Chadbourne & Parke LLP is pleased to announce that corporate lawyer Romi H. Nayef has joined the firm’s Dubai office as an international partner. Mr. Nayef joins Chadbourne from Greenberg Traurig LLP where he served as Head of the Middle East Practice Group. More >>
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Yann Utzschneider Joins White & Case as Partner in Paris
Yann Utzschneider has joined global law firm White & Case LLP as a partner in its Global Antitrust Practice in Paris. More >>
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Polsinelli Adds Real Estate Industry Veteran to Atlanta Office
Polsinelli welcomes Mike Rodgers to its Atlanta office as a shareholder in its national Real Estate Practice. Rodgers’ practice focuses on counseling clients who develop, invest, lease, lend and use real estate assets in urban core, suburban and exurban locations. More >>
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Ashurst Expands Real Estate Practice With Dual Partner Hire
Squire Patton Boggs Expands Litigation Capabilities with Prominent Food, Beverage and New Media Lawyer Gregory J. Morrow in Los Angeles
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Gregory J. Morrow has joined as principal in the firm’s Litigation Practice, based in Los Angeles. Most recently in private practice, Mr. Morrow previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Contessa Premium Foods, a fully integrated international consumer products company, for fifteen years. More >>
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Littler Expands Attorney Roster with the Addition of Shareholder Jennifer A. Schwartz in Miami
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has expanded its Miami office with the addition of Jennifer A. Schwartz as a shareholder. Schwartz joins Littler from Jackson Lewis, where she served as a principal for the past five years and where she has worked for more than a decade. More >>
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K&L Gates Adds Corporate, Disputes Partners in Beijing, Hong Kong
Global law firm K&L Gates welcomes Henry Wang and Jay Chiu as partners in the firm’s China offices. Wang arrives at K&L Gates’ Beijing office from Mayer Brown JSM, while Chiu joins the firm’s Hong Kong office from Goodwin Procter LLP, where he served as head of the Asian intellectual property and litigation practice. Their additions bring K&L Gates’ headcount in Asia to more than 110 lawyers, including six partners in Beijing and 12 partners in Hong Kong. More >>
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Freshfields Strengthens US Litigation Practice with Addition of Senior Federal Prosecutor Daniel Braun
Daniel Braun, one of the US Department of Justice’s leading international white-collar prosecutors, has joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a partner in the firm’s Washington office More >>
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Dentons Welcomes New Partner to TMT Practice in Dubai
Former DOJ Attorney Jeffrey Wertkin Joins Akin Gump
Akin Gump today announced that Jeffrey A. Wertkin, a former trial attorney in the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has joined the firm as a partner in its litigation practice. Mr. Wertkin is an experienced False Claims Act (FCA) litigator who will add significant depth to Akin Gump’s experience in this space, including within the health care industry. More >>
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