Lee Irvine Joins Simmons & Simmons Dubai Office as a Capital Markets Partner

Lee Irvine was previously counsel at Latham & Watkins and has extensive experience in advising sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and public and private companies on all aspects of conventional and Islamic debt capital markets, equity capital markets and liability management. Lee has been in the Gulf for over ten years and his clients include sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and public and private companies. Lee has been ranked as an expert by Chambers Global 2018 for capital markets. More >>

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McGuireWoods Expands Energy Regulatory Capabilities With Key Additions in Charlotte

McGuireWoods is continuing the strategic expansion of its nationally respected energy regulatory and enforcement capabilities with the addition of partner James H. Jeffries IV, who has represented public and private companies before federal and state energy regulators for more than two decades. Both come to McGuireWoods from Moore & Van Allen. More >>

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Leading Competition Partners Will Join Latham & Watkins in Paris and Brussels

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Jacques-Philippe Gunther and Adrien Giraud will be joining the firm as partners in the Antitrust & Competition Practice based in Paris and Brussels. Both are highly regarded practitioners, with vast experience advising leading French and international companies on a variety of complex, cross-border merger control and contentious antitrust matters. Gunther and Giraud join Latham & Watkins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Paris and Brussels offices. More >>

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Prominent Intellectual Property Attorney John Posthumus Joins Polsinelli

John Posthumus, a renowned technology and intellectual property (IP) lawyer, has joined Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli as a shareholder in the firm’s national Intellectual Property Department. Posthumus is a nationally-recognized attorney with a 25-year track record of successfully representing domestic and international companies in matters related to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition. More >>

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McDermott Strengthens Life Sciences Sector Focus: Rüdiger Herrmann and Team Join Frankfurt Office

Leading international law firm McDermott Will & Emery is continuing to strengthen its Transactions practice in Frankfurt and is pleased to announce that renowned corporate life sciences partner Rüdiger Herrmann and his team of three lawyers – Jochen Eimer, Alicia Hong and Monika E. Richter – have joined the firm as of 16 April 2018. The addition of Rüdiger’s team bolsters the firm’s top-ranked German practice and its robust international life sciences offering.
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Locke Lord Grows Hong Kong Office and Strengthens International Arbitration Practice Group With Addition of Partner Ronald Sum and Team

Ronald Sum has joined Locke Lord’s Hong Kong office as a Partner in the Firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group. He will be the Firm’s Head of Arbitration, East Asia. Sum and his team, including Of Counsel Daniel Lee and Trainee Solicitor Beryl Wu, will help grow and strengthen the Firm’s Hong Kong office and International Arbitration Practice. More >>

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