Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Hsiao (Mark) C. Mao has joined the firm as a partner in the San Francisco office. He is a member of the firm’s Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy practice. He joins the firm from Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, where he was a Co-Chair of the firm’s Technology Practices Group and the Vice-Chair of the Financial Services Practice Group. More >>
Tags: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP | San FranciscoPerkins Coie Welcomes Consumer Finance Pro to Firm’s Financial Transactions & Restructuring Group
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Craig A. Lackey has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in the Dallas office, where he will focus his work on consumer lending-based financial transactions and restructurings. More >>
Tags: Perkins Coie LLP | DallasOrrick to Add New Head of German M&A and Private Equity in Munich
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Thomas Schmid will join the firm as partner and head of its German M&A and Private Equity Group, resident in the firm’s Munich office. Thomas will join Orrick from Weil, Gotshal & Manges. More >>
Tags: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | MunichFDA Attorney Areta Kupchyk Joins Foley Hoag as Partner in Firm’s Washington, D.C. Office
Areta Kupchyk has joined Foley Hoag LLP as a partner in the firm’s Washington D.C. office, where she will practice Food and Drug Administration (FDA) law. She will co-chair the firm’s Food and Drug Law practice, along with partner Paul Kim. More >>
Tags: Foley Hoag LLP | WashingtonFoley Adds Experienced Technology Transactional Partner in San Diego
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Beni Surpin has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Outsourcing Practice as a partner in the San Diego office. More >>
Tags: Foley & Lardner LLP | San DiegoSimmons & Simmons Expands International Intellectual Property Group
International law firm Simmons & Simmons expands its international intellectual property group with the appointment of Mark Heaney who will join the firm as a partner.* More >>
Tags: Simmons & Simmons | LondonReed Smith continues its corporate expansion in Mainland China
Global law firm Reed Smith has announced the appointment of Alexander (Alex) Fischer as partner to its corporate and commercial practice. Alex joins the firm from the Shanghai office of Rӧdl and will be based in Reed Smith’s Shanghai office. More >>
Tags: Reed Smith LLP | ShanghaiMario Mancuso to Join Washington, D.C., Office of Kirkland & Ellis to Lead National Security and CFIUS Practice
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Mario Mancuso will join the Firm, where he will lead the National Security and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) practice. He will divide his time between the Firm’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices, serving clients on related transactional, investigative and advisory matters worldwide. More >>
Tags: Kirkland & Ellis LLP | WashingtonJonathan E. Hyun Joins Kelley Kronenberg’s Chicago Office
Kelley Kronenberg, a diverse full-service law firm, announced that Jonathan E. Hyun has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner. Mr. Hyun focuses his practice on business transactions and tax law related matters. He has extensive experience handling matters involving executive compensation and employee benefits. Mr. Hyun also serves an outside general counsel role for several of his privately-held clients, providing business counseling on general corporate and day-to-day operational matters. In addition, he works with and advises clients on business structuring and tax planning strategies. More >>
Tags: Kelley Kronenberg | ChicagoDLA Piper Launches On The Ground in Africa With Two New Offices
DLA Piper has expanded its presence in Africa with the launch of its own office in Casablanca, Morocco as of 5 October, to be followed by Johannesburg, South Africa in the first quarter of next year. These offices will complement and support the fifteen DLA Piper Africa firms across the continent. More >>
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