Joel Athey Joins DLA Piper’s Litigation Practice in Los Angeles

DLA Piper announced today that Joel Athey has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in Los Angeles. Athey, who previously served as the managing partner of Holland & Knight LLP’s Los Angeles office, focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, US Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement, private securities litigation, internal corporate investigations, banking and regulatory investigations and litigations, consumer protection matters and complex civil litigation. More >>

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Perkins Coie Adds Former National Security and Cybercrimes Chief to Chicago White Collar Practice

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Christopher K. Veatch has joined the firm’s White Collar & Investigations practice group as a partner in the Chicago office. Chris joins the firm from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he was most recently Chief of the National Security & Cybercrimes Section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. More >>

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Vinson & Elkins Continues to Build Finance Practice in London with Addition of Partner Paul Simcock

Vinson & Elkins further expands its global corporate practice with the addition of acquisition and leveraged-finance partner Paul Simcock in London. With nearly two decades of experience in leveraged finance, Simcock joins V&E from Jones Day where he worked with clients on multi-billion dollar matters across a variety of leading industries, from retail and real estate to life sciences and mining. More >>

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Squire Patton Boggs to Open Doors in Atlanta

Squire Patton Boggs, one of the world’s largest law firms, announced the opening of an office in Atlanta. Wayne Bradley, Petrina Hall McDaniel and Ann-Marie McGaughey will join the firm as partners, bringing extensive transactional, litigation and cybersecurity expertise to what will be the firm’s eighteenth office in the United States and forty-seventh worldwide. More >>

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