Financial Services leader Dechert LLP announced today that it has expanded its broker-dealer and investment management practice with the addition of K. Susan Grafton as a partner in the Washington, DC office. More >>
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Crowell & Moring Adds Leading Corporate Partner Jonathan Lisle in London
Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce the addition of Jonathan Lisle as a partner and new head of the firm’s London Corporate Practice. Lisle joins the firm from DLA Piper. His practice focuses on general private M&A across all sectors, and he also has particular experience in health care. He was the EMA head of health care at DLA Piper and was the co-founder of CMS Cameron McKenna’s health care group. Lisle brings extensive experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions and further expands the firm’s international capabilities. More >>
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Willkie Continues London Growth with Insurance Sector Partner Hire Andy Tromans
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that Andy Tromans has joined the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services Department in London. With significant experience in the insurance market, Andy joins Willkie’s premier corporate insurance transactional team, which is internationally recognised as the market leader. More >>
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Sheppard Mullin Adds Los Angeles Corporate Partner Jeffrey Kateman
Jeffrey L. Kateman has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group and co-leader of the firm’s Private Equity team, based in the firm’s Century City office. Kateman joins from Latham & Watkins.
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Ropes & Gray Expands Thriving M&A Practice in New York with Addition of Leading Corporate Partner John E. Sorkin
Global law firm Ropes & Gray announced today that John E. Sorkin has joined its mergers & acquisitions practice as a partner in the firm’s burgeoning New York office. More >>
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Latham & Watkins Adds Experienced Corporate Partner in Hong Kong
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Yilong Du has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Du has extensive experience advising on equity capital markets transactions in Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Over the years, Du has advised leading Chinese blue chip companies, many of the most active state-owned enterprises and a number of the largest private companies in China. More >>
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Buchanan Expands Energy Practice in Washington, D.C. With Addition of Energy Attorney Walter J. Dunn
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney announced today that Walter J. Dunn has joined the firm’s Energy Practice as a shareholder in Washington, D.C. He comes to Buchanan from Adam & Reese. More >>
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Experienced Trial Lawyer James Fitzgerald Joins Akin Gump in Los Angeles
Akin Gump today announced that James E. Fitzgerald has joined the firm as a partner in its litigation practice in Los Angeles. Mr. Fitzgerald, who has tried more than 40 trials in federal and state courts over the course of his career and handled more than 20 arbitrations, comes to Akin Gump from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. More >>
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Littler Global Enters Europe with Expansion Into Germany
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added vangard, a leading labor and employment law boutique in Germany, to its global platform. The combination closely follows the opening of Littler’s first Canadian office in Toronto in August and marks the first entry into Europe for Littler Global, which has expanded rapidly in recent years through a strategy that includes combining with leading firms in important international markets. More >>
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Reed Smith Beefs Up its Texas Insurance Recovery Presence
Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Stephen Moll and Jim Cooper as partners in its Insurance Recovery Group. The two will join the firm’s Houston office from Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP in Houston, where they co-led that firm’s Policyholder Insurance Coverage Group for more than 15 years. More >>
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