Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Fergus Wheeler as a partner in London. Wheeler joins White & Case from King & Spalding, where he was a partner, and brings more than 15 years of experience. More >>
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Global law firm Dentons has recruited Dr. Lars Kutzner and Dr. Florian Wiesner as partners in its new office in Dusseldorf, the Firm’s fourth location in Germany. Kutzner will bolster the cross-border compliance and white-collar offering of Dentons’ Public Policy and Regulation practice. Wiesner will strengthen the Firm’s well-established Competition and Antitrust team. Florian Wiesner will join Dentons in May from Clifford Chance. Lars Kutzner, who joined from Noerr effective 1 April, brings 15 years of experience in compliance and internal investigations. More >>
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Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that finance lawyer Leslie A. Plaskon has joined the firm as a partner in its Global Finance practice in New York. One of several recent additions to Sidley’s New York office, Ms. Plaskon joins from Paul Hastings LLP, where she was a partner. More >>
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Matt Herrington and Tom Best, two leading Anti-corruption and FCPA practitioners, have joined the firm as partners in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice, and will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. They join from Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where they were partners. More >>
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Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its fast-growing Middle East practice, launching an insurance offering in Abu Dhabi with the hire of partner Justin Whelan. Justin joins HFW on 10 April from Ince Gordon Dadds. HFW has now added five new insurance partners globally since 2018. More >>
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The Washington, D.C., office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Andrew M. Wright as a partner in the public policy and law practice. Wright’s addition builds on the firm’s substantial existing capability to handle congressional oversight and investigations matters, executive branch compliance, and government enforcement actions at a time of increased activity in these areas. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of accomplished Dallas-based trial lawyer Mark Werbner in the firm’s Dallas office. Mark, co-founder of the successful Dallas litigation boutique Sayles Werbner, will be a partner in the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation practice. More >>
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Vinson & Elkins has significantly expanded its Real Estate Practice as well as its New York presence with the addition of a nationally recognized Real Estate team that includes three partners, three counsel, nine associates and three paralegals. Partners Wallace Schwartz, Adam Endick and Julia Sanabria bring to Vinson & Elkins a broad-based and sophisticated real estate and real estate finance practice that includes acquisitions, capital markets and leasing transactions. Each was previously a partner with Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP. More >>
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Kalama Lui-Kwan has joined Troutman Sanders LLP as a partner in the firm’s Financial Services Litigation practice in San Francisco. Lui-Kwan was previously the vice chair of Severson & Werson’s Financial Services practice group. More >>
Tags: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP | San FranciscoWinston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that renowned corporate energy lawyer Jimmy Vallee has joined the firm’s Houston office. Jimmy joins Winston from Paul Hastings where he was a partner in the Corporate Department. He has advised clients in more than $100 billion worth of global energy transactions. More >>
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