The Warsaw office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Dr. Adam Stopyra as a partner its banking and asset finance practice. He joins the firm from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, where he served as a leader of the regulatory practice. More >>
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Commercial litigator Annapoorni (Anna) Sankaran has joined Holland & Knight’s Houston office as a partner. She was previously a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig LLP. More >>
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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is pleased to announce that James N. Mastracchio has joined the Tax Practice Group as a partner in the Washington DC office, bolstering its tax controversy practice. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr. Mastracchio served as a partner and led the Civil Tax Controversy and Criminal Tax practices in the Washington DC office of Dentons. More >>
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, today announced that four corporate partners, formerly of Vinson & Elkins, have joined the firm. Three of the lawyers will be based in the firm’s New York office and one in its Washington, D.C. location. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the expansion of its Professional Liability Practice with a team of six litigators from Ackerman Law Group, including its founder David Ackerman. They will join Akerman’s Litigation Practice Group in the West Palm Beach office on March 1, enhancing the firm’s national capabilities for clients challenged with legal malpractice claims and ethical violations. More >>
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Morgan Lewis today continues expanding its top-ranked global tax practice with the addition of Matthew S. Mock as a partner focusing on state and local tax (SALT) litigation and planning. At Morgan Lewis, Mr. Mock reunites with a trio of tax partners from his former firm—Joshua S. Richardson, Adam P. Beckerink, and Michael Liu, who joined the firm earlier this month—as well as the tax leader of their former firm, Thomas V. Linguanti, who joined Morgan Lewis last year along with veteran tax controversy partner Jenny A. Austin, of counsel Nelson C. Yates II, and associate Jason Dimopoulos. Associate Kensington Wolgamott also joins the firm today. The entire group of nine tax lawyers is resident in the firm’s Chicago office. More >>
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | ChicagoEversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is pleased to announce that Shawn Rafferty has joined the Private Capital team within its Corporate Practice Group as a partner in the Atlanta office, bolstering its national and cross-border aviation, transportation and equipment finance services to clients. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr. Rafferty served as a partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP. More >>
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David Luttinger has joined Covington as a partner in the firm’s Insurance Recovery practice in New York. More >>
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Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce that Eva Hucker at Baker McKenzie [in Hong Kong] has been promoted to Director – Global Corporate Real Estate, as of 1 January 2018. The newly created role is designed to underpin the Firm’s plan to grow and further strengthen its corporate real estate practice, with a strong focus on serving clients across the Firm’s prioritized industries, including the Consumer Goods & Retail and Technology, Media & Telecommunications sectors. More >>
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