Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced the continued strategic expansion of its intellectual property practice with the addition of Stuart Nelson, a patent prosecution and post‑grant proceedings partner who joins the firm from Fish & Richardson in Minneapolis.
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Alston & Bird has added partner Cheryl Isaac as a partner in its Financial Services Group in Washington, D.C., strengthening the firm’s focus on regulatory and transactional issues tied to derivatives products, prediction markets, commodity trading, digital assets, and decentralized finance—areas of increasing importance to clients such as asset managers and investment funds. Isaac joins the firm from the Washington branch of K&L Gates LLP.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Carlos Jimenez to the firm’s Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Jimenez joins the firm from Protection Law Group, LLP.
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Akerman today announced that Lucian (“Luke”) Murley has joined the firm as a partner in its Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice Group in Wilmington, Delaware. The addition deepens the firm’s national restructuring capabilities and reinforces its commitment to delivering sophisticated legal counsel in one of the country’s most consequential jurisdictions for complex Chapter 11 matters. Luke joins Akerman from Saul Ewing, where he represented companies and individuals in corporate restructurings and distressed acquisitions.
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Cyrus Ansari has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a Partner in the Technology Commerce group in Seattle, the international law firm announced today. Cyrus joins Dorsey from Perkins Coie LLP.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, has welcomed Katie Chung as a partner in its Litigation Department in Singapore, advancing the Firm’s strategy to build a premier international arbitration practice anchored in London, New York, Washington D.C, Houston, Dubai and Singapore. Chung arrives from Norton Rose Fulbright.
Global law firm Reed Smith today announced the opening of a Boston office, the firm’s 34th global office and its 21st in the United States. The launch of the Boston office follows Reed Smith’s recent openings in Atlanta, Denver, and Riyadh and aligns with the firm’s strategic plan to accelerate growth in its private equity, M&A, finance, and fund formation practices. The firm’s opening includes top talent from Boston mainstays, including White & Case, Goodwin, McDermott Will & Schulte, Morrison Foerster, Kirkland & Ellis, and K&L Gates.
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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that David Shaw has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. Shaw is a first-chair trial lawyer who focuses on high-stakes patent litigation across the technology and life sciences sectors in federal district courts and Section 337 proceedings before the International Trade Commission (ITC). Shaw joins Latham from Desmarais LLP in Washington, D.C.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Simon Barrett and Olivia Matsushita have joined the firm as partners in its Energy, Transportation, and Infrastructure practice in Tokyo. Mr. Barrett joins Sidley from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, where he was Pillsbury’s Senior Partner in Japan and head of the firm’s Finance and Energy & Infrastructure practice in Japan. Ms. Matsushita also joins from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, where she was Managing Partner of the firm’s Tokyo office and a partner in their Finance and Energy & Infrastructure practice.
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Goodwin today announced that a market-leading team of three cybersecurity, privacy, and technology litigation partners, Richard Grabowski, John Vogt, and Ryan Ball, have joined the firm to establish its new office in Newport Beach, California. Collectively, the trio brings highly regarded litigation practices focused on cybersecurity, privacy, technology, trade secrets, and consumer financial services. The trio arrives at the firm from Jones Day.
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