The New York office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Toshi Yoshida as a partner in the energy, infrastructure and resources practice area. He joins K&L Gates from Mayer Brown. More >>
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Commercial Litigation and IP Attorney, Zheng Liu, joins Rimon as Partner in its Palo Alto office
Zheng Liu joins Rimon Law as a Partner in its Intellectual Property and Commercial Litigation groups. She regularly advises and represents clients in technology industries on a range of legal issues, particularly in intellectual property, technology law, commercial disputes, data privacy, product liability, and international trade. Zheng’s practice concentrates on Chinese technology companies and the issues they face in doing business outside of China; her Chinese clients include DJI, Tencent, Foxit, OPPO, UCWeb, and Ubtech. Before joining Rimon, she was at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP where she established and led Orrick’s Drone & UAV practice. With a background in both biology and physics, her experience covers a variety of industries, including UAVs, internet, telecommunications, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical devices. More >>
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Strategic M&A Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in New York
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Peter Harwich has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Harwich’s practice focuses on representing public companies in complex public and private M&A transactions, including spin-offs, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. He also has experience advising public companies on capital markets, securities law, and corporate governance matters. Harwich joins Latham & Watkins from Allen & Overy in New York. More >>
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Experienced Tax Partner Joins Nixon Peabody’s Los Angeles Office
Nixon Peabody is expanding its West Coast corporate practice with the addition of seasoned tax attorney Shahzad A. Malik, who joins the Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s M&A and Corporate Transactions practice. Shahzad joins Nixon Peabody from Stradling, Yucca, Carlson & Routh, P.C., where he was chair of the firm’s tax practice. More >>
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DLA Piper completes merger with Liner LLP
DLA Piper is pleased to announce that its combination with Liner LLP, a Los Angeles-based boutique law firm, is now effective. More >>
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Holland & Knight Expands Corporate Practice in New York with Addition of Arman Kuyumjian
Arman Kuyumjian has joined Holland & Knight’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group. Mr. Kuyumjian represents public and private companies, as well as private equity funds, in mergers and acquisitions, distressed and cross-border transactions, and joint ventures and other strategic alliances. He also provides counsel on corporate governance issues, shareholder activism, defensive measures and other strategic considerations. Most recently, he was a partner at Baker McKenzie in New York. More >>
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Sloan Kelly and Rajan Shori Join FaegreBD’s Real Estate Team in London
Sloan Kelly and Rajan Shori have joined Faegre Baker Daniels’ real estate practice in London. Sloan is a partner leading the London real estate team and Rajan joined as counsel. More >>
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Joseph A. Riley Joins Dechert’s Tax Practice in New York
Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Joseph A. Riley has joined the firm as a tax partner in the New York office. Riley was previously a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. More >>
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Blank Rome Adds Prominent Insurance Recovery Team in Los Angeles, Led by Linda Kornfeld
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Linda Kornfeld, David Thomas, and Julia Holt have joined the Firm’s Los Angeles office in the Insurance Recovery group. Ms. Kornfeld joins as partner and vice chair of the group, Mr. Thomas joins as partner, and Ms. Holt joins as of counsel. The team comes to Blank Rome from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, where Ms. Kornfeld was the Los Angeles office’s managing partner. The move to Blank Rome also reunites Ms. Kornfeld with Jim Murray, Chair of Blank Rome’s Insurance Recovery practice, and a number of her colleagues who joined Blank Rome from Dickstein Shapiro in February 2016. More >>
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Thompson & Knight Welcomes New York Restructuring Partner
Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Patrick J. Trostle has joined the Firm as a Partner in its New York office in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group. More >>
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