Trademark, Copyright Lawyers From IP Boutique Join McCarter & English As Partners in NYC Office

Timothy J. Kelly and Jessica Hiney, experienced intellectual property attorneys with a focus on trademark and copyright portfolio management and enforcement – both with significant domestic and international experience – have joined McCarter & English, where they will bolster the firm’s already-robust intellectual property practice.

Kelly and Hiney, colleagues earlier at the New York office of an intellectual property boutique, are both partners resident in McCarter’s midtown Manhattan office. More >>

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Orrick Adds Top Natural Gas Regulatory Team

Orrick announced today that leading energy regulatory practitioners Lisa Tonery and Erik Swenson have joined the firm as partners. They join Orrick from Norton Rose Fulbright US, where Lisa led the U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regulatory practice and co-chaired the LNG International Business Group. Lisa joins the New York office, and Erik will be based in Washington, D.C.

Lisa and Erik are the 20th and 21st partners to join Orrick’s Energy & Infrastructure platform since the start of 2016. Last year, the firm launched a Houston office, which has since grown to more than 40 lawyers. Also in 2016, Orrick was named a Law360 Project Finance Group of the Year for the fourth time. More >>

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Woodrow H. Pollack Joins Greenberg Traurig’s Intellectual Property Practice in Tampa

International law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. has expanded its Intellectual Property Practice with the addition of Woodrow H. Pollack as a Shareholder in the Tampa office. Pollack will be a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice.

Pollack, a registered patent attorney, devotes his practice exclusively to intellectual property and is focused on litigating complex patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, and other intellectual property disputes. He also has extensive experience in both patent and trademark prosecution and licensing. More >>

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Banking and Financial Services Attorney Jay Kim Returns to Dorsey

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Jay Kim has rejoined the Firm as a Partner in its Banking Industry Group in Minneapolis.

Mr. Kim has represented financial institutions for over 25 years. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Corporate Development for Alerus Financial Corporation. His responsibilities at Alerus included oversight of the risk management, audit and compliance functions as well as acquisitions and investor relations. Before joining Alerus in 2012, he was a partner in Dorsey’s Finance & Restructuring and Corporate Groups where his practice focused on financial institutions, including banks, trust companies, commercial and residential mortgage brokers, specialized lending businesses and health, welfare and retirement plan administrators. Mr. Kim advises banking and financial services clients on mergers and acquisitions, risk management, capital formation and regulation, bank regulatory strategy and enforcement matters, and product development and diversification and often serves as outside general counsel to his clients. More >>

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Rob Bradshaw to Join Dechert as Finance Partner in London

Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Rob Bradshaw will join the firm as a corporate partner in the London office. He is currently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

“Rob’s arrival is the next big step in our strategic plan for growth in our London private equity practice,” said Mark Thierfelder, chair of the firm’s Corporate & Securities group. “The team is doing very sophisticated work in the UK and across the Continent. Rob will enhance our ability to serve our clients as we focus on their most complex matters.” More >>

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DLA Piper Announces Cooperation Agreement with Peruvian Firm Pizarro, Botto & Escobar Abogados

DLA Piper LLP (US) announced today that it has established a cooperation agreement with Peruvian firm Pizarro, Botto & Escobar Abogados. Together the firms will operate as DLA Piper Pizarro Botto Escobar.

Pizarro, Botto & Escobar, based in Lima, Peru, is a multidisciplinary firm with more than 40 lawyers working across a wide range of industries. The cooperation agreement provides DLA Piper with a firm partner with a strong reputation and extensive knowledge in the practice areas of M&A and corporate, banking and finance, projects and infrastructure, insurance, tax, arbitration and litigation, employment, intellectual property, real estate, energy and, recently, corporate criminal and compliance matters. More >>

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High-Profile Silicon Valley Litigator David Lisi Joins Pillsbury

Pillsbury today announced the addition of prominent litigator David Lisi, who joins the firm’s Silicon Valley office as a partner. Well-known for his work representing technology and cyber-focused companies, Lisi’s addition expands Pillsbury’s litigation capabilities in Silicon Valley, where the firm has long offered a full line of sophisticated corporate legal services. He comes to the firm from Greenberg Traurig. More >>

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Mintz Levin Adds Leading Sports and Entertainment Lawyer to Litigation Practice

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. continues to enhance its nationally recognized Litigation and Sports Law Practices with the addition of Anthony Mulrain, who, in addition to representing publicly and privately held companies, also represents a number of high profile athletes and entertainers in litigation and arbitration matters. He will serve as a Member in New York. More >>

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Associate Deputy Attorney General Danielle Conley Returns to WilmerHale

Danielle Conley, who concluded her service as Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States in January, is returning to WilmerHale as a partner in the firm’s Regulatory and Government Affairs Department. She will be a member of two firm groups: Strategic Response and Government and Regulatory Litigation. Ms. Conley will also co-chair WilmerHale’s civil rights and anti-discrimination practice with Partner Debo Adegbile, who was recently appointed to the US Commission on Civil Rights. More >>

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