Akin announced today that M&A partner Joshua La Vigne and investment management partner Jessica Pan have joined the firm from Mayer Brown in Chicago. Following the recent additions of investment management partner Wendy Dodson Gallegos and infrastructure M&A partner Jason Wagenmaker, Joshua and Jessica further expand Akin’s growing presence in Chicago and add depth to the firm’s market-leading real estate fund formation and M&A practices.
Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | ChicagoInternational law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce Jenny Lee has joined its Litigation Practice Group as a partner based in New York. Jenny brings a wealth of experience in high-stakes commercial litigation, including in healthcare-related disputes, further enhancing McDermott’s power alley health and life sciences footprint. Jenny joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
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Husch Blackwell is continuing its national expansion with the addition of three intellectual property attorneys, including partners Stephen Gardner and Kathy Lobel-Rice. They are supported by associate Trevor Foster, patent agent Kay Madison, and paralegal Karen Garcia. The group joins the firm’s Life Sciences industry team from Quarles & Brady, following more than 50 laterals who have joined Husch Blackwell this year.
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Squire Patton Boggs has hired two experienced litigation attorneys into its global Labor & Employment Practice with the addition of partner Jon G. Daryanani and of counsel Jill L. Ripke. They join from Perkins Coie LLP where Mr. Daryanani served as Los Angeles Managing Partner until 2024.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced a move to enhance its corporate finance capabilities by bringing on Jonathan (Jon) Riley as a partner in both its Dallas and Chicago offices. Jon joins Norton Rose Fulbright from Holland & Knight, drawn by the firm’s commitment to excellence in private banking and family office advisory.
Tags: Chicago | DallasSidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that John Muno has joined Sidley’s office in Chicago as a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds group. Prior to joining Sidley, Mr. Muno was a partner in the Investment Funds group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced today that Hannah Thompson Frank has joined the Firm as a partner. She is a member of the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Capital Markets Practice Group, and is based in Washington, DC. She was previously a partner at McGuireWoods.
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Rosanne Ciambrone has joined as a Member in the firm’s Bankruptcy Practice Group, resident in Chicago. Ciambrone comes to Dykema after practicing at Duane Morris LLP for more than 23 years.
King & Spalding announced today that Allison Bell has joined the firm’s Corporate practice group as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Bell joins King & Spalding from Kirkland & Ellis, where she was a partner.
