Manatt, Phelps & Phillips announced today that Brian Turoff has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner and the head of the New York employment and labor practice. Turoff will help strengthen the practice in New York by leveraging his extensive experience across industries including financial services, healthcare and entertainment and media. 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. Mr. Wheeler brings more than 20 years of experience handling securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters for companies in the energy industry, including master limited partnerships. He has led 23 IPOs in the past five years, and, in 2016 alone, advised issuers and underwriters in over 29 securities offerings, more than any other Texas-based partner. More >>
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Morgan Lewis today welcomes a seven-partner intellectual property (IP) litigation team that enhances the firm’s trial and appellate capabilities, particularly in the life sciences and technology industries. Five of the new partners—Jeff Gargano, Krista Vink Venegas, Shon Lo, Hersh Mehta, and Kevin Shortsle—will be resident in Chicago; Natalie Bennett will be resident in Washington, DC; and Brent Hawkins will be resident in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. All arrive from another global law firm, along with several associates. More >>
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | Chicago | Palo Alto | San Francisco | Silicon Valley | WashingtonMorgan Lewis today welcomes partner Rick Denhup, a veteran finance lawyer who has advised banks and other financial institutions for nearly 20 years. He will be resident in the New York office. More >>
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that James F. Jensen has joined the firm’s fund services and emerging companies practices as a partner in the Palo Alto office. More >>
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP today announced that Joel M. Mitnick, who advises clients on antitrust matters associated with M&A transactions and litigation and investigations brought by federal and state antitrust authorities, has joined the firm’s Antitrust Group as a partner in New York. More >>
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Kutak Rock is pleased to announce that 11 attorneys have joined its new office in Springfield, Missouri. The attorneys make the move from the Springfield office of Lathrop Gage, effective July 27. The additions strengthen the firm’s service offerings in the areas of intellectual property, banking, construction, litigation, bankruptcy, corporate and real estate transactions, and grow the firm’s attorney count to 530. More >>
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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Yen Sum and Jennifer Brennan have joined the London office as partners in the Finance Department. Highly regarded in their field, their practices focus on advising creditors, hedge funds, asset managers, and debtors on a variety of complex restructurings and special situations, and they regularly represent credit funds on direct lending matters across the capital structure and credit spectrum. More >>
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