Orrick announced today that Jacqui Hatfield, a leading advisor on UK and European Fintech and payments regulation, will join the firm on September 4 as a partner in the Tech Companies Group in London. Jacqui will join from Reed Smith, where she served as head of the Non Contentious Regulatory Team within its Financial Industry Group. She will be the fifth partner to join Orrick’s London office in the past 18 months. More >>
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Morgan Lewis today welcomes Shaobin Zhu, who focuses on cross-border intellectual property litigation and counseling, as a partner in the firm’s Shanghai office. He joins Morgan Lewis from Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. More >>
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DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Liner LLP, a leading Los Angeles-based boutique law firm, has agreed to merge with DLA Piper. Founded in 1996, Liner focuses on litigation, real estate, business transactions and restructuring. More >>
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McGuireWoods London continues the strategic expansion of its corporate practice with the addition of partner Jeremy Davis, who enhances the firm’s already formidable global mergers and acquisitions capabilities. More >>
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Energy and environmental attorney Mark Kalpin has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s Boston office. He previously was a partner at WilmerHale, where he served as co-chair of the Energy and Cleantech Group. More >>
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Cozen O’Connor is pleased to welcome Jeffrey A. Mills to the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Mills is a member of the Real Estate and Public & Project Finance practice groups. Mills joins the firm from Reed Smith, where he was a partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Finance groups. More >>
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Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Carolyn A. Reers, a respected trusts and estates lawyer, has joined the global law firm’s New York office as a partner. She comes to Norton Rose Fulbright from J.P. Morgan Private Bank and was previously a principal at Cummings & Lockwood LLC. More >>
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Michael Best is pleased to announce it has added Bethany C. McCurdy to its Milwaukee office as senior counsel in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. McCurdy will concentrate her practice on management side employment law. More >>
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Labor and Employment attorney Rick Etter has joined Frost Brown Todd (FBT) as a Member in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He joins FBT’s Labor and Employment Practice Group – a team of more than 45 lawyers and additional support staff in eight states across Mid-America – where he primarily will focus on defending employers throughout the country in complex employment litigation, including wage and hour class and collective actions arising under federal and state laws, and unfair competition litigation. More >>
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