Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that Krista Schwartz and Patrick Michael have joined the San Francisco office as partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice. They both joined the firm from Jones Day. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that James Collis is joining the firm as a partner in its Financial Services Practice in the London office. Mr. Collis was formerly Managing Partner of Ashurst, and most recently a partner in its Banking Practice, focusing on acquisition finance and general banking law. More >>
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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Kevin Kolton has joined the firm’s Construction and Real Estate Litigation practices as a Partner in the Chicago office. Kevin joins the firm from Schiff Hardin where he was a partner and formerly the deputy practice leader of Schiff’s construction practice. More >>
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Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that prominent ERISA litigator Jenny Wang will join the firm’s Orange County office as a shareholder. Wang will practice in the firm’s ERISA Litigation Practice Group, which has steadily expanded over the past decade and now includes more than 20 attorneys in multiple offices throughout the country. According to data published by Lex Machina in May 2019, Ogletree Deakins’ ERISA litigation team handled more ERISA litigation matters than any other law firm in the U.S. from 2016-2018. Wang joins Ogletree Deakins from Hinshaw & Culbertson and has more than 20 years of experience defending employers and insurers in ERISA-governed benefits litigation. More >>
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Nicole L. Fenton has joined the New York office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice group. Ms. Fenton is the fourth high-profile addition to the group in recent weeks. Ms. Fenton, previously a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, brings 25 years of experience to Eversheds Sutherland with a successful transactional real estate practice focused on counseling US and non-US investors on investments across the country. More >>
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Leading trademark lawyer Jeffrey Greene has joined Cooley in New York as a partner in the litigation department. He arrives from Fenwick & West. More >>
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Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Gavin Weir will join the firm as a partner in its London office. Mr. Weir will join from White & Case, where he has served as co-leader of its Financial Institutions M&A group. He is expected to join Akin Gump later this summer. More >>
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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has demonstrated its ongoing commitment to expanding its offering in the financial markets practice with the arrival of a new partner. Michaela Sopp (49) joined the firm’s Munich office on Monday 01 July as a partner in the financial markets practice. Michaela joins the firm from Linklaters, where she was a partner in the banking practice. More >>
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Seasoned transactional lawyer Jon Lyman—whose broad international practice spans public and private acquisitions and investments, private equity, securities offerings and trading, SEC regulation and other corporate matters—is the latest partner to join Pillsbury’s fast-growing global Corporate group. He comes to the firm from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and brings two decades of cross-border expertise with him, including more than 15 years practicing in Europe. More >>
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