Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of Alan Joaquin as a partner in its global insurance practice. Alan joins the firm’s Washington, DC office from Drinker Biddle, having previously been a prosecutor with the US Department of Justice. More >>
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Allen & Overy has appointed Felipe Duque as a U.S. law qualified capital markets partner based in its Singapore office. Felipe returns to Allen & Overy from Shearman & Sterling, where he was counsel. More >>
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Experienced corporate attorneys Frank J. Cerza and Sara Jane Holland have joined Lewis Brisbois as partners in the New York City and Newark, New Jersey offices, respectively, continuing the firm’s expansion of its business-focused practice groups. More >>
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Dechert LLP has expanded its leading global funds practice with the addition of London-based partner, Thiha Tun. Spanning key European fund domiciles, as well as the U.S., Middle East and Asia, Dechert’s financial services practice adds Mr. Tun to its 200 lawyer-strong investment funds team. More >>
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Marcus J. Lemon, an infrastructure, public-private partnerships, and capital markets attorney, with more than 22 years of experience, joined Womble Bond Dickinson’s Washington, D.C. office today. Lemon is one of the few practitioners in the U.S. market with experience in transactional, regulatory, and public policy aspects of infrastructure and public-private partnerships. Lemon comes to Womble Bond Dickinson from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. More >>
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Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli announces today the expansion of its Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) Practice with the addition of four new attorneys. The group includes nationally prominent corporate and ESOP attorneys Robert Grossman and Wally Brockhoff, and Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation attorney Jenny Cascone Mosh, as shareholders, and ESOP and corporate associate Angela Burnett. Grossman has been chosen to lead Polsinelli’s National ESOP Practice. More >>
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Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Leslie Helmer will join the firm’s Los Angeles office as a shareholder. Helmer joins Ogletree Deakins from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she practiced in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department for 27 years. More >>
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Butler Snow is pleased to announce Paul S. West has joined the firm’s Baton Rouge office. West will practice with the firm’s business services group and gaming industry team. More >>
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International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Mark Barges as a partner in its global project finance practice in Paris. Mark joins from Linklaters where he worked for 13 years in its banking & projects practice in London and, since 2010, in Paris. Mark has extensive experience in advising on projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He advises sponsors and lenders on French and international projects, in particular in Africa. Mark is dual-qualified in France and England and Wales. More >>
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Shanna M. Kaminski has joined Varnum’s Detroit office where she is a member of both the Litigation and Trial Team and the Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team.
Kaminski focuses on bankruptcy-related litigation, defending individuals and businesses in adversary proceedings brought against them in bankruptcy courts throughout the country, as well as on business litigation where she represents businesses and individuals in complex business disputes including shareholder and partnership disputes, breach of contract disputes, supply chain disputes and business torts.
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