Dentons Adds Private Equity Veteran Jennifer Williams as Partner in Corporate Practice

Monday, January 11, 2016

Dentons, the global law firm, today added Jennifer R. Williams as a partner in the firm’s Corporate group. Williams joins as one of the leaders of a new program focused on providing a comprehensive package of legal services to private equity portfolio companies and similar companies. This new and unique service is designed to provide cost savings as well as risk management tools for clients at both the portfolio company and private equity firm levels. Although the service is primarily focused on private equity clients, it has applications in other businesses. More >>

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Armstrong Teasdale Adds Partner Ray Jones to Financial and Real Estate Services Practice

Friday, January 8, 2016

Transactional experience will support clients in evolving Las Vegas real estate market. Armstrong Teasdale, a law firm with offices across the United States and in China, proudly announces the addition of partner Ray C. Jones to the Financial and Real Estate Services practice group. Jones, who is based in Las Vegas, focuses on advising national, regional and local lenders, home builders, and developers on commercial finance, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and real estate development. His transactional work includes matters related to the construction and development of single and multi-family residential, commercial, mixed-use and high-rise resort, condominium and condominium-hotel projects. More >>

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K&L Gates Continues Growth of Investment Management Practice in New York

Friday, January 8, 2016

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP continues to bolster its leading investment management, hedge funds and alternative investment practice with the addition of Derek Steingarten as a partner in its New York office. Steingarten, who joins K&L Gates from Goodwin Procter LLP, is the office’s third new partner in the investment management area in the last six months. More >>

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Financial Services Partner Timothy Spangler Joins Dechert

Friday, January 8, 2016

Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy Spangler has joined the firm as a partner in the financial services practice group. He advises clients on the structuring and formation of, and investment in, international and domestic private investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds and fund-of-funds. More >>

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Ogletree Deakins Adds Renowned Employment Litigator to Dallas Office

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, continues to build its ranks in Texas with the addition of renowned labor and employment litigator Gary Eisenstat, who joins the firm’s Dallas office as a shareholder. Eisenstat comes to Ogletree Deakins from Figari & Davenport, where he practiced for nearly three decades and represented management in all aspects of employment law. More >>

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Tax partner joins Nixon Peabody’s Washington, DC, office

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Washington, DC. Nixon Peabody is expanding in Washington, DC, with the arrival of new partner Sean P. Clancy. With almost two decades of experience counseling clients on a broad range of tax and business planning and tax policy matters, Sean represents public and private companies on mergers & acquisitions, corporate tax and executive compensation matters. More >>

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