The global law firm Jones Day today announced that Michael Conway has joined as a partner in the Firm’s Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation (FILR) Practice, and will be based in its Chicago Office. He was previously a Chicago partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., where he served as Vice Chair of the Business Litigation and Corporate Services Section. More >>
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Holland & Knight has expanded its intellectual property practice on the East Coast with the addition of Partners Grace Pan and Dawn Rudenko Albert, who will reside in the firm’s New York and Stamford offices, respectively. Previously, Ms. Pan was a partner with Orrick, and Ms. Rudenko Albert was with Dickstein Shapiro. More >>
Tags: Holland & Knight LLP | New YorkHolland & Knight today announced the addition of 10 corporate lawyers from Greenberg Traurig’s Miami office. The group includes Partners David Barkus, Ira Rosner, Aaron Slavens, Jordan Taylor and Marc Druckman and Associates Henry Roque, Jordan Schneider, Kyle Hershey, Danica Malloy and George Pita. More >>
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International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) continues to grow its international aviation practice with the recruitment of asset finance Partners David Brotherton and Justin Sun, along with a team of five Associates, who will join the firm’s Singapore office from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). More >>
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LeClairRyan has announced the addition of seven attorneys and six professional staff to its Boston office. Joining the national law firm’s litigation department as shareholders are James E. Carroll and Gillian A. Woolf. Also joining the firm in this transition are Benjamin J. Carroll as a partner and Marc E. Finkel as counsel. All four were most recently with the Boston office of Nelson Mullins, where James Carroll and Gillian Woolf were partners, Benjamin Carroll was an associate and Marc Finkel was of counsel. Additionally, the team includes three associates, four paralegals and two professional staff members. More >>
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Highly respected litigators Louis M. Solomon, Hal S. Shaftel, Colin A. Underwood, and Michael S. Lazaroff have joined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s 600-member Litigation Practice as shareholders in New York. Solomon, who is internationally recognized on litigation issues affecting multi-national companies operating across the globe, will serve as Global Co-Head of Greenberg Traurig’s International Litigation Practice. The team joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, where Solomon served as co-chair of the Litigation Department and chair of the Commercial and International Litigation groups. More >>
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Energy and major projects lawyer David Manny has joined Locke Lord’s London office as a Partner in its Energy practice. Manny is a guide rated energy, major projects and construction lawyer. He represents sponsors, project companies, lenders, state entities and contractors in relation to project structuring and documentation in the oil & gas (including LNG), power (traditional and renewable), natural resources, water, infrastructure and process-plant sectors. He has extensive experience advising clients on projects across Europe, The Americas, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. More >>
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The Los Angeles office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Leslie A. Hakala as a partner in the government enforcement practice. Hakala joins from the Los Angeles Regional Office of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she was Senior Counsel with the Enforcement Division. More >>
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Allen & Overy announces the appointment of Charlotte Robins as a partner in its regulatory practice in Hong Kong. Charlotte will form part of A&O’s global financial services regulatory practice which spans Asia Pacific, Europe, U.S. and the Middle East. Charlotte, who is dual Hong Kong and England & Wales qualified, joins from Norton Rose Fulbright where she has been a partner for the past five years. She has practised in Hong Kong for over 15 years. More >>
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