Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that it has opened an office in Boston to further extend its market-leading technology and life sciences capabilities. The move also expands the firm’s premier Finance and Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) practices. Additionally, the new office will strengthen existing transactional, private equity, real estate, and intellectual property (IP) practices. More >>
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Morgan Lewis has added a three-partner labor and employment team from Sidley Austin headed by Douglas Hart, one the leading class action litigators in the United States who serves as national counsel for several Fortune 100 companies. Joining Doug from the same global law firm are Jennifer Zargarof, who co-led her prior firm’s global labor and employment practice, and Max Fischer. All three are resident in Los Angeles. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Murad Daghles as a partner in Düsseldorf. Daghles has more than ten years of experience and joins White & Case from Allen & Overy, where he was a partner. More >>
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Orrick announced today that Italian leveraged and acquisition finance advisor Marina Balzano has joined the firm as a partner in Milan. She joins Orrick’s 35-lawyer Italian finance team from Pavia e Ansaldo. More >>
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Kevin Otero has joined Covington’s Tax Practice Group as a partner in New York. Before joining Covington, Otero was part of the insourced tax solutions department at PwC More >>
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Global law firm Clyde & Co is pleased to announce further expansion in continental Europe with the opening of an office in Hamburg following the hire of four leading marine partners and their teams. The partners join from Ince & Co and are a highly regarded group of marine litigation partners working for many of the major German and Scandinavian shipowners and P&I insurers. More >>
Tags: Clyde & Co LLP | HamburgMorrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Alice (“Ali”) L. Connaughton has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the REIT Group. Ms. Connaughton, who brings more than 18 years of experience advising public companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other entities in various capital markets transactions, will also play a key role in the firm’s Corporate Finance | Capital Markets Group. She joins Morrison & Foerster from Greenberg Traurig. More >>
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Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge is pleased to announce that attorney Kenneth D. Seale has joined the firm as a shareholder in the Grand Rapids office. Ken joins Smith Haughey with nearly 20 years of experience and will be practicing in the firm’s medical malpractice defense practice group.
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