Frances Mosley has joined Cooley’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital (ECVC) practice, reinforcing the firm’s continued growth and investment in this core market. Mosley joins Cooley from DLA Piper.
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Spencer Fane LLP is pleased to welcome Katherine Utz Hunter to the firm’s St. Louis office as of counsel in the Employee Benefits Practice Group. Katherine advises employers on the design, governance, and compliance of employee benefit programs, providing strategic guidance on the legal and transactional issues and opportunities that impact benefit programs across a wide range of industries.
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Willkie today announced that prominent litigators Grant Schmidt and Andrew Bean have joined the Firm as partners in the Dallas office. Their addition extends Willkie’s global litigation team to Texas and deepens the commercial litigation and trial capabilities available to clients across the state and nationally. The duo arrives from Hilgers PLLC.
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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP today announced that Charles Capito has joined the Firm as a partner in its National Security and Foreign Investments & Trade Regulations Practices, based in Washington, D.C.
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Vinson & Elkins today announced that it has expanded its partnership, adding Keith Trammell, Chalyse Robinson and David Strong in Denver and Alex Bahn in Washington, D.C. Trammell, Robinson, and Strong will also work out of the firm’s New York office. The lawyers come to the firm from WilmerHale and work closely together representing public and private companies and private equity clients in a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisition and debt financings, capital markets transactions, SEC advisory and corporate governance matters.
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is pleased to announce that Christine Kain has joined the firm as a partner in its Minneapolis office. She joins the firm from Faegre Drinker.
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Global law firm McDermott Will & Schulte further solidified its market‑leading presence in health and life sciences with the arrival of partners Kyle Faget and Monica Chmielewski. The pair arrive at McDermott from Foley & Lardner LLP.
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Eversheds Sutherland has expanded its insurance team with the appointment of Helen Hallam as a partner in the firm’s London office. Helen joins the firm from Canada Life Limited, where she spent more than eight years in senior in-house roles, including as Lead Counsel advising on insurance led corporate finance transactions. During her time at Canada Life, she worked at the centre of the insurer’s bulk annuities, reinsurance and capital activity, advising on a wide range of matters including pensions risk transfer transactions, funded reinsurance and longevity risk arrangements, insurance business transfers, and related investment and capital management structures.
Tags: Eversheds Sutherland | LondonNationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. is pleased to announce Joseph M. Wientge Jr. has joined the firm as a principal in its St. Louis office. He joins Jackson Lewis from Littler Mendelson, where he was a shareholder and served as co-chair of its Arbitration practice group. He has more than 20 years of experience representing employers in investigations, administrative proceedings, and state and federal litigation, with a nationally focused practice in employment arbitration.
