Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Peter Declercq and Sonya Van de Graaff have joined its London office as partners in the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Group. Mr. Declercq and Ms. Van de Graaff come to Morrison & Foerster from Schulte Roth & Zabel where they regularly represented distressed investors – including individual and ad hoc groups of bondholders – in restructuring matters. More >>
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Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that nationally recognized and board certified labor and employment attorneys Susan Eisenberg and Jennifer Williams have joined the firm as members, resident in the Miami office. Previously with Akerman, both are part of the Labor & Employment Department. More >>
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Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Russell “Rusty” Weiss has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Mr. Weiss has built a substantial practice focused on the convergence of entertainment and technology. He is a member of the firm’s Technology & Intellectual Property (IP) Transactions practice and Media and Entertainment industry group and is based in Century City. More >>
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Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Danielle Carbone as a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Transactional Advisory Group in New York, where she will lead the firm’s capital markets team. Carbone, a nationally recognized capital markets lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, was most recently a partner at Shearman & Sterling, where she spent her entire career. With the addition of Carbone, New York remains one of Reed Smith’s fastest-growing offices, adding 22 lawyers this year alone. More >>
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Bird & Bird is pleased to welcome internationally renowned M&A specialist John Shi and his team member Shan Lai as Corporate partners in its Beijing office.John joins from DLA Piper, where he was Chief Representative. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs has hired Georgy N. Borisov as partner in its Global Corporate Practice in Moscow. A corporate and M&A specialist with 20 years’ experience, particularly in the energy and natural resources sector, Mr. Borisov was formerly a partner at K&L Gates in Moscow. More >>
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs | MoscowLudovic Roche has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice in Paris from Fasken Martineau. With nearly two decades of experience, Mr Roche has advised on a wide range of employment matters for international companies with French operations. He advises on sensitive individual and strategic collective matters, including in employment litigation. He has particular expertise in counselling clients during mergers, acquisitions and organizational restructurings. More >>
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Julia E. McEvoy, former Deputy Associate Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), has rejoined the Firm’s Washington Office as a partner in its Antitrust & Competition Law Practice. More >>
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Sébastien Evrard will join the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner. Previously with Jones Day, Evrard will continue his antitrust and competition practice. More >>
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