Dentons in Latin America

Friday, December 18, 2015

Global law firm Dentons, Colombia’s Cárdenas & Cárdenas, and Mexico’s López Velarde, Heftye y Soria (LVHS), today announced that the partners of each firm have approved the combination of the three firms, bringing the world’s largest law firm to two of Latin America’s top four economies.

By combining, Cárdenas & Cárdenas, LVHS and Dentons will capitalize on their reinforcing and complementary strengths in key business sectors and practices including: Arbitration and Litigation, Banking and Finance, Corporate, Energy, Intellectual Property, Infrastructure, Mining and Natural Resources, and Telecommunications.

Globally the Firm will operate under the name “Dentons” in English and all other languages except for Chinese. In Chinese, the Firm will be known as “大成.”

Dentons and its combination partners have always sought to capitalize on strong legacy brands through a conscientious, innovative brand migration strategy that captures the goodwill lawyers and professionals of each foundational firm have built with existing clients in the regions they serve, while simultaneously developing and supporting the Dentons brand around the world. Dentons will continue to pursue this strategy in Colombia and Mexico, with branding that incorporates the names of each firm into its tagline and, where appropriate, local market logos that incorporate the logos of each firm into the Dentons branding.

Dentons is the world’s first polycentric global law firm. A top 20 firm on the Acritas 2015 Global Elite Brand Index, the Firm is committed to challenging the status quo in delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value in new and inventive ways. Driven to provide clients a competitive edge, and connected to the communities where its clients want to do business, Dentons knows that understanding local cultures is crucial to successfully completing a deal, resolving a dispute or solving a business challenge. Now the world’s largest law firm, Dentons’ global team builds agile, tailored solutions to meet the local, national and global needs of private and public clients of any size in more than 125 locations serving 50-plus countries.

Cárdenas & Cárdenas Abogados has worked with domestic and international clients, under schemes of high ethical commitment, seriousness and professionalism. The firm has a prominent group of lawyers and advisors focused on responding efficiently to requests from its clients and providing peak performance and quality in the legal professional services market.

The firm has assisted a large number of local and international companies doing business in Colombia, and has successfully participated in several international transactions representing Colombian clients, helping its clients in achieving their goals in Colombia.

López Velarde, Heftye y Soria (LVHS) is focused on ensuring the highest quality legal representation for its clients. Our Firm has a number of attorneys focused on highly specialized areas able to adequately address the complexity of major infrastructure projects, financing, strategic alliances, and mergers and acquisitions from the regulatory and business point of view. The firm´s strong recognition in the Mexican market includes representation of a broad array of international clients and domestic companies in key, highly specialized sectors where the firm is recognized as the market leader, including energy, infrastructure, and telecommunications.

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Schiff Hardin Adds Veteran White Collar Defense and Compliance Attorney to its Chicago Litigation Practice

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that David H. Resnicoff has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Litigation Group. Dave’s practice focuses on internal and government investigations and compliance counseling, with an emphasis on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and healthcare fraud issues. He joins the firm from Miller & Chevalier, where he was a partner. More >>

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Clyde & Co Adds Insurance Team in Sydney

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Global law firm Clyde & Co is pleased to announce the appointment of five partners from Lee & Lyons to the partnership. Partners David Lee, Lucinda Lyons, David Amentas, Michelle Dunne and Christopher Smith will join the firm in February 2016, based in Sydney. The new partners will be supported by more than 25 lawyers and work closely with a number of Clyde & Co’s existing lawyers.

Australian Managing Partner John Edmond said of the appointments: “At Clyde & Co our strategy is to be the pre-eminent global law firm in our core sectors and insurance is at our heart. These appointments will allow us to increase significantly our capability in general liability and further expand our professional liability claims work. Our clients have made it clear that this is what they want from us to serve their needs better and we are responding. We will also add to our existing well regarded financial lines and D&O practice.

David Lee and Lucinda Lyons founded Lee & Lyons in 2002. Both have extensive experience across all major lines of insurance including financial lines, professional indemnity, public and products liability, property and statutory classes.

“David and Lucinda have built a brand synonymous with quality legal advice within the insurance market place in Australia and we are pleased that they are joining our firm to continue their work on a national and international platform,” said John. “Around the world Clyde & Co offers our insurance clients a full service capability at appropriate industry rates, and thanks to the addition of this high calibre, highly respected team we will now be able to offer that same service in Australia.”

David said of the move to Clyde & Co: “Our clients here and overseas have been telling us that national and international reach of a high and consistent quality is critical to their business and we believe that by joining Clyde & Co we will be fulfilling this requirement. Lucinda and I are pleased to be bringing our team into a firm that we know will respect and be committed to our existing client base and allow us to offer them a global network of legal expertise at competitive rates. We have spent a lot of time understanding the culture at Clyde & Co and we really like what we see.”

Clyde & Co Senior Partner James Burns said: “Australia is an increasingly important market for our clients and one in which we are seeing significant and rapid growth. We are committed to providing our clients with the leading insurance capability in Australia and the Asia Pacific region and this expansion is in line with that ambition. We look forward to welcoming the team to the firm in early 2016.”

