Banking and Financial Services Attorney Jay Kim Returns to Dorsey

Monday, March 27, 2017

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Jay Kim has rejoined the Firm as a Partner in its Banking Industry Group in Minneapolis.

Mr. Kim has represented financial institutions for over 25 years. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Corporate Development for Alerus Financial Corporation. His responsibilities at Alerus included oversight of the risk management, audit and compliance functions as well as acquisitions and investor relations. Before joining Alerus in 2012, he was a partner in Dorsey’s Finance & Restructuring and Corporate Groups where his practice focused on financial institutions, including banks, trust companies, commercial and residential mortgage brokers, specialized lending businesses and health, welfare and retirement plan administrators. Mr. Kim advises banking and financial services clients on mergers and acquisitions, risk management, capital formation and regulation, bank regulatory strategy and enforcement matters, and product development and diversification and often serves as outside general counsel to his clients. More >>

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Rob Bradshaw to Join Dechert as Finance Partner in London

Monday, March 27, 2017

Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Rob Bradshaw will join the firm as a corporate partner in the London office. He is currently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

“Rob’s arrival is the next big step in our strategic plan for growth in our London private equity practice,” said Mark Thierfelder, chair of the firm’s Corporate & Securities group. “The team is doing very sophisticated work in the UK and across the Continent. Rob will enhance our ability to serve our clients as we focus on their most complex matters.” More >>

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DLA Piper Announces Cooperation Agreement with Peruvian Firm Pizarro, Botto & Escobar Abogados

Monday, March 27, 2017

DLA Piper LLP (US) announced today that it has established a cooperation agreement with Peruvian firm Pizarro, Botto & Escobar Abogados. Together the firms will operate as DLA Piper Pizarro Botto Escobar.

Pizarro, Botto & Escobar, based in Lima, Peru, is a multidisciplinary firm with more than 40 lawyers working across a wide range of industries. The cooperation agreement provides DLA Piper with a firm partner with a strong reputation and extensive knowledge in the practice areas of M&A and corporate, banking and finance, projects and infrastructure, insurance, tax, arbitration and litigation, employment, intellectual property, real estate, energy and, recently, corporate criminal and compliance matters. More >>

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High-Profile Silicon Valley Litigator David Lisi Joins Pillsbury

Friday, March 24, 2017

Pillsbury today announced the addition of prominent litigator David Lisi, who joins the firm’s Silicon Valley office as a partner. Well-known for his work representing technology and cyber-focused companies, Lisi’s addition expands Pillsbury’s litigation capabilities in Silicon Valley, where the firm has long offered a full line of sophisticated corporate legal services. He comes to the firm from Greenberg Traurig. More >>

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Mintz Levin Adds Leading Sports and Entertainment Lawyer to Litigation Practice

Friday, March 24, 2017

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. continues to enhance its nationally recognized Litigation and Sports Law Practices with the addition of Anthony Mulrain, who, in addition to representing publicly and privately held companies, also represents a number of high profile athletes and entertainers in litigation and arbitration matters. He will serve as a Member in New York. More >>

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Associate Deputy Attorney General Danielle Conley Returns to WilmerHale

Friday, March 24, 2017

Danielle Conley, who concluded her service as Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States in January, is returning to WilmerHale as a partner in the firm’s Regulatory and Government Affairs Department. She will be a member of two firm groups: Strategic Response and Government and Regulatory Litigation. Ms. Conley will also co-chair WilmerHale’s civil rights and anti-discrimination practice with Partner Debo Adegbile, who was recently appointed to the US Commission on Civil Rights. More >>

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Michael Best Adds Former Department of Justice Attorney to Its Environment & Natural Resources Practice Group

Friday, March 24, 2017

Michael Best is pleased to announce that John Sheehan has joined its Environmental & Natural Resources Practice Group as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Sheehan, who joins from a national firm in Washington, previously served as a senior trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in its Environmental and Natural Resources Division for over 13 years during which time he also served as a special counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and as a special advisor in EPA’s Office of General Counsel. More >>

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Freeborn Welcomes Thomas F. Bush as Litigation, Insurance/Reinsurance and Antitrust Partner

Friday, March 24, 2017

Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas F. Bush has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a Partner and member of the Litigation Practice Group and Insurance/Reinsurance Industry Group.

“We are enthusiastic about welcoming Tom to Freeborn and to our team serving the insurance and reinsurance industry,” said Freeborn’s Co-Managing Partner Michael A. Moynihan. “Tom brings to the firm decades of experience handling diverse litigation and other matters for insurers and reinsurers.” More >>

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Condon & Forsyth to Continue International Aviation Work in New Miami Office

Friday, March 24, 2017

Condon & Forsyth is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Miami, Florida. Expanding to Miami is a natural progression that will allow the firm to continue to serve its clients while having a physical presence in one of the most important business hubs for Latin America. The office will be headed by Partner John Maggio, who has extensive experience representing air carriers, aircraft manufacturers, and insurers in civil, commercial, and products liability litigation. Mr. Maggio will be joined by industry veteran and Florida local attorney, Robert Owens, Of Counsel, who has 40-plus years of legal and business experience representing clients in aircraft finance as well as commercial and civil aviation matters. More >>

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