Baker Donelson Has Added Shareholders Jennifer L. Anderson and Christine M. White to the Firm’s Labor and Employment Group

Monday, April 29, 2019

Ms. Anderson joins the Firm as a shareholder and represents employers and management exclusively, focusing her practice on wage and hour compliance, arbitration and litigation. Licensed in Texas as well as Louisiana, she has represented employers in more than 200 Fair Labor Standards Act cases, including more than 50 class and/or collective actions. Ms. Anderson represents publicly traded and private companies across a variety of industries, with particular experience advising energy clients, including oil and gas drilling and production-related service companies. She also advises and defends employers in discrimination, harassment and other employment related claims. Ms. Anderson has been recognized in Chambers USA in the area of Labor & Employment since 2007, in Louisiana Super Lawyers since 2009, and she was recently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®. More >>

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Jonathan Rogers Joins White & Case as a Partner in London

Monday, April 29, 2019

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Jonathan Rogers as a new partner in London. With nearly 20 years of experience, Rogers joins White & Case from Taylor Wessing, where he was a partner from 2008 and head of the Financial Services Regulatory group in London. More >>

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Private Client Services Partner Sharon Soloff Joins FisherBroyles in New York

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

FisherBroyles, LLP, the first and world’s largest distributed law firm partnership, is pleased to announce the addition of Sharon B. Soloff as a partner in the firm’s New York City office and Private Client Services, Trusts & Estates and Tax practice groups. Prior to joining FisherBroyles, Ms. Soloff served as special counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP. She also previously practiced at Withers Bergman LLP and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. More >>

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Expands Real Estate Finance Practice in New York and Miami

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

The global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) today announced that William Campbell, Eugene Balshem and Justin Steinmark have joined the firm as partners in the Real Estate Department. Campbell will reside in the firm’s New York office, and Balshem and Steinmark will reside in the firm’s Miami office. More >>

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Reed Smith Adds Leading Insurance Recovery Partners R. Hugh Lumpkin & Matthew B. Weaver in Florida

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Reed Smith today announced that a four-person team has joined its Insurance Recovery Practice in Miami, led by partners R. Hugh Lumpkin and Matthew B. Weaver. Before joining Reed Smith, Lumpkin and Weaver were shareholders and Camilla J. Cohen and Christopher T. Kuleba were associates in the Miami firm of Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, which Lumpkin joined in 1999. More >>

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Holman Fenwick Willan Continues to Expand Transactional Offering With US Energy Partner Hire

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its Houston office and its global transactional offering with the hire of energy partner Fernando Cano-Lasa.
Fernando specialises in transactional work within the energy and infrastructure sectors, and joins HFW’s Houston office on 22 April from Squire Patton Boggs. More >>

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Top Energy Litigator Gregory Krock Joins McGuireWoods as Partner in Pittsburgh

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Gregory J. Krock, an accomplished national energy litigator with significant experience in major oil and gas disputes, has joined McGuireWoods’ commercial litigation practice as a partner in Pittsburgh. Krock comes to McGuireWoods from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, where he chaired the oil and gas litigation practice group. He is a sought-after speaker on oil and gas developments and also speaks at seminars about restrictive covenants, unfair competition, and protecting trade secrets. More >>

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Sharis Pozen joins Clifford Chance in the US as Global Co-Chair of Antitrust

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Clifford Chance today announced that Sharis A. Pozen is joining the Firm as a partner and will co-chair the Global Antitrust Group. She will be based in Washington, DC.
Pozen comes to Clifford Chance from General Electric, where she was the company’s vice president for Global Competition Law and Policy. In that role, she was responsible for leading GE’s global merger clearance on numerous significant, transformational deals, steering global antitrust investigations to positive conclusions, antitrust compliance and other related issues. More >>

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Morgan Lewis Adds Director in Singapore Focused on Private Investment Fund Formation

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Morgan Lewis welcomes Joel Seow, who advises sponsors and investors throughout Asia on private investment fund formation, as a partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and director of Morgan Lewis Stamford. Before joining Morgan Lewis, Joel was a legal consultant for several Singapore private fund managers and served as counsel in the investment funds practice of another global law firm, resident in Singapore. More >>

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