Blank Rome Expands to Chicago with Addition of Four-Partner Group

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that the Firm is expanding its national platform to Chicago, with the addition of a four-partner group. The Firm expects the new office will launch this week, upon the completion of certain regulatory requirements.The Chicago office will be led by Kenneth J. Ottaviano. Prior to joining Blank Rome, Ken served as a partner in the insolvency and restructuring group at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP where he recently served on Katten’s Board of Directors. Also joining from Katten in Chicago are Karin H. Berg, William J. Dorsey, and Paige Barr Tinkham. More >>

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Greenberg Traurig Attracts Robert C. Jones to Co-Lead Washington, D.C. Federal Government Law & Policy Practice

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has attracted Robert C. Jones as Co-Chair of the firm’s Washington, D.C. Federal Government Law & Policy Practice. Jones focuses his practice on counseling business, association, and not-for-profit clients on federal funding, legislative, regulatory, and policy matters. He joins from Alston & Bird where he was the leader of that firm’s Legislative & Public Policy Group. More >>

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Perkins Coie Adds Veteran Telecom, Media & Technology Transactions Partner in Washington, D.C.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Eric D. Greenberg has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Privacy and Mergers & Acquisitions practices as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Eric was previously a partner at Paul Hastings LLP where he practiced media and technology deals, for which he was a winner of The Financial Times’ 2016 award for innovative lawyers. More >>

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Latham & Watkins Expands Leading Fintech Practice with Prominent Washington, D.C. Hires

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Mitchell Rabinowitz and Jenny Cieplak have joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as partners in the Financial Institutions and FinTech Industry Groups within the Corporate Department. Leaders in the FinTech space, their practices are at the intersection of technology and financial services and focus on joint venture and consortia transactions involving top-tier financial institutions creating and investing in novel technology and industry solutions for market infrastructure deployments. Rabinowitz and Cieplak join Latham & Watkins from Crowell & Moring LLP. More >>

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Greenberg Traurig Strengthens Infrastructure Team With Martin Borning From Linklaters

Martin Borning from Linklaters is joining Greenberg Traurig as counsel in Germany and will strengthen the infrastructure group from June on. The team advises projects in the areas of transport and mobility, renewable energies as well as network and communications infrastructure. Martin Borning has many years of experience in advising companies in the energy and transport industries and has worked, inter alia, in the legal departments of E.ON SE and ENGIE Energie Deutschland AG. More >>

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