Cozen O’Connor Continues Sharp Growth in Washington, D.C. Office

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to welcome prominent business litigator Philip “Randy” Seybold to the firm as a member. Seybold joins Cozen O’Connor from AmLaw 100 firm WilmerHale, where he spent the last 11 years handling some of the nation’s highest profile business litigation matters. Seybold is part of Cozen O’Connor’s Business Litigation practice group and is resident in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. More >>

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Morrison & Foerster Adds Six Litigators to its Industry-Leading IP Litigation Group in San Francisco

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of six highly regarded IP litigators to its Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation group. The San Francisco-based team, which joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, consists of partners Stefani E. Shanberg and Jennifer J. Schmidt, of counsel Robin L. Brewer, and associates Eugene Marder, Madeleine E. Greene, and Michael J. Guo. More >>

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Corporate Partner Richard Kaye Joins Barnes & Thornburg’s Atlanta Office

Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Richard Kaye to its Atlanta office as a partner in the Corporate Department, where he works on domestic and international transactions. Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Kaye was a member at Sherman & Howard LLC. His arrival comes on the heels of Robert Lockwood, a partner in the Intellectual Property Department, who joined the Atlanta office earlier in the year. More >>

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Morgan Lewis Adds Corporate and Latin America Transactional Partners in Houston, Bolstering Energy, Life Sciences, and Investment Funds Practices

Morgan Lewis today welcomes veteran transactional lawyer Juan-Pablo “John” Crespo to the firm as a partner in Houston. His long-time colleague, Adrian Talamantes, will join the firm on May 30, also in Houston. Both new partners have deep backgrounds in corporate transactions, focusing on energy, life sciences, and investment funds transactions throughout the United States and Latin America. They join Morgan Lewis from the global transactions group of another global law firm. More >>

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Cozen O’Connor Continues Expansion of Minneapolis Office with Two Intellectual Property Litigators

Cozen O’Connor has expanded its Intellectual Property Department in Minneapolis with the addition of two nationally recognized intellectual property litigators from the international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright: Erik Swenson and Patrick J. Gallagher. Both Swenson and Gallagher join the firm as members. Swenson, who holds an advanced degree from MIT and has extensive knowledge in electrical, mechanical and software technology, is the former Partner-in-Charge of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Minneapolis office. More >>

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Thompson Hine Formalizes Government Contracts Practice in Washington with Four Senior Lawyers

Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce it has consolidated its government contracts capabilities with a Government Contracts practice centered in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and adding two partners and a senior counsel. Joining the firm from Cooley LLP are Thomas O. Mason, who will lead the practice, Francis E. “Chip” Purcell Jr. and Raymond C. McCann. Mason was chair of Cooley’s Government Contracts practice and previously led the same practice at Williams Mullen. Purcell is past president of the Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association. McCann has extensive in-house federal government contracts experience, most recently serving as associate general counsel at Qwest Government Services, Inc. (a CenturyLink company). More >>

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Kirkland & Ellis Strengthens Asia Corporate Practice with the Addition of Daniel Dusek in Hong Kong

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Dusek as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. Mr. Dusek has extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and a variety of other complex and cross-border corporate matters. Mr. Dusek joins Kirkland from the Beijing and Hong Kong offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he was a partner. More >>

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