Vinson & Elkins has strengthened its global Tax practice with the addition of Natan Leyva as a partner. Leyva, who will reside in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, focuses on all aspects of international tax planning. More >>
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Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its European Real Estate practice with the addition of a new partner, David F. Dixon. Dixon brings with him more than 25 years of professional expertise advising regional property funds, institutional investors and financial institutions on real estate transactions as well as investment banks and private equity funds on M&A deals across Europe. More >>
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Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies announced that Kevin Washo, formerly the executive director of the Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee for the Democratic National Convention, has joined the firm as a government relations principal. In this role, Mr. Washo will advise corporate and nonprofit clients on strategic engagement with the political and legislative processes at the state and federal levels. He will also act as a liaison to key government stakeholders to assist clients with government relations across Pennsylvania as well as in Washington, D.C., and New York. He will be based in Public Strategies’ Philadelphia office. Mr. Washo brings to the firm’s clients more than a decade of experience in Democratic politics, having served in various leadership positions in state and national government and politics. More >>
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Dechert LLP, a global law firm, announced today that John Markland and Ross Allardice have joined Dechert as partners in London. Markland was the founding partner of the London finance practice at Kirkland & Ellis and Allardice was a corporate private equity partner at White & Case. More >>
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has strengthened further its tier one corporate practice in Asia with the appointment of Mr Frank Yuen who joins its Hong Kong office in early 2017. Mr Yuen is a highly respected corporate partner who has advised on some of the most complex and high profile M&A and equity capital market transactions in the market. More >>
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Anderson Kill has opened an office in Los Angeles, California to facilitate and expand the firm’s insurance recovery work on the west coast. More >>
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Ben Spiers will join the Firm as a Partner in the Corporate Practice of its London office. He is currently a partner in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Global M&A Group. More >>
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added William E. Turner II to its 100-attorney Chicago office as a partner in the Corporate Department. He joins the firm from Barack Ferrazano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, where he was a partner in the corporate and securities practice. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Neil Upton, one of Europe’s leading energy lawyers, to its global Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group in London. Mr. Upton joins the firm as partner, along with a six-strong legal and business development team, from King & Wood Mallesons in London, where he was the UK and Europe head, and global co-head, of the energy and infrastructure and project finance practice. More >>
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Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce that intellectual property litigators Thomas G. Southard and Brian S. Seal have joined the firm’s Business Litigation practice in Washington, D.C. as a partner and senior counsel, respectively. More >>
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