Michael Burdon, intellectual property (IP) partner and head of Olswang’s European patent litigation team is to join the London office of international law firm Simmons & Simmons as partner from 02 May 2017*. More >>
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Environmental Partner Nicholas van Aelstyn Joins Sheppard Mullin San Francisco
Nicholas W. van Aelstyn has joined the San Francisco office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group. Van Aelstyn joins from Beveridge & Diamond, where he co-chaired the Climate Change and the Environmental practice groups. More >>
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Reed Smith Expands Corporate Practice in San Francisco
Global law firm Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Scott C. Smith as a partner in the firm’s Global Corporate Group in San Francisco. Smith was most recently a partner at Hanson Bridgett. Smith’s addition is the latest in a number of lateral hires that the firm has announced in San Francisco since the beginning of 2017: Paul Mohun, former Associate General Counsel at Gap, Inc., joined the firm at the beginning of February; and a team of five state tax attorneys from Morrison Foerester, led by Andres Vallejo, joined on February 27. More >>
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Michael J. Blankenship Joins Locke Lord as Corporate Partner in Houston; Brings Strong Capital Markets and M&A Experience
Michael J. Blankenship has joined Locke Lord’s Houston office as a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Blankenship brings a strong capital markets and M&A background and an entrepreneurial approach to the nationally recognized Corporate team at Locke Lord. More >>
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Intellectual Property Partner in Atlanta
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Robert Lockwood to its Atlanta office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Department. Lockwood was previously a partner at Burr & Forman LLP.
Lockwood helps clients manage their intellectual property portfolios and advises on trademark licensing and prosecution, trade dress, copyright, domain name and technology issues. He plays a leading role in negotiating and drafting domain name licensing agreements and settlements, as well as employment and independent contractor agreements. More >>
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Miller Thomson’s Construction Law Team is Growing
We are pleased to welcome Lampros Stougiannos and Karine Carrier who are joining our Construction and Infrastructure Group at our Montréal office, as partner and associate respectively. More >>
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Venture Capital and Technology Attorney, Dror Futter, Joins Rimon as Partner in Its New Jersey and New York City Offices
Dror Futter joins Rimon Law as a Partner in the areas of Venture Capital and Technology. Bringing more than 20 years of high tech and business experience, Mr. Futter represents emerging companies and their investors, as well as a wide range of technology companies.
Commenting on his transition, Mr. Futter stated: “I love working with innovators and in Rimon, I have found a team of legal entrepreneurs. The firm’s operating model has stripped away much of the overhead that adds cost but does not deliver value to clients. The firm’s economic model gives attorneys greater freedom to structure the terms of their client engagements. At the same time, Rimon has assembled a best-in-class roster of experienced practitioners. In other words, Rimon proves that high quality and reasonable rates are not a contradiction in terms.” More >>
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Leech Tishman Opens New Office in Lakewood Ranch, Florida
Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC (Leech Tishman) is pleased to announce that it has opened a new office in Lakewood Ranch (Sarasota Area) Florida. The new office will be managed by one of Leech Tishman’s founding partners, Ted Tishman, and is located at the Gibraltar Building on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.
Ted Tishman is joined in the new office by Lakewood Ranch attorney Wanda Pistella, a partner in Leech Tishman’s Real Estate Practice Group. Also joining the firm is Paula Egan Chapman, a Real Estate Closing Specialist. More >>
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Paul Hastings Accelerates Cross-Border Transactional Growth with Addition of M&A Team in New York
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the corporate group of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP will join the firm in New York. The team includes partners Robert Leung, Mike Huang, Stefan dePozsgay, Jason Hill, and Russell Franklin, and their associates.
“The addition of this exceptional team reflects increasing client demand for help with large and complex cross-border transactions and capital flows,” said Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “This is among the growing strategic investments we make across the firm, including advancements in our M&A, Private Equity, and Latin America practices, and in growth areas such as Technology, Media, Entertainment, and Telecoms (TMET), Life Sciences, and Energy,” he added. More >>
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Polsinelli Adds Prominent Wealth Planning Attorney in Kansas City
Polsinelli welcomes Stephen J. Bahr as a Wealth Planning/Administration shareholder in its Kansas City headquarters office. Bahr brings more than 20 years of experience to the firm’s Business Department, with an extensive background in estate planning and business succession planning.
Bahr’s practice focuses on a variety of estate planning and business planning matters, including health care documents, powers of attorney, wills and trusts, business succession and estate and gift tax return preparation. He routinely provides counsel to high net worth individuals and families related to sensitive and complex estate and business planning issues. More >>
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