Norton Rose Fulbright is pleased to announce that Sara Zborovski has joined the Toronto office as a partner. She joins the firm from DLA Piper where she was also a partner. More >>
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Orrick Further Expands Energy & Infrastructure Practice Adding Leading Africa Practitioner Simon Ratledge in Paris
Orrick today announced that Simon Ratledge, a leading practitioner focused on project finance in emerging countries and in Africa, has joined the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure group in Paris. This follows the firm’s announcement last week of the addition to its Paris office of a 5-partner team of finance and corporate practitioners from Freshfields. Simon joins Orrick from Simmons & Simmons. More >>
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M&R Welcomes Two New Partners to the New York Office
Michelman & Robinson, LLP (“M&R”) is pleased to announce that attorneys Michael C. Kasdin and JillAllison Opell have joined as Partners in M&R’s Insurance Regulatory Practice. More >>
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Klemchuk LLP Welcomes Taylor Robertson, Principal
Klemchuk LLP, a full-service intellectual property (IP), technology, internet, and business law firm, proudly announces E. Taylor Robertson as its newest principal. More >>
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Pillsbury Adds Leading Cross-Border Team in LA and San Francisco
Pillsbury today announced the addition of a litigation and corporate team on the West Coast, comprising three partners and several additional professionals. Partners Tom Liu and Stacie Yee join the Litigation practice in the firm’s Los Angeles office, and partner Jenny Liu joins the Corporate & Securities practice in San Francisco. The group comes to Pillsbury from Squire Patton Boggs. More >>
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Manatt Deepens Intellectual Property Capabilities on East Coast
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, today announced that Irah H. Donner has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice group. He comes from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, where he was a partner. More >>
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Cooley Expands Private Equity Practice with World-Class Additions
Cooley is enhancing its global private equity group with the arrival of three prominent partners. Ron Hopkinson joins in New York from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where he was head of the firm’s private equity group. Eric Schwartzman joins in Palo Alto from Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Silicon Valley office. Hopkinson and Schwartzman, former partners of Latham & Watkins, worked extensively together in New York representing a myriad of private equity sponsors. In London, Stephen Rosen joins the firm from Olswang, where he was head of the private equity and venture capital group. More >>
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Morgan Lewis Adds Houston Litigator William R. Peterson to Highly Ranked Appellate Team
William R. Peterson joins Morgan Lewis today as a partner in the firm’s highly ranked appellate practice. Mr. Peterson, who served as a law clerk to Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones and to US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has argued before the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and state courts of appeals. More >>
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Holland & Knight Expands Transportation Finance Practice in London with Addition of Clark Ricketts
Holland & Knight today announced that it has opened an office in London to expand its aviation and maritime finance practices. The office will include six lawyers, all of whom previously practiced at Clark Ricketts, a well-established London law firm whose practice is devoted to transportation law. The Clark Ricketts lawyers include Robert Ricketts, Ian Clark, Gwyn O’Flynn, Tim Murray, Giles Cornwall and Noelle Boyce. Robert Ricketts will serve as the executive partner for the London office. More >>
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