National law firm Polsinelli has added shareholders Brian A. Bullard and George T. Lee III to its Dallas office and the firm’s growing Investment Funds practice. More >>
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Herbert Smith Freehills Hires leading Finance and Banking Partner in Moscow
International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the appointment of market leading finance lawyer Dmitry Gubarev to join as a partner, based in Moscow. Dmitry will join from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Moscow where he is a partner and head of the Russian Banking & Finance practice. Dmitry is bilingual in English and Russian. More >>
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Litigator Michael Klein Joins Dykema’s Austin Office
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Michael Klein to its Litigation Department and Insurance Industry Group as a member in the firm’s Austin office. Klein joins Dykema after practicing at the Austin office of Sedgwick LLP. More >>
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Troutman Sanders Adds Construction Practice Partner in San Francisco
Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that James Diwik has joined the firm’s Litigation and Construction practices in the San Francisco office. He previously practiced at Sedgwick LLP. More >>
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Sheppard Mullin New York Adds Entertainment Partner Dan Schnapp
Daniel E. Schnapp has joined the New York office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Entertainment and Digital Media practice and as co-leader of the firm’s Technology Transactions Team. Schnapp joins from Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP where he was Chair of the firm’s New Media, Entertainment and Technology practice. Joining Schnapp are former Hughes Hubbard associates Alexis Robinson and Genevieve Perez. More >>
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Polsinelli announced today Richard V. Zolezzi, an accomplished corporate attorney, joined its San Francisco office. More >>
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Ashurst Strengthens Tax Team in Paris with Partner Hire
International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Emmanuelle Pontnau-Faure as partner in its tax practice in Paris. Before joining Ashurst, Emmanuelle worked at White & Case for 14 years and at PWC where she has been a director since 2016. She has significant experience in various areas of tax law, advising on a broad range of issues relating to corporate, finance, real estate, litigation and restructuring matters. More >>
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Latham Further Expands Litigation & Trial Department in New York, Adding Two Complex Commercial Litigators
Latham & Watkins LLP continues to add firepower to its litigation bench and strengthen its team of esteemed trial lawyers in New York, welcoming partners Joseph Serino and Eric Leon to the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department, in the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Both are seasoned litigators, with wide-ranging experience in complex commercial litigation as well as antitrust, securities and trade secret matters, among others. Serino and Leon join Latham from Kirkland & Ellis in New York. While most of their representations are defense-side oriented, Serino and Leon have also together handled several high-profile plaintiff-side cases and won VerdictSearch Top 100 jury trial awards in back-to-back years. More >>
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Preeminent Tax Attorney Jared Rusman to Join New York Office of Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Jared Rusman has joined the Firm as a tax partner in the New York office. Mr. Rusman joins Kirkland from the Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he was a partner in the tax department. More >>
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K&L Gates Adds Chicago Private Equity Partner
The Chicago office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added David D. Dueno as a partner in the private equity practice. He joins K&L Gates from international private equity firm Quantum Global Group, and previously practiced with international law firms in London, New York, and Chicago. More >>
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