Foley Hoag Opens New York City Office, Expanding Leading Intellectual Property and International Litigation and Arbitration Practices

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Foley Hoag LLP today announced the opening of an office in New York City and the hiring of three new partners. The firm now has offices in Boston, Washington D.C., Paris and New York.

The three partners starting Foley Hoag’s New York office are: Peter Sullivan, Walter Egbert III and Daniel Schimmel. Under their leadership, the office will initially focus on intellectual property and international law and arbitration, two areas of strength for the firm. The firm expects that its New York office will expand over time into other practice areas where the firm excels. More >>

Tags:  Foley Hoag LLP | New York

Department of Defense Acting Inspector General Lynne Halbrooks Joins Holland & Knight

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Lynne Halbrooks, the former acting inspector general for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia offices. She served as DOD’s acting inspector general from 2011 to 2013.

Ms. Halbrooks, who joined DOD as its first independent general counsel in 2009, served as the principal deputy inspector general from 2009 to 2011 and 2013 to 2015. She was previously general counsel for the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction and spent four years with the U.S. Senate as the deputy sergeant at arms and general counsel to the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. Ms. Halbrooks also served as deputy director in the Executive Office for United States Attorneys and as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. More >>

Tags:  Holland & Knight LLP | Washington

Esteemed Restructuring and Bankruptcy Lawyer Richard Levin Joins Jenner & Block as New York Partner

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Jenner & Block LLP is pleased to announce that internationally renowned restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer Richard Levin – an author of the 1978 US Bankruptcy Code and recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Bankruptcy – is joining the firm as a partner in its New York office and becoming a member of its nationally recognized Bankruptcy, Workout and Corporate Reorganization Practice, effective May 18, 2015. More >>

Tags:  Jenner & Block, LLP | New York

IP Partner Bill Lambert Joins Sheppard Mullin Palo Alto

Monday, May 11, 2015

As part of the continuing expansion of its Intellectual Property practice group, Dr. William R. Lambert has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, in the firm’s Palo Alto office.

Dr. Lambert is a registered patent attorney who focuses his practice on patent prosecution and client counseling. He has experience with a broad range of industries, including chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, mechanical and electrical. Lambert’s broad technical background and over 20 years of research and development experience enables him to work with a wide range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, polymers, physical chemistry, semiconductor and optoelectronic materials, electronic and photonic devices and fabrication, electronic packaging, telecommunications and manufacturing. More >>

Tags:  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP | Palo Alto

Kirkland Represents Landmark Partners in Formation and Fundraising of Landmark Real Estate Partners VII

Friday, May 8, 2015

Kirkland represented Landmark Partners in the formation and fundraising of Landmark Real Estate Partners VII, which held its final closing on April 28, 2015. With Kirkland’s assistance, the fund was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap of $1.6 billion in commitments. Investors in Fund VII include U.S. public pension plans, non-U.S. pension funds, foundations, private banks and high-net-worth individuals. Fund VII focuses on making real estate secondary investments for which Kirkland is routinely engaged as counsel More >>

Tags:  Kirkland & Ellis LLP | New York