Leading M&A and Private Equity Partner Will Join Latham & Watkins in Germany

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Rainer Traugott will join the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department of the Munich office. Widely regarded as a leading M&A lawyer, Traugott’s practice focuses on the representation of large German corporates and private equity firms on M&A transactions and a broad range of corporate law matters. More >>

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Kirkland & Ellis Adds Former SEC Investment Management Division Director Norm Champ in New York

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Norm Champ will join the Firm’s New York office as a partner in the Private Funds Group on Feb. 1. Mr. Champ is the former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management and a lecturer on investment management law at Harvard Law School. More >>

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Leading IP Attorney Team in Chicago

Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that a team of four leading intellectual property partners from Brinks, Gilson & Lione has joined Barnes & Thornburg’s Intellectual Property Department. This seasoned group of IP litigators brings depth and breadth of experience in all phases of trademark litigation, including preliminary injunctions, judge and jury trials, federal appeals and trademark trial and appeal board proceedings. They build on Barnes & Thornburg’s thriving IP practice. More >>

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Experienced Patent and Trademark Attorney Anthony Venturino Joins Vorys

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP announced today that Anthony Venturino has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Venturino has nearly 30 years of experience in patent law with particular technical expertise in chemistry, catalysts, oil, gas and coal processing, metallurgy, surfactants, polymers, pharmaceuticals, compositions, biotechnology and medical devices. More >>

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