Alison Watson, former director of federal relations at Northwestern Mutual and earlier staff to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, has joined as a partner in FaegreBD’s insurance practice—part of the firm’s financial services industry team—in Washington, D.C. More >>
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The law firms of Baker Donelson and Ober|Kaler have announced plans to combine. The combination, which has been approved by the leadership and shareholders of both firms, is anticipated to take effect January 1, 2017. More >>
Tags: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PCJoel M. Hammerman has joined Faegre Baker Daniels as a partner to lead the firm’s white collar defense and investigations practice in Chicago. More >>
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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Ed Barnett will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Barnett’s broad practice spans a variety of cross-border M&A and corporate finance transactions, including public takeovers, takeover defense, joint ventures, divestments, refinancings and initial public offerings. His practice also focuses on company representation work, including advising on a range of corporate governance matters and counselling special committees of boards of directors. More >>
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The Chicago office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Joseph Condo as a partner in the energy and infrastructure projects and transactions practice. He joins from global renewable energy firm Invenergy LLC, where he served more than a decade as senior vice president and general counsel. More >>
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Gene Chikowski has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the firm’s Philadelphia office. He is a member of the firm’s Business Transactions and Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights practice groups. Mr. Chikowski comes to the firm from Flaster Greenberg’s Philadelphia office. More >>
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that
Philipp Girardet will join the firm as a partner to set up the antitrust and competition practice
in the firm’s London office. More >>
Dentons is pleased to announce that Christopher Zelyas has joined the Firm as a partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. Chris maintains a broad commercial litigation practice, in which he addresses conflicts at all levels of his clients’ businesses. He has particular expertise in advancing his clients’ intellectual property portfolios through patent and trademark litigation, and in handling claims involving misappropriation of confidential information and trade secrets. More >>
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Insurance litigator Jay M. Levin is joining Offit Kurman in Philadelphia. With extensive experience in insurance recovery law, Mr. Levin focuses his practice on representing policyholders in disputes with insurance carriers. Mr. Levin is one of three attorneys to join the firm this month, and his affiliation with Offit Kurman signifies not only a higher level of capability within the Insurance Recovery practice group, but a new phase of Offit Kurman’s growth in Philadelphia as a whole. More >>
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Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC (Leech Tishman) is pleased to announce that Sandford (“Sandy”) L. Frey and Stuart (“Skip”) I. Koenig of Creim Macias Koenig Frey LLP have joined the firm as partners in Leech Tishman’s Pasadena office. Sandy and Skip joined the firm’s Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. More >>
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