David Amentas has practised in insurance law for more than 17 years and has extensive experience across professional indemnity and liability insurance, developing a sensible, commercial and practical approach to claims. His experience includes acting in professional indemnity, D&O, employment practices and liability matters.

Michelle Dunne has experience in a broad range of insurance matters including public liability, medical malpractice, product liability and dust diseases litigation. Michelle’s experience in acting for corporate and government agencies and commercial enterprises, provides her with an understanding of fundamental issues concerning those bodies such as resources, media sensitivity, risk assessment strategies and policy considerations. This understanding enables her to provide clients with appropriate strategies to better manage litigation, should it arise.

Christopher (Chris) Smith has acted for financial lines insurers for more than 16 years, principally in the areas of D&O and professional indemnity insurance. Chris provides coverage advice to insurers in claims against directors and officers and professional negligence claims and acts as monitoring counsel in large and complex litigation. Chris also has extensive experience defending litigated claims brought against a range of professionals.

In early 2016 Clyde & Co will also welcome insurance partner Marcus O’Brien in Melbourne, who joins from Norton Rose Fulbright. Marcus has extensive experience in insurance law and commercial litigation. His clients include major Australian insurers, London market underwriters, and corporations.

Clyde & Co launched in Australia in late 2012 with four partners in Sydney and Perth. Since then the firm has grown to four offices and 13 partners as of May 2015. By March 2016, Clyde & Co in Australia will be 19 partners and approximately 100 legal staff with a total staff count of around 160. From the transition date, Lee & Lyons will cease to trade.

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Brownstein Adds Ian O’Neill as Shareholder to Intellectual Property Practice in Denver

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Ian O’Neill joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Intellectual Property practice group as a shareholder in the Denver office. His addition further strengthens the firm’s robust services in this growing area of the law. Brownstein’s IP practice is now one of the largest based in the Mountain West and includes more than 30 professionals who focus their practice on intellectual property, including litigation, patent prosecution, and trademark and copyright licensing and enforcement. More >>

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Prominent Legislative Team Joins Arnold & Porter

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that a highly regarded legislative group has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office. The team includes Kevin M. O’Neill, who joins Arnold & Porter as a partner and will co-lead the Legislative practice group, Eugenia E. Pierson, who joins as a senior policy advisor and head of healthcare legislative advocacy, and Kristine Blackwood, who joins as counsel. Eight additional legislative professionals will also join the Arnold & Porter team, including: associates Dana Weekes, Greg Louer and Pari Mody; policy advisor Amy Smith; senior policy specialist, Amy Davenport; and policy specialists Samantha Martin, Roxana Boyd, and Meredith Good-Cohn. The group expands the firm’s existing legislative capabilities, and enhances the healthcare policy practice. More >>

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Mayer Brown Continues Expansion of M&A and Restructuring Capabilities With Arrival of New Three-Lawyer Team in Germany

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Mayer Brown announced today that it will further strengthen its Corporate & Securities practice with the arrival of Dr. André Schwanna in Frankfurt in April 2016. Mr. Schwanna will join from Clifford Chance, where he has been a partner for seven years. In addition, partner Dr. Benjamin Büttner and counsel Dr. Alexander Täumer are joining Mayer Brown in Frankfurt. More >>

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Perkins Coie Grows Bay Area Office with Addition of Former Intel Counsel as Partner

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Dana Hayter has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice as a partner in the firm’s newly-expanded San Francisco office, where he will focus on patent and licensing strategy. Dana most recently served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Intel Corporation.

“Dana’s significant experience with sensitive and strategically-important patent licensing work in the semiconductor space is a valued commodity in supporting high-value technology transactions for our clients,” said Marcelo Halpern, co-chair of Perkins Coie’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice. “The lawyers at Perkins Coie have worked with Dana as a client for many years, and have long recognized and respected Dana’s world-class licensing talent. We and our clients are now fortunate to have access to those talents to further enhance our industry-leading licensing practice.”

Dana was a leader in Intel’s patent and licensing strategy during the rapidly-evolving convergence of PCs and mobile devices. He was a key contributor and driver of strategy in transactions involving multiple billions of dollars, and his skills landed him a spot on Intellectual Asset Management’s (IAM) lists of “Top 40 IP Market Makers” and to the “IAM Strategy 300: The Worlds’ Leading IP Strategists.” His insights have been in high demand for such organizations as The Hoover Institution, the Licensing Executives Society, IP Law and Business, and the Practising Law Institute.

“Our new office in the technology heart of San Francisco illustrates our commitment to providing innovative and collaborative support to our clients and Dana’s arrival offers another important component to the team,” said Barbara Schussman, Perkins Coie Office Managing Partner. “The rapid pace of the Bay Area’s booming tech sector generates substantive opportunities for our firm that involve increasingly sophisticated IP matters. Dana is a highly valued resource of consequence for counseling clients on these deals.”

Dana earned his J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law, his M.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his B.S.M.E (cum laude) from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

The attorneys in Perkins Coie’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice represent leading and emerging technology companies, retailers, manufacturers and other businesses in connection with transactions spanning virtually every segment of the technology industry, including information technology, Internet/e-commerce, mobile, software (developers, publishers and distributors), privacy and data security, gaming, emerging payments, virtual currencies, social media, hardware and medical device and biomedical engineering.

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