Ballard Spahr and Lindquist & Vennum announced today that they have agreed to merge effective January 1, 2018. The combined firm—which will retain the name Ballard Spahr—will have more than 650 lawyers in 15 offices nationwide. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Aaron Marks and Joshua Greenblatt will join the Firm as partners in the Litigation Practice Group in the New York office. They both will join Kirkland from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, where they were partners and Mr. Marks was a member of that firm’s management committee. More >>
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Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP announced today it will renew its focus on environmental law with a dedicated environmental practice area devoted to litigating major environmental cases. The efforts will allow Hagens Berman to double-down on its promise to stand up for the environment by adding three esteemed environmental litigators to the firm’s national legal team of more than 70 attorneys. More >>
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Attorney Gavin Guo joined Fredrikson & Byron’s Shanghai office as a shareholder in the China Practice, International and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. Guo is a seasoned corporate lawyer specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international business transactions, and corporate and commercial matters relating to China. More >>
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DLA Piper announced today that Joshua Morse has joined the firm’s Restructuring group as a partner in San Francisco.Prior to joining DLA Piper, Morse was a partner with Jones Day. He received his J.D. from Santa Clara University and his B.B.A. from New Mexico State University.
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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has today strengthened its corporate and commercial practice with the addition of Robert Alan Heym, who joins the firm’s Munich office as a partner.* Robert joins the firm from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP. More >>
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Jones Walker LLP announced today that Robert C. Walthall has joined the firm’s Birmingham office as a partner. More >>
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Dentons Boekel has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice in Amsterdam with the recruitment of two partners, David Griston and Kuif Klein Wassink. As a highly respected adviser to the oil and gas sector, Griston will also be a key member of the Energy practice. Wassink brings extensive experience on private equity transactions and will strengthen the Firm’s Private Equity group. Both lawyers will join on September 1, 2017. More >>
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP continues to strengthen its finance team with the appointment of Richard Gray as a partner in the Sydney office. Gray joins the firm from HWL Ebsworth. More >>
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Carlton Fields is pleased to welcome Brian A. Hart, a shareholder in the firm’s Miami office, and a member of its Real Estate and Commercial Finance practice group. He joins Carlton Fields from his own Miami-area firm, The Hart Law Firm. More >>
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