Blank Rome Adds Prominent Insurance Recovery Team in Los Angeles, Led by Linda Kornfeld

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Linda Kornfeld, David Thomas, and Julia Holt have joined the Firm’s Los Angeles office in the Insurance Recovery group. Ms. Kornfeld joins as partner and vice chair of the group, Mr. Thomas joins as partner, and Ms. Holt joins as of counsel. The team comes to Blank Rome from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, where Ms. Kornfeld was the Los Angeles office’s managing partner. The move to Blank Rome also reunites Ms. Kornfeld with Jim Murray, Chair of Blank Rome’s Insurance Recovery practice, and a number of her colleagues who joined Blank Rome from Dickstein Shapiro in February 2016. More >>

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Leading Nordic M&A Team Joins White & Case in Stockholm

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Global law firm White & Case LLP has strengthened its Nordic private equity and corporate capabilities with the additions of Jan Jensen and Shoan Panahi as partners in the Firm’s Stockholm office. Both Jensen and Panahi join White & Case’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice, with Jensen heading the Firm’s private equity practice for the Nordic region. More >>

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King & Spalding’s Chicago Office Expands Litigation and Investigations Expertise with Addition of Two Partners Including Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Collins

Monday, October 2, 2017

King & Spalding today announced that white collar and civil litigators Patrick Collins and Jade Lambert have joined as partners in the firm’s Chicago office. Collins and Lambert join Zach Fardon, recent U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, to expand the firm’s Chicago office, which is located in the West Loop at the new Riverpoint Building at 444 West Lake Street. More >>

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Dechert’s Global Private Equity Practice Expands in London with Dual Corporate and Tax Partner Hires

Monday, October 2, 2017

Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that corporate partner Christopher Field and tax partner Jane Scobie have joined the firm in its London office. Field’s practice focuses on private equity and M&A transactions. Scobie’s practice focuses on tax aspects of commercial transactions, including private equity and M&A. Field and Scobie were previously partners at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in London. More >>

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Ballard Spahr and Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz Have Merged

Monday, October 2, 2017

Am Law 100 firm Ballard Spahr and Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz (LSKS)—the preeminent First Amendment and media law boutique in the United States—announced today that they have merged. The powerhouse combination, which will retain the name Ballard Spahr, brings together two nationally renowned media law practices and creates a team that represents the biggest and most prominent names in the industry. More >>

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