Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Russell “Rusty” Weiss has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Mr. Weiss has built a substantial practice focused on the convergence of entertainment and technology. He is a member of the firm’s Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) Transactions practice and Media and Entertainment industry group and is based in Century City. More >>
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Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Danielle Carbone as a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Transactional Advisory Group in New York, where she will lead the firm’s capital markets team. Carbone, a nationally recognized capital markets lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, was most recently a partner at Shearman & Sterling, where she spent her entire career. With the addition of Carbone, New York remains one of Reed Smith’s fastest-growing offices, adding 22 lawyers this year alone. More >>
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Bird & Bird is pleased to welcome internationally renowned M&A specialist John Shi and his team member Shan Lai as Corporate partners in its Beijing office.John joins from DLA Piper, where he was Chief Representative. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs has hired Georgy N. Borisov as partner in its Global Corporate Practice in Moscow. A corporate and M&A specialist with 20 years’ experience, particularly in the energy and natural resources sector, Mr. Borisov was formerly a partner at K&L Gates in Moscow. More >>
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs | MoscowLudovic Roche has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice in Paris from Fasken Martineau. With nearly two decades of experience, Mr Roche has advised on a wide range of employment matters for international companies with French operations. He advises on sensitive individual and strategic collective matters, including in employment litigation. He has particular expertise in counselling clients during mergers, acquisitions and organizational restructurings. More >>
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Julia E. McEvoy, former Deputy Associate Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), has rejoined the Firm’s Washington Office as a partner in its Antitrust & Competition Law Practice. More >>
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Sébastien Evrard will join the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner. Previously with Jones Day, Evrard will continue his antitrust and competition practice. More >>
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Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie has further enhanced its Corporate Practice with the appointment of James Thompson and Joanna Hewitt as partners in London. James joins the Firm from Linklaters where he is a Managing Associate in the London Corporate practice. Joanna re-joins the Firm from Olswang’s corporate practice where she is a Senior Associate, having started her career as a trainee and then an associate at Baker & McKenzie. Both join the Firm in January 2016. More >>
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Addleshaw Goddard is bolstering its Corporate Finance practice with the appointment of Giles Distin from Squire Patton Boggs. The appointment is in line with the firm’s growth of its City-based practice and provides greater support across the spectrum of its corporate finance and public M&A clients in the City. More >>
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