Akin Gump today announced that Courtney S. York has joined the firm as a partner in its corporate practice in Dallas. Ms. York, previously a partner at Baker Botts, is a seasoned M&A practitioner with a strong industry focus in the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) industries. More >>
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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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Morgan Lewis today welcomes Jenny Austin, a skilled federal tax controversy lawyer and seasoned tax litigator, as a partner in Chicago. Ms. Austin’s arrival follows that of her former colleague, Tom Linguanti, a top tax controversy and transfer pricing litigator who joined Morgan Lewis from the same global law firm earlier this month. More >>
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Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP, part of the world’s largest law firm, Dentons, is pleased to announce that Kunal Kapoor has joined the Firm as a partner in the energy, infrastructure and project finance group. Kunal joins from Ashurst and prior to this, Kunal was with Ince & Co. More >>
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The Boston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added James A. Wright III as a partner in the restructuring and insolvency practice. Wright previously practiced with Ropes & Gray LLP. More >>
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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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Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, announced today that wealth planning attorney Bill Long joined its Chicago office as a shareholder.
Focusing his practice on estate and tax planning, Long represents high net worth individuals, key executives, and business owners, and serves as an outside general counsel for many clients operating as corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. He has extensive experience advising closely-held and family-owned businesses in the orderly and tax efficient transfer of wealth to younger generations, and has more than 30 years of experience representing clients before the IRS in connection with income, estate, and gift tax audits. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce Steve Grimes has rejoined the firm as a partner in the Chicago office. Steve is a former federal prosecutor, Winston associate, and partner. He most recently served as Chief Compliance Officer for Tenneco, Inc., a Fortune 500, publicly traded, manufacturing company. More >>
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Senior litigation attorney, Stephen H. Cagle, Jr. has joined Winstead’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group as a Shareholder in the Houston office. His practice focus is complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on construction and contract disputes. More >>
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HFW Australia (the newly rebranded Holman Fenwick Willan), is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Wait as a Partner, based in the firm’s Sydney office. Thomas and his team of three including senior associate, Monique Jennings, joined the firm in August 2017. More >>
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