McGuireWoods has expanded its financial services litigation practice with new lateral partners in two cities, including a new office in San Francisco with David C. Powell joining as its first managing partner. Mary J. Hackett, who has represented some of the world’s largest banks and is a former chief litigation officer at PNC Financial Services Group, joins the Pittsburgh office. More >>
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John Dickey, an accomplished corporate and transactional attorney with over three decades of experience, has joined Polsinelli’s expanding Dallas office as a shareholder. Dickey joins the firm’s national Corporate and Transactional Practice Group. More >>
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Sidley Austin LLP announced today that three partners have joined its Intellectual Property Litigation practice and will be based in the New York office. Bradford J. Badke (Jim) is a first-chair patent trial lawyer with extensive experience representing life sciences companies and a pioneer in medical device patent litigation. Sona De and Ching-Lee Fukuda are both highly skilled trial lawyers with significant patent litigation experience. Ms. De focuses her practice on issues related to life sciences, while Ms. Fukuda focuses her practice on the technology sector. More >>
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International law firm Proskauer today announced the arrival of Kristen Campana as a partner in its market-leading Multi-Tranche Finance Group, resident in the New York office. More >>
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Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that H. Stephen Castro, an accomplished corporate finance lawyer, has joined the global law firm’s New York office as a partner. More >>
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Morrison & Foerster., a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Mark L. Whitaker has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Mr. Whitaker comes to the firm from Baker Botts, where he led its International Trade Commission (ITC) practice and expanded its patent litigation in the ITC, district courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Mr. Whitaker brings to Morrison & Foerster’s renowned IP Litigation Practice Group a proven track record of success during the last 25 years. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Chad McCormick has joined the Firm as a partner to help build the Houston office’s Tax Practice Group.
“Chad has significant experience advising on the tax aspects of a variety of complex transactions,” said Andrew Calder, a partner in Kirkland’s Houston office and a member of the Firm’s Global Management Executive Committee. “He is an important addition in Houston, enhancing our ability to fully support transactions from the office and helping solidify Kirkland’s local roster in Texas. His experience on energy-related transactions in particular is also a nice complement to our existing top-tier national tax practice.”
Mr. McCormick advises clients on tax-efficient structures for domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions and separations. He also advises clients on tax aspects of capital markets transactions, financing arrangements and matters regarding S corporations, partnerships and other pass-through entities.
He joins Kirkland from the Houston office of Baker Botts LLP, where he was a partner.
Mr. McCormick holds an LL.M. in taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law; a J.D., with honors, from the University of Montana School of Law; and a B.A., with highest honors, from Montana State University. Thomson Reuters has recognized him as a “Texas Super Lawyer-Rising Star” for the past two years.
Mr. McCormick is the third Houston partner to join Kirkland in 2016. Anna Rotman was hired in January to launch the Houston office’s Litigation Practice Group and Adam Larson joined earlier this month to build upon the office’s M&A capabilities. The Houston office opened in 2014 and has grown to include approximately 60 lawyers who work across practices and offices within the Firm.
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The global law firm Jones Day today announced that Michael Conway has joined as a partner in the Firm’s Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation (FILR) Practice, and will be based in its Chicago Office. He was previously a Chicago partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., where he served as Vice Chair of the Business Litigation and Corporate Services Section. More >>
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Holland & Knight has expanded its intellectual property practice on the East Coast with the addition of Partners Grace Pan and Dawn Rudenko Albert, who will reside in the firm’s New York and Stamford offices, respectively. Previously, Ms. Pan was a partner with Orrick, and Ms. Rudenko Albert was with Dickstein Shapiro. More >>
Tags: Holland & Knight LLP | New YorkHolland & Knight today announced the addition of 10 corporate lawyers from Greenberg Traurig’s Miami office. The group includes Partners David Barkus, Ira Rosner, Aaron Slavens, Jordan Taylor and Marc Druckman and Associates Henry Roque, Jordan Schneider, Kyle Hershey, Danica Malloy and George Pita. More >>
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