Attorney Thomas Forshee Joins Dickinson Wright’s Grand Rapids Office

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Attorney Thomas H. Forshee has joined the firm’s Grand Rapids office as Of Counsel.

Mr. Forshee focuses his practice on municipal law. His experience includes drafting all types of contracts, leases, bylaws, resolutions, policies, and municipal ordinances. He has a special focus on contracts, zoning/land use, historic preservation, and telecommunications. He also has extensive experience counseling municipal clients on FOIA issues, Open Meeting Act issues and parliamentary procedure.
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Real Estate Sector Team Continues to Grow in London: Partha Pal and Carol Hopper Join Greenberg Traurig

Thursday, November 29, 2018

The Real Estate Sector team in the London office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has once again grown. Partha Pal and Carol Hopper are joining the team as shareholders. Earlier this year Trevor Cosgrove joined, adding to the firm’s construction capability and, more recently, Ben Eaton was added to enhance the firm’s European tax offering. Both Pal and Hopper are joining from Ropes & Gray. More >>

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Pillsbury Adds Five Practitioners to New China-Focused Litigation Group in New York

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Continuing the build-out of its global dispute capabilities, Pillsbury has recruited five additional lawyers and law clerks to support recently arrived Litigation partner Geoffrey Sant. Joining Geoffrey Sant from Dorsey & Whitney are associates Carol Lee and Michelle Ng and law clerk Fangwei Wang, as well as former Dorsey & Whitney partner Eric Epstein. The team had worked together for more than five years at Dorsey & Whitney prior to coming to Pillsbury. Rounding out the team is Yang Wang, who joins Pillsbury from China Life, where he had been Head of Litigation at the Fortune 100 company. More >>

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Will Turner Joins Steptoe’s Corporate and Blockchain Practices in Chicago

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that Will Turner has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner. Turner brings more than two decades of experience in corporate and securities law, primarily with application to cryptocurrency, fund formation, investment transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. He will reside in the firm’s Corporate Group and also work in the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency practice. More >>

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Paul Hastings Further Strengthens Funds Focus with Addition of Asset Management Partner in New York

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Ira Kustin, a highly recognized asset management lawyer, concentrating in the representation of private funds, has joined the firm as a partner in the Investment Management practice in New York from Akin Gump. Ira’s arrival represents a continuation of the firm’s recent acquisitions in, and growth of, its credit, hedge, and private equity funds practice within its market-leading Investment Management practice. More >>

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