Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the expansion of its national Real Estate Practice Group with land use partner Jim Porter in Tampa, Fla. and of counsel Tara Gould in Orlando, Fla. More >>
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Sidney S. Fohrman has joined the Century City office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Entertainment and Digital Media practice group. Fohrman joins from Barnes & Thornburg LLP. More >>
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Cooley is expanding its Asia-Pacific presence with the launch of a Beijing office. It is Cooley’s 13th office worldwide and its second in China, having opened in Shanghai in 2011. Xun Zeng joins from Ropes & Gray and will be Cooley’s first resident partner in Beijing. More >>
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Shearman & Sterling is delighted to announce the opening of a new office in Austin – its first in Texas – with seven partners focusing on advising emerging growth companies in the technology, media and telecommunications, and life sciences industries. The new Austin-based corporate partners are Matthew Lyons, Carmelo Gordian, Alan Bickerstaff, Ted Gilman, Brian Dillavou and Russ Denton. They are joined by litigation partner David Whittlesey and investment funds counsel J.R. Morgan. They all join the firm from Andrews Kurth Kenyon. More >>
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Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills today welcomes three new partners to its Greater China team, specializing in projects and projects-related disputes. Our new partners represent the firm’s ongoing investment in its China business. Their arrival also responds to demand from our Chinese clients for international projects and projects disputes lawyers, especially for Belt and Road projects and investments. More >>
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Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge is pleased to announce that attorneys Michael E. Doversberger, Patricia S. Hertel, and Samantha A. Pepprock have joined the firm, as along with its new Holland office coordinator, SaraJane Bos.
Mike Doversberger is an attorney in Smith Haughey’s Holland office, practicing in the areas of business, real estate, intellectual property, franchise, and employment law. Mike began his legal practice in Mishawaka, Indiana and Dowagiac, Michigan, before joining Smith Haughey. He has represented both individuals and publicly traded corporations, has drafted and negotiated numerous types of agreements, and has acted as counsel to employers on human resource needs and strategies. He also has experience litigating commercial disputes, contracts and employment claims. More >>
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Jamie Underwood has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department and as a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. She is a talented patent litigator with a successful track record representing leading technology and automotive clients in actions before the International Trade Commission (ITC) under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Richard Sharpe has joined the Firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Government and Internal Investigations Group. Mr. Sharpe joins Kirkland from the Hong Kong office of Clifford Chance. More >>
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DLA Piper announced today that Ben Mulcahy has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in Los Angeles and Gina Reif Ilardi has joined the IPT practice as a partner in New York. Mulcahy and Reif Ilardi both join DLA Piper from Jenner & Block, where Mulcahy was the co-chair of the firm’s Trademark, Advertising and Unfair Competition team. More >>
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