Mayer Brown announced today that David K. Burton has joined the firm’s Tax Transactions & Consulting practice and Renewable Energy group as a partner in New York. Mr. Burton will serve as the leader of Mayer Brown’s Renewable Energy group for the New York office. Previously, he was a partner with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in New York. More >>
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Husch Blackwell, an industry-focused full-service law firm, and Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. (WHD), a leading Wisconsin business and litigation law firm, today announced they will combine effective July 1, 2016. The move strengthens both firms’ commitment to providing industry knowledge and experience to clients. The combined firm will retain the Husch Blackwell name and will continue to operate in all markets where both firms currently have offices. More >>
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Tara Lee and Debbie Shon have joined Quinn Emanuel as partners in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. More >>
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Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Megan Gess has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in the Orange County office. She joins the firm from Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, where she was a partner. More >>
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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Serena S. Carlsen has joined the firm’s Real Estate & Land Use practice as a partner in the Seattle office. Serena, whose practice focuses on commercial property and development matters, was previously a partner at Stoel Rives LLP. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that two partners have agreed to join its Transportation Finance Practice. Christopher Boresjo and Mark Moody plan to join the firm’s London office in the coming weeks from Simmons & Simmons LLP, where Mr. Boresjo led the firm’s Asset Finance Practice. Messrs. Boresjo and Moody concentrate their practice in the aircraft finance arena, handling a variety of complex finance and leasing transactions. More >>
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DLA Piper announced today that John Lyons has joined the firm’s Restructuring practice as a partner in the Chicago office. With over twenty years of restructuring experience, Lyons has represented major US and international corporations, committees, lenders and boards of directors in complex business reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures. He played key roles in several industry transformative restructurings including, among others, American Airlines, Delphi Corporation, US Airways, Exodus Communications, and VeraSun Energy. He has increasingly represented clients in cross border restructurings and conducted several fraud investigations and asset recovery actions. More >>
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Heather Miles has joined Foley Hoag LLP as a partner in the Business Department and a member of the Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Practice Group. She will be resident in the firm’s New York office. More >>
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Curtis announced today the opening of an office in Geneva, Switzerland to be located at 8, rue d’Italie. More >>
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Morgan Lewis has significantly deepened its award-winning labor and employment team in Texas with the addition of highly ranked partner Ethel J. Johnson, who will be resident in the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices. Ms. Johnson joins Morgan Lewis from the employment litigation practice of another global law firm. More >>
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