Linklaters Expands its Employment Practice with the Hire of Dr Timon Grau

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 and Andrea Snyder Join Rhoades Mckee

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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Winston & Strawn’s Growing Energy Industry Team Adds Two Renowned Commercial Litigators

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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Kirkland & Ellis Adds Infrastructure Finance Partners Rohit Chaudhry and Roald Nashi in Washington, D.C.

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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Herbert Smith Freehills Strengthens Its Real Estate Practice in Paris With the Recruitment of Anne Petitjean

Herbert Smith Freehills, the international law firm, has announced that Anne Petitjean will be joining the firm’s Real Estate team as a partner. Anne Petitjean will work closely with David Lacaze and the Real Estate team as well as the Project and Finance teams on the regulatory, environmental, and public law aspects of the practice. More >>

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Akin Gump to Welcome Leading Project Finance Lawyer Julian Nichol in London

Akin Gump today announced that Julian Nichol will be joining the firm in London as a partner in its global project finance practice. Mr. Nichol, who focuses on project finance and transactional energy and natural resources matters, comes to Akin Gump from Bracewell in London, where he headed the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) power group and co-headed the firmwide oil and gas practice. More >>

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