Leading Nordic M&A Team Joins White & Case in Stockholm

Global law firm White & Case LLP has strengthened its Nordic private equity and corporate capabilities with the additions of Jan Jensen and Shoan Panahi as partners in the Firm’s Stockholm office. Both Jensen and Panahi join White & Case’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice, with Jensen heading the Firm’s private equity practice for the Nordic region. More >>

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King & Spalding’s Chicago Office Expands Litigation and Investigations Expertise with Addition of Two Partners Including Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Collins

King & Spalding today announced that white collar and civil litigators Patrick Collins and Jade Lambert have joined as partners in the firm’s Chicago office. Collins and Lambert join Zach Fardon, recent U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, to expand the firm’s Chicago office, which is located in the West Loop at the new Riverpoint Building at 444 West Lake Street. More >>

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Dechert’s Global Private Equity Practice Expands in London with Dual Corporate and Tax Partner Hires

Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that corporate partner Christopher Field and tax partner Jane Scobie have joined the firm in its London office. Field’s practice focuses on private equity and M&A transactions. Scobie’s practice focuses on tax aspects of commercial transactions, including private equity and M&A. Field and Scobie were previously partners at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in London. More >>

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Ballard Spahr and Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz Have Merged

Am Law 100 firm Ballard Spahr and Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz (LSKS)—the preeminent First Amendment and media law boutique in the United States—announced today that they have merged. The powerhouse combination, which will retain the name Ballard Spahr, brings together two nationally renowned media law practices and creates a team that represents the biggest and most prominent names in the industry. More >>

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Dorsey Adds Experienced Trial Lawyer Brian Vanderwoude in Dallas

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Brian Vanderwoude has joined the Firm’s Trial Group in Dallas as a Partner. Mr. Vanderwoude joins Dorsey from Winstead PC where he was a shareholder in the Dallas office and previously served as head of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group for the Dallas/Fort Worth area. More >>

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Cozen O’Connor Announces Hiring of Gilchrist & Rutter Attorneys

Cozen O’Connor is thrilled to announce that effective October 1, 2017, all of the lawyers from the Los Angeles real estate and commercial litigation boutique, Gilchrist & Rutter, will join the firm. This transaction continues Cozen O’Connor’s ongoing expansion of its fast-growing and nationally recognized Real Estate Practice and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups. Consistently ranked among the top real estate firms in the country, Gilchrist & Rutter’s full-service real estate practice encompasses commercial office, retail, multi-family, industrial, manufactured housing, development, financing, leasing, purchases, sales, joint ventures, exchanges, along with a regulatory and government relations practice. The following Gilchrist & Rutter attorneys will be joining Cozen O’Connor as Partners: Frank Gooch, III, Jonathan S. Gross, Richard H. Close, Paul S. Rutter, Thomas W. Casparian, Diane J. Hvolka, Peter E. Swain, and Duane M. Montgomery. Donald C. Nanney will join as Of Counsel, and Adam P. Wiley as an Associate. More >>

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