Akin Gump today announced that Jasper Helder joins the firm in London as a partner in its international trade practice. Mr. Helder, who practices primarily in international trade and corporate compliance matters, comes to Akin Gump from Baker & McKenzie, where he chaired the Europe, Middle East, and Africa trade & commerce practice. More >>
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Venable LLP, an American Lawyer Global 100 law firm, announced today the addition of four high-profile partners to its growing national Tax and Wealth Planning practice. Jonathan C. Lurie, William R. Burford, and Andrew D. Copans joined the firm as partners in the Los Angeles office. Jason P. Trenton will also join the firm as a partner in early January 2017. The four-member team was previously with McDermott Will & Emery LLP and brings with it three paralegals and three staff members. More >>
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Bernhardt, a leading German private equity lawyer, is joining the firm’s Frankfurt office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Recognized as a top lawyer for private equity by JUVE, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers, Michael Bernhardt has over 15 years of experience. His practice is focused on corporate M&A and Private Equity, representing national and international corporations and sponsors on investments and cross-border transactions and he advises regularly on private equity transactions including public takeovers as well as Public-to-Privates, LBOs and MBOs. More >>
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Mayer Brown today announced the appointment of Jay Doraisamy as a London-based partner in the Pensions practice. Jay joins the firm from Dentons, where she was a partner in the pensions practice. Prior to Dentons, Jay headed the London pensions team at Eversheds. More >>
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Julia B. Jacobson as a partner in the firm’s Boston office. She joins K&L Gates from Seyfarth Shaw LLP. More >>
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Thomas Bouvet has joined the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice as a partner in its Paris Office. A team of three associates, Eddy Prothière, Isabelle Bertaux, and Laura Romestant, are accompanying Mr. Bouvet to Jones Day. More >>
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International law firm Proskauer announced today the arrival of leading M&A lawyers Rob Day and Andrew Wingfield to the Firm’s London office. More >>
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Angelo Ciavarella has joined the firm’s Tax Planning practice as a partner in its New York office. Ciavarella focuses his practice on structuring domestic and cross-border corporate and private equity transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, tax-free reorganizations, leveraged buyouts and other major corporate transactions, as well as lending and other financing transactions. More >>
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Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that it has hired Christine Soares as a member of its Energy, Environmental & Public Utilities Practice. Christine joins Cozen O’Connor from Fox Rothschild LLP, where she was a partner in the Litigation Department. She will be resident in the firm’s Cherry Hill, N.J., office. More >>
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