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 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 & 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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King & Spalding announced today that Patrick Montgomery has joined the firm as a partner on its Special Matters team, which is part of the Government Matters practice group, in the Washington, D.C., office. Montgomery began his legal career at King & Spalding as an associate in Atlanta from 2008-2010, and joins from Kirkland & Ellis. More >>
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Michael Hendershot has joined the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice as a partner in its Silicon Valley Office. More >>
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Real estate attorney Lee Samuelson has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Samuelson advises clients in complex real estate transactions, including the structuring and negotiating of joint venture agreements. Previously, he was a partner at Hogan Lovells in New York. More >>
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Herbert Smith Freehills has further bolstered its rapidly growing Johannesburg office, with the addition of Disputes Director Cameron Dunstan-Smith who will join the firm’s Corporate Crime and Investigations practice. Cameron joins Herbert Smith Freehills from Bowmans, where he was a Partner in the Governance, Compliance & Investigations practice. More >>
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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is pleased to announce that James “Jamie” S.H. Null has joined the Tax Practice Group as a partner in the New York office, further strengthening its federal and international tax practice. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr. Null was a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Sean T. Wheeler has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. More >>
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Today, Pillsbury announced the opening of its Taipei office, where the firm will operate as Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Foreign Legal Affairs Law Firm. The office opening in Taiwan’s capital city follows closely on the arrival of well-known intellectual property partners David Tsai and Christopher Kao, who joined the firm in May from Vinson & Elkins LLP. Kao and Tsai have long operated sizeable Taiwan-based practices—where clients frequently consider them their American general counsel—and are among the less than 50 registered foreign attorneys there. More >>
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