Blank Rome Welcomes Matrimonial and Family Law Associate in New York

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announced that Taylor P. Fish has joined the Firm’s Matrimonial and Family Law group, further adding to the group’s significant expansion this year with the notable addition of a prominent family law team, led by partners Kristina Royce and Ashley Silberfeld, in the Los Angeles office. Taylor is based in the Firm’s New York office, which recently relocated after 40 years from the Chrysler Building to the iconic 1271 Avenue of the Americas near Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Taylor joins Blank Rome from Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP, a leading matrimonial law firm. More >>

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Andrew Schwartz, Lawrence Bartel and Lori Quinn Join Gordon & Rees in the Philadelphia and New York Offices

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Andrew M. Schwartz, Lawrence J. Bartel and Lori J. Quinn. Schwartz and Bartel will join the firm’s Philadelphia office and Quinn will join the firm’s New York office. The three new partners were previously with Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin. More >>

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands Government Investigations Practice

Monday, August 5, 2019

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Tarek Helou has joined the firm’s government investigations practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining WSGR, Helou was an assistant chief in the Department of Justice’s FCPA Unit in Washington, D.C. since 2014. More >>

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Former Deputy General Counsel of the Chicago Board of Education Joins Hinshaw

Monday, August 5, 2019

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Douglas A. Henning has joined the firm as a partner in the Government practice in the firm’s Chicago office. Formerly the First Deputy General Counsel for the Chicago Board of Education, Henning founded and served as chief of the school district’s Office of Student Protections & Title IX, the first such office established by a school district in the nation. More >>

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Eversheds Sutherland Continues to Grow New Chicago Office with Addition of M&A Partner Stacey Kern

Monday, August 5, 2019

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 Continues Carolina Expansion with Addition of Lori Hinnant

Monday, August 5, 2019

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 Further Bolsters its Restructuring and Recovery Group in Asia with Key Partner Hire

Monday, August 5, 2019

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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