Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Wright and Rinku Bhadoria as partners in the global Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group in London. Mr. Wright was previously a partner at Simmons & Simmons, in its London and Singapore offices. Ms. Bhadoria was formerly a partner in the Global Energy and Resources Group at King & Wood Mallesons in London. More >>
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BakerHostetler today announced the addition of Partner Michael L. Lawhead to the firm’s Business and Corporate Group, and its healthcare and life sciences industry teams. Resident in the Costa Mesa office, Lawhead comes to BakerHostetler from Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, continued the expansion of its Los Angeles office with intellectual property partner Caroline Mankey and commercial litigation partner Kanika Corley. They join from a prominent national law firm, where Mankey chaired its Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Group. The lawyers join Akerman’s Los Angeles team at a time when it has more than doubled in size since 2015 to 32 lawyers. In recent months, the office relocated to the CalEdison DTLA to accommodate continuing growth. More >>
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Jay Baris joins Shearman & Sterling as a partner in the Investment Funds practice in New York from Morrison & Foerster, where he chaired that firm’s investment management practice. Jay is widely recognized for his breadth of experience representing funds and their independent board members, investment advisers, broker-dealers and other financial institutions in all aspects of regulation, compliance and structuring transactions. More >>
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Holland & Knight announced today that Luis Rubio Barnetche has joined the firm as a partner and will serve as executive partner of its Mexico City office. In addition to Mr. Rubio Barnetche, a team that includes Partner Octavio Lecona Morales and Senior Counsel Selene Espinosa, Blanca Luévano García and Jaime Rodriguez also will join the firm’s Mexico City office. All previously practiced at Jones Day. More >>
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Jeffrey S. Page, an accomplished real estate finance attorney known for representing large lender groups in major transactions, has joined the firm in its New York office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced. Mr. Page most recently practiced at Reed Smith in New York, and will be joining Ballard Spahr along with two attorneys from his real estate finance team. More >>
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Akin Gump today announced that W. Robert Shearer has joined the firm as a partner in its energy practice in Houston. Mr. Shearer focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and capital markets transactions for energy, oil field services, manufacturing and technology clients. Mr. Shearer began his legal career at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in Houston. He spent the last 13 years as a corporate partner at BakerHostetler LLP, where he was immediately prior to joining Akin Gump. More >>
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is pleased to announce the appointment of Poupak Anjomshoaa to partner in the London office. She joins from Carbon Holdings, a developer, owner and operator of petrochemicals projects, where she was General Counsel. More >>
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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jean Pawlow has joined the firm’s Tax Controversy Practice as a member of the Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley offices. She is a prominent trial lawyer with a track record of success in large tax cases for financial institutions, retailers, technology companies, and industrial manufacturers. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Christian Atwood has joined the Firm as a corporate partner in its Boston office. Mr. Atwood joins Kirkland from Choate Hall & Stewart LLP where he was co-chair of the firm’s private equity group and a member of the firm’s executive committee. More >>
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