Strategic M&A Partner to Join Latham & Watkins in Düsseldorf

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Nikolaos Paschos will join the firm as a partner in the Düsseldorf office. Paschos is among Germany’s most experienced M&A practitioners, with vast expertise advising multinational companies and boards on complex mergers and acquisitions, including public takeover and defense, and high-end corporate law, including group reorganizations and stock corporation law. He also has substantial experience advising on corporate governance matters, in particular on complex regulatory and compliance issues as well as special committee engagements. More >>

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Kirkland & Ellis Expands Global Investigations and Enforcement Practice with Addition of Award-Winning International Enforcement Team

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that an internationally recognized group of partners will join the Firm’s global Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group in Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York, London and Hong Kong. Asheesh Goel, Zachary Brez, Marcus Thompson, Kim Nemirow and Cori Lable will join the Firm as partners this week. All were former partners of Ropes & Gray LLP. More >>

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Thompson & Knight Tax Partner Rejoins the Firm

Thompson & Knight LLP today announced lawyer Brandon L. Bloom has rejoined the Firm’s Dallas office as a Partner in the Tax Practice Group. Mr. Bloom practiced law at Thompson & Knight for more than seven years before becoming Managing Tax Counsel at Vistra Energy Corp. (f/k/a Energy Future Holdings Corp.). More >>

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Thompson Hine Expands Atlanta IP and Real Estate Practices

Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce that E.J. Joswick has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice as a partner in Atlanta.

Joswick, who is registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office, focuses his practice on patent procurement and counseling, litigation and licensing. He has extensive experience obtaining patent protection related to innovations in software, artificial intelligence, neural networks, image processing, analytics, telecommunications, network communications, mesh-networks, e-commerce, television, webcasting, virtual reality, augmented reality, and other computer-related technologies. He also advises on patent issues involving medical devices, textiles, wood-working and other mechanical technologies. He specializes in in-depth investigation, analysis and evaluation of technology, business and complex legal issues to provide strategic advice and services. More >>

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