White & Case Opens Office in Boston

Monday, April 11, 2016

Global law firm White & Case LLP has opened an office in Boston with the arrival of a team of white collar partners. Michael Kendall, who takes up the role of Executive Partner in the Boston office, will be joined by Kevin Bolan and Lauren Papenhausen. A fourth member of the team – Andrew Tomback – will be based in the Firm’s New York office. More >>

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Corporate Team Led by Achim Herfs Joins Kirkland & Ellis in Munich

Monday, April 11, 2016

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Achim Herfs will join the Firm as a corporate partner in the Munich office. He joins from the Munich office of Hengeler Mueller, together with Counsel Dr. Anna Schwander and Dr. Benjamin Leyendecker-Langner, a former senior associate of Hengeler Mueller. All three join Kirkland as partners. The new partners focus on corporate transactions including private equity, stock corporation and capital markets as well as corporate governance and compliance. More >>

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Akerman Expands Los Angeles Office with Addition of Former Reading International General Counsel William Ellis

Monday, April 11, 2016

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, has bolstered its growing Los Angeles office with veteran real estate lawyer William “Bill” Ellis, who joins the firm as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. Ellis brings substantial experience to Akerman’s formidable real estate team, enhancing the firm’s transactional work on behalf of financial institutions and investment funds. As former general counsel of global real estate conglomerate Reading International, Inc., Ellis also expands the firm’s capabilities for domestic and international clients in the hospitality and retail sectors. More >>

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Holland & Knight Expands International Arbitration Team with Addition of New Partner Joseph Mamounas

Friday, April 8, 2016

Joseph Mamounas has joined Holland & Knight’s Miami office as a partner in its litigation practice group focusing on international arbitration matters, as well as complex business disputes and corporate fraud and compliance issues. Mr. Mamounas began his practice at Baker & McKenzie LLP and, more recently, was a partner at Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP. More >>

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Akerman Continues Chicago Office Growth with Commercial Litigator Mark Bernstein

Friday, April 8, 2016

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today welcomed partner Mark Bernstein as a member of the Litigation Practice Group in Chicago. His practice enhances Akerman’s core strength in complex commercial litigation within the financial services and securities sectors. He is the fourth partner to join the Chicago office since Akerman announced in January its plan to more than double its physical footprint in the region. More >>

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Prominent Emerging Companies Lawyer Joins Latham & Watkins in New York

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that David L. Concannon has joined the firm in New York as a partner in the Corporate Department. Concannon has extensive experience advising emerging companies in capital raising transactions, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters, and in representing prominent venture capital firms in financing transactions. More >>

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