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, 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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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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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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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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Polsinelli welcomes well-known U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas and legal industry veteran Barry R. Grissom as shareholder to its Kansas City headquarters office. Grissom brings a deep bench of experience in government and private practice to Polsinelli’s national White Collar Defense and Government Investigations and Compliance – Civil and Criminal Practice. More >>
Tags: Polsinelli PC | Kansas CityThe Dallas office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Jill B. Louis as a partner in the corporate/M&A practice. Most recently, Louis was general counsel and corporate secretary for FleetPride, Inc., one of the largest independent distributors of heavy duty truck and trailer parts in the United States, and also previously served an in-house counsel role at FedEx Office. More >>
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Troutman Sanders represented Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. in its recently completed $1.9 billion merger with Diamond Foods, Inc. In connection with the merger, Snyder’s-Lance also entered into a $1.13 billion credit facility led by Bank of America, amended its existing credit facility and repaid its existing private placement notes. More >>
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