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Monday, April 16, 2018

Ryan Sakacs has joined Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP as Special Counsel in the firm’s Commercial Litigation group.

Mr. Sakacs has extensive experience with prescription drug and pharmaceutical matters, including matters involving opioids. He has advised District Attorneys’ offices and police departments on the laws governing prescription drug investigations and enforcement, and counseled practitioners, pharmacists, and healthcare employees on prescription drug compliance issues. More >>

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Strasburger & Price Combines With Clark Hill

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Clark Hill, an international, full-service legal and professional services firm with more than 450 lawyers in 17 offices, and Strasburger & Price, a highly respected firm with nearly 200 lawyers in 9 offices in Texas, New York, Washington, DC and Mexico City, today announced plans to merge with an effective date in the second quarter of 2018. Together the two firms will have more than 200 years of combined history providing legal services to clients. More >>

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Akerman Continues Chicago Expansion With IP Litigation Partners Tim Sendek, Darrick Hooker

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the continued growth of the Chicago office with intellectual property litigators Timothy Sendek, former leader of the IP Litigation Team at a regional law firm, and Darrick Hooker. They each join Akerman as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group and bolster its capabilities in Chicago. The office has become a key center for global IP matters, with strengths in patent and trade secret litigation, patent prosecution and counseling in the United States, Asia and Europe. More >>

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Elie Kleiman Joins Jones Day’s Global Disputes Practice in Paris

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Jones Day continues to expand its Global Disputes Practice in Europe with the arrival of litigation and arbitration lawyer Elie Kleiman to the Firm’s Paris Office. Mr. Kleiman, who has worked extensively during recent years on international arbitration matters, joins Jones Day as a partner in the Global Disputes Practice. More >>

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Dentons Expands Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practice With Two Additions in Germany

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Global law firm Dentons has further strengthened its Frankfurt office with the recruitment of partner Petra Brenner and counsel Verena Etzel. Both will be part of the renowned Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice team, headed by Andreas Ziegenhagen. Furthermore they will work closely with the Banking and Capital Markets teams, led by Dr Arne Klüwer and Robert Michels, on capital structuring issues. More >>

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Three lawyers join Mayer Brown’s New Tokyo office

Monday, April 9, 2018

Mayer Brown is pleased to announce that a three-lawyer team has joined the firm’s new office in Tokyo, including Shri Maski and Gordon Palmquist, who join as partners in the firm’s Banking & Finance and Corporate & Securities practices, respectively, and Tomo Adachi, who joins as a senior associate in the firm’s Banking & Finance practice. Mr. Maski and Mr. Adachi were previously at Ashurst, while Mr. Palmquist rejoins the firm from Shearman and Sterling. More >>

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Financial Services Attorney Jennifer Connors Joins Holland & Knight in New York

Monday, April 9, 2018

Holland & Knight has expanded its Financial Services Practice Group with the addition of Jennifer Connors as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Ms. Connors represents broker-dealers, financial technology (FinTech) companies and other market participants with respect to securities law and market regulation issues, with an emphasis on broker-dealer regulation and compliance requirements, trading rules, alternative trading systems, electronic trading, cybersecurity, sales practices and anti-money laundering rules. Most recently, she was part of the Financial Services and Products practice at Alston & Bird in New York. More >>

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