O’Melveny announced today that Dr. Hassen A. Sayeed has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group. Sayeed is an experienced litigator who counsels life sciences companies in all aspects of complex patent litigation. He is one of the few intellectual property lawyers in the United States to hold a medical degree. More >>
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Jay R. Deshmukh has joined Kasowitz as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Deshmukh brings over 20 years of Hatch-Waxman Act experience to the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation group. More >>
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to strategically expand its Corporate and Investment Funds practices with the addition of Petros (Peter) L. Tsirigotis as shareholder in its Washington, D.C. and New York City offices. Tsirigotis joins from Stradley Ronon, where he was co-chair of the firm’s Private Investment Funds Practice; before that, he served as senior vice president at Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, where he led the investment management funds risks, operations, and governance group. More >>
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that Jim Brochin has joined the firm’s pre-eminent white-collar criminal defense practice as a partner. He will reside in the firm’s New York office. More >>
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Joseph N. Sacca, a long-time commercial and securities litigator with a top tier roster of clients and trial experience, joined BakerHostetler’s Litigation Group today as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Sacca comes to BakerHostetler from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. More >>
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Gabriel Levinson has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Corporate Litigation group in the New York office. He comes to Blank Rome from Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP where he was a partner in the firm’s Litigation, Real Estate, Internal Investigations, and Retail practice groups. Gabriel efficiently and skillfully guides clients through complex legal matters in the areas of commercial, real estate, entertainment, and insurance recovery litigation. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP announced today that Edward So has joined the Firm as a partner in its Global Capital Markets Practice. Ed comes to White & Case from Paul Weiss, where he provided financial institutions on both the buy-side and sell-side with transactional and regulatory advice on derivatives and structured products. Based in New York, Ed will focus on advising clients on derivatives and structured products, and will work closely with the Firm’s Financial Institutions Industry Group. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today continued the national expansion of its corporate, finance and private equity practice with the addition of partner Barbara Edwards in New York. She joins the firm’s Corporate Finance and Lending Practice. More >>
Tags: Akerman LLP | New YorkAkerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the continued expansion of the Consumer Financial Services Practice Group with partners Eric Goldberg and Erica Goldman. Goldberg joins the firm from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he served as Managing Counsel for Regulations, and Goldman joins from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., where she was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. More >>
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