Clyde & Co is pleased to announce that Shain Wasser has joined as a Partner, bringing a rapidly expanding defense practice and a proven track record of building high-value insurance relationships across the United States. Shain joins from Kennedys, where she played an instrumental role in the opening of the Los Angeles office and oversaw significant growth in her practice. Wasser joins from Kennedys.
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Goodwin today announced that Michael Russell has rejoined the Technology group in the M&A practice as partner in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Ryan Gehbauer has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a Partner in the Firm’s Labor & Employment group in Dallas, the international law firm announced today. Ryan comes to Dorsey from Thompson Coburn LLP, where he was a partner.
King & Spalding announced today that Matthew Kita has joined the firm as a partner in the Finance and Restructuring practice group. Kita joins King & Spalding from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner.
Global law firm Clifford Chance has strengthened its corporate, private capital and M&A tax capabilities with the addition of Adriana Zhan as a partner in its Tax, Pensions and Employment (TPE) group. Based in New York, Zhan will help accelerate the firm’s strategic expansion of its transactional platform in the US market. Prior to joining the firm, Zhan served as Partner at White & Case LLP.
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Dechert announced today the addition of Shannon Reaves as a partner and co-chair of its national security practice group. Mr. Reaves brings almost two decades of experience in cross-border transaction reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) mitigation with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). He joins Hrishikesh Hari as co-chair and will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Reaves arrives at the firm from Squire Patton Boggs.
Morgan Lewis is pleased to welcome a three-partner tax and transfer pricing team in New York—Julia Medynskaya, Daniel Rosen, and Brendan Sponheimer—along with Joshua Nixt, who joins as a Principal Economist. Arriving from Baker McKenzie, the group brings deep, multidisciplinary experience across tax controversy, transfer pricing, international tax planning, and cross-border M&A.
Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Jason Newman will join the firm as a partner with the Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group in the firm’s Houston office. Newman brings extensive experience representing energy clients in complex upstream oil and gas disputes and transactions across Texas and other major U.S. energy markets. Newman joins Reed Smith from Baker Botts, where he spent his entire legal career, first as an associate and later as a partner.
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Eric Kristiansen, Cleve Glenn and Ryan Pittman have joined the firm’s Houston office as partners, further expanding its Litigation and Corporate benches in a market that continues to drive significant client demand and underscoring the firm’s continued investment in Texas. The trio joins from BakerHostetler, bringing immediate scale and prominent experience in serving clients.
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Litigation attorney Siobhan Cole has joined Holland & Knight’s growing Philadelphia Litigation Practice Group as a partner. Ms. Cole was previously a partner with White & Williams LLP, where she served as practice group chair of the firm’s commercial litigation group.
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