International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that it is continuing the expansion of its finance and private equity practices with the addition of Joshua Samis. Mr. Samis will join McDermott as Partner is its Chicago office and previously was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. More >>
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth E. Klingensmith has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Corporate Litigation group and member of the Energy industry team. She is based in the Firm’s Houston office and comes to Blank Rome from Haynes and Boone, LLP. More >>
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King & Spalding today announced that Lana Varney, Lisa Horvath Shub and Stephen Huffaker have joined as partners in the Life Sciences practice in the firm’s Austin office. Varney, Shub and Huffaker were previously partners at Norton Rose Fulbright where all three had spent their entire legal careers. More >>
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Real estate finance lawyer Margot Hammond has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s Boston office. She focuses her practice on net leasing and commercial lending, including representation of institutional lenders and underwriters in credit tenant lease financings and commercial mortgage loan originations. Moving to Holland & Knight with Ms. Hammond is associate Stephanie Frank. Both were previously with Dechert LLP in Boston. More >>
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the addition of four partners to its Hong Kong office: Paul Boltz, Scott Jalowayski, Michael Nicklin and Brian Schwarzwalder. The team, which joins from Ropes & Gray’s Hong Kong office, will continue their private equity, finance and securities practice at Gibson Dunn. More >>
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Murtha Cullina LLP is pleased to welcome Salvatore G. Gangemi as a Partner. He is a member of the Litigation Department and the Labor and Employment Practice Group. More >>
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) is delighted to announce the appointment of Ben Morgan as a partner in its corporate crime and global investigations practice. Benwill join Freshfields from the Serious Fraud Office where he is joint-Head of Bribery and Corruption reporting to the Director of the SFO, David Green QC. More >>
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Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, announced Kory Christensen, an accomplished intellectual property attorney, joined as shareholder in its San Francisco office. Christensen is the most recent of several attorneys to join Polsinelli’s California offices this year, adding to the firm’s intellectual property strength on the West Coast. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that prominent technology patent litigator, Kathi Vidal, will join the firm as managing partner of its Silicon Valley office and will be proposed as a member of its firmwide Executive Committee. More >>
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Mayer Brown announced today that Gary Wilcox has joined its Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing practice as a partner in Washington DC. Before coming to Mayer Brown, Mr. Wilcox held leadership positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and another international law firm, and served as the Deputy Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). More >>
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