Top Supreme Court Lawyer Joins O’Melveny

Monday, April 23, 2018

O’Melveny announced today that one of the nation’s leading Supreme Court practitioners, Jeffrey L. Fisher, has joined the firm as special counsel in its appellate practice. He will represent clients in high-stakes litigation while maintaining his position as Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Co-Director of its Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. More >>

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Womble Bond Dickinson West Coast Expansion Continues with Addition of Financial Services Litigation Group Led by Eric Troutman

Monday, April 23, 2018

Womble Bond Dickinson has greatly expanded its business litigation capabilities with the addition of a growing litigation team in Costa Mesa. The team, led by veteran financial services litigation attorney Eric Troutman, gives the firm an experienced and well-credentialed California business litigation presence. The team previously practiced together at Dorsey & Whitney, where Troutman served as Head of that firm’s Costa Mesa office. More >>

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Lee Irvine Joins Simmons & Simmons Dubai Office as a Capital Markets Partner

Monday, April 23, 2018

Lee Irvine was previously counsel at Latham & Watkins and has extensive experience in advising sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and public and private companies on all aspects of conventional and Islamic debt capital markets, equity capital markets and liability management. Lee has been in the Gulf for over ten years and his clients include sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and public and private companies. Lee has been ranked as an expert by Chambers Global 2018 for capital markets. More >>

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McGuireWoods Expands Energy Regulatory Capabilities With Key Additions in Charlotte

Thursday, April 19, 2018

McGuireWoods is continuing the strategic expansion of its nationally respected energy regulatory and enforcement capabilities with the addition of partner James H. Jeffries IV, who has represented public and private companies before federal and state energy regulators for more than two decades. Both come to McGuireWoods from Moore & Van Allen. More >>

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Leading Competition Partners Will Join Latham & Watkins in Paris and Brussels

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Jacques-Philippe Gunther and Adrien Giraud will be joining the firm as partners in the Antitrust & Competition Practice based in Paris and Brussels. Both are highly regarded practitioners, with vast experience advising leading French and international companies on a variety of complex, cross-border merger control and contentious antitrust matters. Gunther and Giraud join Latham & Watkins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Paris and Brussels offices. More >>

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