Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that senior international arbitrator Andrew Battisson has joined as a partner in Sydney. Mr Battisson joins from law firm Allen & Overy, where he was the partner for the international arbitration practice in Singapore. More >>
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has further bolstered its global energy, infrastructure and resources practice with the addition of W. Eugene Chang as a partner in the Seoul office. Chang joins K&L Gates from the Tokyo office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where he was a senior counsel. He will begin his tenure with K&L Gates in the firm’s Tokyo office while completing his registration in Korea. More >>
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International law firm Bird & Bird today appoints James Fong as a partner, bolstering its Corporate practice in China. James joins from Mayer Brown JSM where he was a corporate partner. More >>
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that it has expanded its Corporate and Litigation practices with the arrival of five new attorneys in its Dallas office. Greg Hidalgo is a partner in the Corporate practice. Barrett R. Howell and Brandon N. McCarthy are partners in the Litigation practice, while former federal Judge Jorge A. Solis joined as special counsel. Aaron P. Pinegar is special counsel in the firm’s Transactional Tax Planning practice. Hidalgo previously was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery. Howell and McCarthy were partners at Bracewell LLP. Pinegar formerly was a senior associate at Baker Botts LLP. More >>
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Bracewell LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its litigation practice in New York with the addition of a four-person team, including three partners and an associate. Allan N. Taffet, Keith E. Blackman, Joshua C. Klein and Russell W. Gallaro have joined Bracewell from Duval & Stachenfeld LLP, where Taffet chaired the litigation department for more than 15 years. More >>
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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Thomas Weitkamp will join the Munich office as a partner in the Banking Practice. Weitkamp’s practice focuses on advising financial institutions and private equity firms on a variety of complex domestic and cross-border leveraged finance, corporate lending, and financial restructuring transactions. Weitkamp will join Latham & Watkins from Clifford Chance in Munich. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Dominic Ross as a new partner in London. Ross joins White & Case from Ashurst, where he was a partner, and brings more than 12 years’ experience. More >>
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International law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed leading infrastructure and energy specialists, Tim Armsby and Gurmeet Kaur, to its finance & projects practice in the Middle East. Both join from Eversheds Sutherland, where Tim was a partner in Abu Dhabi and head of Energy & Infrastructure for the Middle East. More >>
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Healthcare and technology litigator Matthew Grosack has joined Holland & Knight’s Miami office as a partner. He began his career at McDermott Will & Emery and then spent six years at DLA Piper. More >>
Tags: Holland & Knight LLP | MiamiKatten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today the addition of Deepro R. Mukerjee and Lance Soderstrom as partners in its Intellectual Property (IP) practice group in New York and Dr. Jitendra “Jitty” Malik as a partner in the IP group in Charlotte. Mukerjee, Dr. Malik and Soderstrom all join Katten from Alston & Bird LLP. More >>
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