The Seattle office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes partners Pam Kohli Jacobson and Mary E. Atkinson and associate Ryan W. Edmondson to the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice. The group joins K&L Gates from Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S., where Jacobson headed the intellectual property group. More >>
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced the arrivals of partners Ferdinand Brughmans (Projects & Infrastructure) and Matthieu Duplat (Capital Markets) to the Firm’s Brussels Office, adding valuable experience and depth to the Firm’s Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, and Project & Infrastructure practices. More >>
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Leading practitioner Kathryn Sanger is joining Herbert Smith Freehills’ top-rated international arbitration team as a partner in October 2016, based in Hong Kong. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Tax Practice with the addition of market leading lawyer Michael Wistow as a new partner in London and co-head of the Firm’s tax practice in EMEA. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the appointment of Real Estate partner Rahul Parrab, who joins the firm in Sydney from Baker & McKenzie. More >>
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that Steven Eckhaus and Robert Belosa have joined the firm as partners in the New York office. Both will be members of the Firm’s Employee Benefits, Compensation, Labor & Employment Practice Group. Mr. Eckhaus will lead the Practice Group in New York. More >>
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Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Jennifer Cheng as a partner in the firm’s global Corporate & Transactional Advisory Group (CTAG) in New York. Cheng was most recently with the New York office of Paul Hastings. The addition of Cheng follows on those of Jared Hershberg, Danielle Carbone, Andrew Callahan and Robbie Scheininger, who all joined CTAG in New York in the past year. More >>
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Norton Rose Fulbright and Bull Housser announce their combination, bringing together two firms providing progressive and innovative solutions to meet the legal needs of clients in British Columbia, Canada and globally. The combination, under the Norton Rose Fulbright name, maintains Norton Rose Fulbright’s growth and momentum. More >>
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Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Katie Thomson, former general counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C. Ms. Thomson, also previously the chief counsel at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will chair the firm’s Transportation Group. Ms. Thomson will counsel transportation clients on regulatory matters, civil and criminal litigation, internal and governmental investigations, compliance issues, and cybersecurity matters. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas Laverty will join the Firm’s London office as a partner in the Investment Funds Group. Mr. Laverty was most recently Managing Director and Funds Counsel at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), a division of Macquarie Group and the world’s largest infrastructure asset manager. More >>
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