Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Joshua D. Curry to its Atlanta office as a partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. More >>
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Holland & Knight Expands West Coast Real Estate Practice with Addition of Partner Loren Higgins
Loren Higgins has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its West Coast Real Estate practice group. Ms. Higgins will reside in the firm’s San Francisco office. Previously, she was a partner at Winston & Strawn. More >>
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Perkins Coie Adds Privacy Veteran Dominique Shelton to Los Angeles Office
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Dominique R. Shelton has joined the firm’s Privacy & Data Security practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Dominique will also co-chair a new group at Perkins Coie focused on the complex issues that arise at the intersection AdTech and privacy. More >>
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Mayer Brown JSM Continues Expansion of its Asia Banking & Finance Practice With The Appointment of Hallam Chow
Mayer Brown JSM announced today that Hallam Chow has joined the firm’s Banking & Finance practice as our Head of Projects, China, to be based in Beijing. Mr. Chow, formerly at White & Case, is a highly regarded lawyer who is known for his strong track record of achieving successful outcomes for lenders, equity investors and lessees, particularly those in China, Latin America and the Middle East, on major deals relating to project financing, acquisition financing, structured financing, aircraft leases, energy and infrastructure, and oil & gas joint ventures. More >>
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Leading M&A Partner to Join Latham & Watkins in Düsseldorf
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Tobias Larisch will join the firm as a partner in the Düsseldorf office. Larisch’s practice focuses on advising leading German and international companies on a variety of complex public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestments, with a particular focus on the energy sector. He also counsels senior executives and boards on a variety of corporate governance matters, including complex regulatory and compliance issues. More >>
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Dentons welcomes partner Julien Bacus to the Banking and Finance group in Paris
Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Banking and Finance practice in Paris with the recruitment of capital markets and structured finance partner Julien Bacus and associate Aurélie Bonnet. They join Dentons from Ashurst, where Bacus was a partner in the Finance department since 2008. Prior to that, he worked for Allen & Overy in Paris and London for almost 8 years. More >>
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Noted Energy Lawyer Lewis Jones Joins Baker Botts in London
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, announced today that Lewis Jones, an energy transactions specialist, has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in its Global Projects group. Lewis was previously a partner for almost five years with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP an international law firm in London. Prior to this, he was a partner with Vinson and Elkins, which included several years spent based in the United Arab Emirates. More >>
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Clifford Chance Welcomes Peter Coney as Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution in Tokyo
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has announced that Peter Coney joins its Tokyo office as Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution for Tokyo. Peter is a well-recognised Dispute Resolution expert in international arbitration and litigation, contentious regulatory and employment, and has been active in the Tokyo legal market for more than 10 years. He has assisted both private and public clients from a wide array of sectors including manufacturing, construction and infrastructure, energy, financial services, telecommunications and government. More >>
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Akerman Expands National Fraud and Recovery Practice with Dallas Partners Eduardo Espinosa, Michael Napoli
Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today continued the national expansion of the Fraud and Recovery Practice Group with the addition of Dallas partners Eduardo “Eddy” Espinosa and Michael Napoli. Their arrival grows Akerman’s headcount in Texas to nearly 60 litigation and transactional lawyers in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin, and builds upon the firm’s leading capabilities in investor recovery. More >>
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Allen & Overy Expands its South African and Pan-African Practice With Litigation and Arbitration Team Hire in Johannesburg
Allen & Overy today announced the appointment of leading senior litigator Gerhard Rudolph as a partner in the global litigation practice based in the Johannesburg office. Gerhard was formerly co-managing partner and head of litigation at Baker McKenzie, Johannesburg. He is joined by a local team of 11 litigators from Baker McKenzie, including Kate Daniels, Michelle Porter-Wright, Widaad Ebrahim and Callum O’Connor, all former partners of Baker McKenzie. More >>
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