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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Dechert LLP has strengthened its private equity, corporate and investment funds capabilities with the hire of Philip Dowsett as a partner in the firm’s Dubai office. Dowsett joins the firm from the Abu Dhabi Office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP. More >>
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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, 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 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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Eric S. Schlichter has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Houston, bringing nearly two decades of experience litigating patent infringement and trade secret cases for clients in the oil and gas and technology industries. He joins McGuireWoods from Winston & Strawn in Houston. More >>
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Lewis Brisbois has welcomed a new team of eleven attorneys, including five partners, across several of its offices. The group, formerly from LeClairRyan, will join Lewis Brisbois’ nationwide Products Liability Practice and will focus primarily on automotive warranty matters. More >>
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Ruairí has more than eleven years’ experience working with domestic and international financial institutions, alternative lenders and borrowers operating in Ireland, and is joining DWF from William Fry. His practice consists primarily of acquisition, development and real estate finance and he also has experience in loan sales, financial regulation and general corporate banking, working across various sectors. More >>
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Dentons continues to strengthen its IP and Life Sciences offering for clients in Australia with the appointment of Managing Associate James Ellsmore. Formerly with King & Wood Mallesons LLP, James has ten years’ experience as an IP litigation lawyer with a focus on patents and life sciences. His practice also includes general commercial litigation, commercialisation and health/pharma regulatory advice. More >>
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Kennedys is pleased to announce the addition of insurance coverage attorney Louis Kozloff. Prior to joining the firm, Kozloff practiced in the Philadelphia office of Goldberg Segalla LLP. More >>
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