Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that real estate lawyers Jill Block and Marc Shapiro have joined as partners in its New York office, arriving from Mayer Brown. More >>
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LeClairRyan Adds Patent Prosecution Group to Sacramento Office
In a move that bolsters the global reach of its Intellectual Property practice, LeClairRyan has announced the addition of a patent prosecution group comprised of three attorneys and five professional staff to its Sacramento office, led by partners Charles Yang and John Yang. Charles Yang and John Yang were most recently partners at FisherBroyles LLP. Both were previously with boutique IP firm Ntellect Law founded by Charles Yang. More >>
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King & Spalding’s New York Office Adds Seven Private Equity Lawyers
King & Spalding today announced that Jonathan Melmed, Enrico Granata and Ted Markson have joined the firm as partners in the New York office. Melmed has a focus on the power, electricity, energy and core infrastructure sectors, with the balance of his practice involving transactions in a multitude of other sectors, including technology, real estate buyout, healthcare/life sciences and general industrials. Melmed will serve as co-chair, Global Private Equity and head of U.S. Power & Infrastructure. More >>
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Cooley Expands in Beijing with Leading Corporate Partner
Cooley is strengthening its newest office with the arrival of partner Henry Yin from Kirkland & Ellis. Based in Beijing, Yin will be a member of Cooley’s business department. More >>
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Morgan Lewis Adds Two Corporate Transactions Partners in California
Morgan Lewis today welcomes Eric Hwang and Christopher Rose to its global corporate transactions team. Mr. Hwang will be resident in Silicon Valley and San Francisco; Mr. Rose will be resident in Century City and Silicon Valley. More >>
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Perkins Coie Adds Two Commercial Litigation Partners in New York
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Edwin (Ed) M. Baum and Alan B. Howard have joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as partners in the New York office. Ed and Alan will join the Securities Litigation and Business Litigation subgroups, respectively. More >>
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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Andrew Moriarty has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment group as a partner in the Seattle office. He joins from Amazon, where he was senior corporate counsel. Andrew was previously with Perkins Coie from 1998 to 2013. More >>
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Thomas Draper Joins Foley Hoag as Co-Chair of Debt Finance Practice
Noted finance attorney Thomas Draper has joined Foley Hoag LLP as a partner in the Business Department and Co-Chair of the Debt Finance Practice. He is resident in the firm’s Boston office. Draper represents companies and private equity sponsors in a range of acquisition financing transactions, including asset-based credits and large syndicated term loans. He also has extensive experience representing borrowers in a variety of debt transactions, from bank credit facilities to senior and mezzanine notes to high yield bonds. More >>
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Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr Continues Expansion of Boston Office With Addition of Partners Jeffrey Robbins and Joseph Lipchitz
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP today announced that Jeffrey Robbins and Joseph Lipchitz have joined the Firm as partners resident in the Boston office. The attorneys will establish the Firm’s national First Amendment & Media Practice, as well as strengthen its Higher Education and Health Care Practices. More >>
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Ice Miller Welcomes Partner Christine Hansen
Ice Miller LLP is pleased to welcome Christine Hansen, a partner in the Firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Christine has over twenty years of experience counseling life sciences and chemical companies on patent prosecution, due diligence and freedom-to-operate issues. She works extensively with innovator pharmaceutical companies and handles Orange Book submissions, patent term extensions and other issues at the intersection of patent and FDA law. More >>
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