McDermott Will & Emery announced today that experienced antitrust and consumer protection lawyer Bilal Sayyed has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, DC office.Mr. Sayyed joins McDermott from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner, and brings a broad-based practice focused on competition and consumer issues. More >>
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Litigator Mark Churchill has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., offices. Most recently, he was the head of McDermott Will & Emery’s Trial Practice Group in Washington, D.C. More >>
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Gregg D. Bernhard to the Real Estate practice in Los Angeles. Bernhard joins from Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Los Angeles office where he was a shareholder in the real estate and hospitality industry groups. More >>
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Linklaters today announces the hire of Mark O’Neill as a Real Estate Finance partner in London. More >>
Tags: Linklaters LLP | LondonFormer Denver City Attorney David Fine has joined Holland & Knight as a litigation partner in its Denver office. Most recently, Mr. Fine was the managing partner for the Denver office of Dentons. He also served as managing partner of McKenna Long & Aldridge’s Denver office prior to the firm’s merger with Dentons. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has opened an office in Boston with the arrival of a team of white collar partners. Michael Kendall, who takes up the role of Executive Partner in the Boston office, will be joined by Kevin Bolan and Lauren Papenhausen. A fourth member of the team – Andrew Tomback – will be based in the Firm’s New York office. More >>
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Fund finance partner Liz Soutter has joined Mayer Brown’s Banking & Finance practice in London. She was formerly at Dentons, where she was a partner. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Achim Herfs will join the Firm as a corporate partner in the Munich office. He joins from the Munich office of Hengeler Mueller, together with Counsel Dr. Anna Schwander and Dr. Benjamin Leyendecker-Langner, a former senior associate of Hengeler Mueller. All three join Kirkland as partners. The new partners focus on corporate transactions including private equity, stock corporation and capital markets as well as corporate governance and compliance. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, has bolstered its growing Los Angeles office with veteran real estate lawyer William “Bill” Ellis, who joins the firm as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. Ellis brings substantial experience to Akerman’s formidable real estate team, enhancing the firm’s transactional work on behalf of financial institutions and investment funds. As former general counsel of global real estate conglomerate Reading International, Inc., Ellis also expands the firm’s capabilities for domestic and international clients in the hospitality and retail sectors. More >>
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Polsinelli announced today the addition of seasoned real estate attorney Diane Shapiro Richer as shareholder in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Richer brings more than 30 years of legal experience to Polsinelli, joining the firm’s national platform of more than 60 real estate attorneys. More >>
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