Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the Chicago office has grown more than five times larger, from eight to 43 lawyers, since opening in February 2014. The office most recently welcomed litigation partners Alyx Pattison and Jason Stiehl, who jointly enhance the firm’s strengths in complex commercial litigation and class action defense. More >>
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Polsinelli welcomes banking and finance attorney Vivek Bhatt to its Chicago office as a shareholder in the Capital Markets practice. More >>
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Phelps Dunbar LLP is pleased to announce that J. Jeffrey Cash has joined Phelps Dunbar’s Dallas/Fort Worth office as a partner specializing in complex business transactions, including securities, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, private equity investments as well as general corporate counseling. More >>
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Orrick announced today that Ed Batts has joined the firm as Global Co-Head of its M&A and Private Equity Practice. Ed focuses on M&A and corporate governance for leading public technology companies. He joins the firm from DLA Piper, where he co-chaired the Northern California corporate group, and will be based in Orrick’s Silicon Valley office. More >>
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Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Rainer Traugott will join the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department of the Munich office. Widely regarded as a leading M&A lawyer, Traugott’s practice focuses on the representation of large German corporates and private equity firms on M&A transactions and a broad range of corporate law matters. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Norm Champ will join the Firm’s New York office as a partner in the Private Funds Group on Feb. 1. Mr. Champ is the former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management and a lecturer on investment management law at Harvard Law School. More >>
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Bruce Lewitas and Gregory B. Simon have joined the Chicago office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholders in the Securities Litigation Practice. Both join the firm from Morgan Stanley. More >>
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that a team of four leading intellectual property partners from Brinks, Gilson & Lione has joined Barnes & Thornburg’s Intellectual Property Department. This seasoned group of IP litigators brings depth and breadth of experience in all phases of trademark litigation, including preliminary injunctions, judge and jury trials, federal appeals and trademark trial and appeal board proceedings. They build on Barnes & Thornburg’s thriving IP practice. More >>
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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP announced today that Anthony Venturino has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Venturino has nearly 30 years of experience in patent law with particular technical expertise in chemistry, catalysts, oil, gas and coal processing, metallurgy, surfactants, polymers, pharmaceuticals, compositions, biotechnology and medical devices. More >>
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Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that attorneys Andrew Hulsh and Todd R. Kornfeld have joined the firm’s New York office. Mr. Hulsh is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group and Mr. Kornfeld is of counsel in the Financial Services Practice Group. More >>
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