the Firm’s nationally recognized Insurance Recovery group. Helen is based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office, and Mary, Dan, and Sarah are based in the Los Angeles office. With decades of combined experience, the team joins from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP where Helen served as former co-chair of the firm’s insurance recovery practice and Mary led the firm’s West Coast insurance practice. More >>

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Gibson Dunn Adds Leading Bank Regulatory and Enforcement Litigator Matthew Biben

Monday, August 19, 2019

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Matthew L. Biben has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Biben, formerly a co-lead of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Banking Industry Group, will serve as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Financial Institutions Practice Group and continue his financial institutions practice with a focus on complex regulatory and litigation matters. More >>

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Baker McKenzie Adds Leading Silicon Valley M&A Lawyer Leif King

Monday, August 19, 2019

Baker McKenzie has added highly regarded M&A lawyer Leif King in Palo Alto, as the Firm continues to rapidly expand its transactional practice within the key Silicon Valley market and globally. Leif joins Baker McKenzie from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he served as head of that firm’s corporate/M&A practice in Silicon Valley. More >>

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Clark Hill Strasburger Adds Five Attorneys in Texas

Friday, August 16, 2019

Clark Hill Strasburger today announced the addition of five attorneys from LeClairRyan to its Houston office. Jason Medley will join as a Member and M. Edward Burdzinski as Senior Counsel in Banking and Financial Services. Michael Landrum will join as Of Counsel, Anne Marie Laney Hill as Senior Counsel, and Trevor Hall as Senior Attorney in Litigation. More >>

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Morrison & Foerster Further Expands Antitrust and Cartel Capabilities with New Partner in San Francisco

Friday, August 16, 2019

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Bonnie Lau has joined the firm as a partner in San Francisco in its Global Antitrust Law Practice and Investigations + White Collar Defense Group. Ms. Lau’s practice focuses on civil and criminal antitrust litigation in federal and state courts, as well as enforcement proceedings before agencies in the U.S. and other countries. She further strengthens the firm’s criminal antitrust and cartel offerings following several recent high-profile additions, including Lisa Phelan, former Chief of the National Criminal Enforcement and Washington Criminal I Sections of the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Lau practiced with Dentons in San Francisco before joining Morrison & Foerster. More >>

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Natalie A. Fortenberry Joins Polsinelli’s Dallas Office

Friday, August 16, 2019

Natalie A. Fortenberry has joined the Dallas office of Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli as a shareholder in its national Corporate and Transactional practice. Fortenberry brings extensive knowledge of complex transactional matters and has represented both public and private companies, as well as private equity firms. Before joining Polsinelli, Fortenberry practiced in the Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP. More >>

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