King & Wood Mallesons Further Expands its Japan Practice into Local and Global Markets with the Addition of Two New Partners

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is pleased to announce the addition of two new partners, Patric McGonigal and Ryunosuke Ushijima to King & Wood Mallesons Law Office (Foreign Law Joint Enterprise). It is a further step taken to strengthen the capacity of our Japan practice group, following the joining of three Japanese partners and two Japanese counsel in 2016, and the internal promotions of new partners in 2018. Currently, our locally qualified Tokyo team combines the expertise of nearly 20 lawyers including eight partners and two counsel, offering a wide range of services covering corporate, M&A, banking and finance, cross-border investment, restructuring and insolvency, real estate, labor and employment, Chinese law matters, litigation and international dispute resolution (including cross-border arbitration and mediation). More >>

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Hunton Andrews Kurth Announces Expansion of National Energy Practice with Addition of Myles F. Reynolds and Tab R. Urbantke

Hunton Andrews Kurth Announces Expansion of National Energy Practice with Addition of Myles F. Reynolds and Tab R. Urbantke. Prior to joining the firm, Myles was a partner and Tab was counsel at Vinson & Elkins in Dallas. Both are former associates at Hunton & Williams, which combined with Andrews Kurth Kenyon in April. More >>

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Mayer Brown Strengthens State and Local Tax Capabilities With Arrival of Zal Kumar in New York

Mayer Brown announced today that Zal Kumar, the former director of business tax services for the New York City Department of Finance (DOF), has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its State & Local Tax (SALT) group. Mr. Kumar will focus his practice on the full range of SALT legal services, with a particular emphasis on the financial services sector. More >>

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Latham Adds Top Technology M&A Lawyer in Silicon Valley

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Greg Roussel has joined the firm in Silicon Valley as a partner in the Corporate Department and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Roussel concentrates his practice on mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions involving technology companies. Roussel joins Latham from the Silicon Valley office of Fenwick & West. More >>

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