Morgan Lewis to Expand Pan-China Reach With Addition of Nine Partners in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Morgan Lewis announced today that it will significantly expand its pan-China corporate, capital markets, mergers & acquisitions and private equity practice by adding nine partners in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai. All nine partners will arrive from another global law firm, joining Morgan Lewis’s seven-partner team in mainland China. The move furthers Morgan Lewis’s commitment to China and the Asia-Pacific region, and deepens the presence there with the expected addition of some 40 lawyers and legal professionals to the firm’s 30 lawyers and legal professionals already in China. These 70-plus lawyers and legal professionals will also work closely with Morgan Lewis’s offices in Singapore and Tokyo. More >>

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Foley Adds Securities Enforcement Team in New York

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Jeremy Freeman and Allison Charney have joined the firm’s Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice as partners in the New York office, along with their team of attorneys, an analyst and administrative staff. The team brings considerable government investigations experience and a particular focus on allegations of financial fraud matters in the investment banking space. More >>

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Ogletree Deakins Propels Traditional Labor Capabilities in Northwest, Adds Two Shareholders in Portland Office

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Jacqueline (Jackie) Damm and Adam Collier as shareholders in the firm’s Portland office, propelling the firm’s traditional labor capabilities in the Northwest and further establishing Ogletree Deakins as the leading traditional labor practice in the Portland market. Damm and Collier join Ogletree Deakins from a Portland-based labor and employment firm, where they represented employers in a full range of traditional labor relations matters. More >>

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International Energy Markets Leader Jonathan D. Cahn Joins Reed Smith in Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Jonathan D. Cahn as a partner in the firm’s global Energy & Natural Resources (ENR) Group. Cahn was most recently a partner in Dentons U.S. firm, where he served as the head of its Emerging Markets Energy Strategies Group. Qualified to practice both in the United States and as a solicitor in the United Kingdom, Cahn has represented leading investors in significant cross-border energy, natural resources and infrastructure projects in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, North America, Russia and Central Asia for more than 20 years. More >>

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Greenberg Traurig Makes Strategic Additions to Corporate Practice

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP further grew its Corporate Practice with two strategic additions, Joseph Suh and Ejim Peter Achi as shareholders in New York. They join Greenberg Traurig as the firm continues to enhance its Corporate Practice, specifically in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and investment management. In 2016, nearly 90 attorneys joined the firm’s Corporate Practice, with more than 20 in New York. More >>

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Real Estate/Private Equity lawyer Thomas G. Maira joins DLA Piper in New York

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

DLA Piper announced today that Thomas G. Maira has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in New York. Maira will be involved in a broad range of real estate matters, including cross-border joint venture and investment transactions, areas in which Maira has substantial experience and with which DLA Piper is uniquely positioned because of its global real estate platform. More >>

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