Holland & Knight announced today that bankruptcy attorney Kenneth Noble has joined the firm as a partner in its Boston and New York offices. He most recently was the head of Katten Muchin Rosenman’s insolvency and restructuring practice in New York and previously served as the national co-chair of the practice and as a member of the firm’s executive committee and board of directors. More >>
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Revered technology partner John Salmon is set to join Hogan Lovells in London as the firm powers up its Fintech team. He will sit in the corporate practice and be an active member of the financial institutions and TMT sectors. More >>
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International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Paul Denham has joined the Firm as a Partner in London and will work very closely with both the Corporate and Finance Groups. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of Litigation partner Chris Webber, who has joined the firm from Berwin Leighton Paisner. More >>
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Mayer Brown announced today that David Wang has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice as a partner in Palo Alto. Previously, he was a partner with Winston & Strawn LLP in that firm’s Silicon Valley office. More >>
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added two new partners in its Asia practice. Corporate lawyer Ian Liao joins K&L Gates’ Shanghai office from Jones Day, while disputes lawyer Glenn Cheng — who arrives from Nabarro LLP — is based in the firm’s Singapore office. More >>
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Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. has joined the firm in its Washington office as a partner in the litigation group. Cohen most recently served as the acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. As the head of the largest United States Attorney’s Office in the nation, Cohen managed more than 300 federal prosecutors and oversaw some of the nation’s most significant prosecutions involving national security, financial fraud, public corruption, and cyber-crime. More >>
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National law firm Wilson Elser announced the opening of a New Orleans office, the firm’s 30th U.S. office and the fourth opened in the past 12 months. Lisa Africk, formerly of Burleson LLP, has joined Am Law 200 firm Wilson Elser as regional managing partner of the new office, accompanied by Katherine May, a former Burleson associate. More >>
Tags: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP | New OrleansChinese real estate and investment conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Legendary Entertainment in a deal valued at approximately $3.5 billion. Legendary is a leading independent studio involved in such hits as Godzilla, Inception, Jurassic World, Pacific Rim, Krampus and Straight Outta Compton. More >>
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Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Nancy K. Stade has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. as a partner in its Food, Drug and Medical Device Regulatory practice. Ms. Stade joins Sidley from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where she served for more than 15 years and held multiple high-level policy positions, most recently that of counselor in the Office of the Commissioner. More >>
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