Andrew Otis has joined Locke Lord’s New York office as a Partner in the Firm’s Environmental Section of the Real Estate and Real Estate Finance Practice Group. Otis’ extensive environmental experience and knowledge will provide greater depth to the Firm’s nationwide Environmental practice. More >>
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Distinguished attorney Christopher M. Trebilcock has joined Clark Hill’s Detroit office as a Member in the Labor & Employment Practice Group.
“Chris brings significant litigation experience and a consummate devotion to employment and labor relations. We are thrilled to welcome him to the team,” said Daniel J. Bretz, Co-Chair of Clark Hill’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, continued its Texas expansion with a team of five international trade lawyers and business professionals, led by partners Michelle Schulz and Elsa Manzanares in Dallas. The group joins Akerman’s Government Affairs and Public Policy Practice Group from a regional law firm, where Schulz and Manzanares served as co-chairs of the International Trade Group. Schulz also served as chair of the International Practice. Akerman also welcomes practice group attorney Kim Carlson, senior trade advisor Troy Shaffer and trade analyst Matthew Savage. More >>
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Dr Timon Grau will join Linklaters’ employment practice as a partner in March. Dr Timon Grau, who previously worked for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, specialises in such work as restructurings, collective employment law, employee data protection and compliance, including internal investigations, and transactional matters. Dr Timon Grau will work from Linklaters’ offices in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt. More >>
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Koral Fritz joins the firm’s Real Estate and Environmental Law teams. A graduate from Vermont Law School with a Masters in Food and Agriculture Law and Policy, Koral also brings real-life engagement and experiences to our team. Prior to joining Rhoades McKee, Fritz worked as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Kalamazoo 9th Judicial Circuit Court Criminal and Civil Trial Division, a Legal Intern with the Regulatory Affairs Department of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and a Law Clerk for the Food and Water Watch. More >>
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BakerHostetler announced the addition of Troy M. Schmelzer as a partner in its Intellectual Property Group. Resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, Schmelzer will be part of the electrical, mechanical and computer science prosecution team. He was previously with Norton Rose Fulbright. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP has made another significant lateral group hire enhancing the firm’s energy industry capabilities. Following the arrival of a group of six energy and infrastructure partners hires from Norton Rose Fulbright in late January, Winston is pleased to announce that litigators Hugh Tanner and Denise Scofield have joined the firm in Houston. Hugh previously served as managing partner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Houston office, and also chaired its oil and gas litigation group initiative. This group expands Winston’s existing energy team in Houston along with other recent additions, including Doug Atnipp, who joined from Greenberg Traurig where he served as the firm’s co-managing shareholder of the Houston office and co-chair of the energy practice group, and of counsel Brenda Hanzl. More >>
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As the expansion of its Atlanta office continues, AmLaw 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes Sarah Hawk to its Immigration and Workforce Mobility practice, and Leslie F. Spasser to its Tech Transactions and Data Privacy practice. More >>
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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Devin P. McComb has joined the firm’s Seattle office as a partner in the Real Estate & Land Use practice. He joins the firm from Stoel Rives LLP, where he was a partner. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Rohit Chaudhry and Roald Nashi have joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office as partners in the Debt Finance Practice Group. Mr. Chaudhry and Mr. Nashi collectively have more than 35 years of experience on energy and project finance transactions, representing private equity sponsors, institutional investors, developers and others, in domestic and international matters. More >>
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