Allen & Overy Expanding Life Sciences Intellectual Property Litigation Practice With Five New U.S. Partners and Launching in Boston

A&O today announced that Elizabeth Holland, Bill James, John Bennett, Nick Mitrokostas and Daniel Margolis will join as partners in A&O’s U.S. Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation practice, focused on the life sciences industry. Elizabeth will become U.S. Head of A&O’s Life Sciences Practice. The five-partner team will be based in New York, Washington, D.C. and Boston, and will bolster A&O’s global life sciences patent litigation capabilities. The five partners will join A&O from Goodwin Procter’s IP Litigation practice, where they focused on representing innovators in the life sciences sector.
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Hogan Lovells Continues to Expand M&A Practice in New York With the Addition of Partner Luke Iovine

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the continuing expansion of its Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) practice in New York with the arrival of Luke P. Iovine, III as a partner. Iovine will further strengthen the firm’s M&A team, which had an extraordinary year in 2021, having advised on some of the highest-profile transactions of the year, including Oracle Corporation’s US$28.3 billion acquisition of Cerner Corporation and IBM’s worldwide separation and reorganization of its managed infrastructure services business, Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. Iovine is the fourth corporate partner to join the New York office this month. His arrival follows that of M&A partners Peter Cohen-Millstein and Megan Ridley-Kaye, and private equity partner Parik Dasgupta. He joins Hogan Lovells from the New York office of Paul Hastings, where he was a partner.

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Leading Infrastructure Private Equity Lawyer Joins Latham & Watkins in New York

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jason Webber has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices, and as a member of the Corporate Department. Webber advises private equity firms and other investors in the development or acquisition and divestiture of infrastructure and energy businesses. Webber joins Latham from White & Case in New York.

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BakerHostetler Adds White Collar Partner in New York

BakerHostetler announced the addition of Carlos Ortiz as a partner in its New York office. Ortiz becomes a member of the firm’s nationwide Litigation Practice Group and White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team. His arrival immediately follows the addition of highly credentialed trial lawyers Brian McEvoy and Brian Rafferty who joined the group last month. Ortiz comes to the firm from McDermott, Will & Emery in New York.

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Allen & Overy continues to grow Projects, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure practice with Chip Cannon

A&O today announced that George “Chip” Cannon, Jr. has joined the firm as partner in A&O’s Project, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure (PENRI) practice, based in Washington, D.C. Chip joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he was a partner and head of the Energy Regulation, Markets and Enforcement practice. Since 2006, Chip has been recognized as a leading practitioner by Chambers USA for Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation).

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Leading Private Equity Finance Partner Joins Latham in New York

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Stephanie Teicher has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Banking and Private Equity Finance Practices, and as a member of the Finance Department. Teicher represents private equity firms, portfolio companies, corporate borrowers, strategic investors, banks, and other financial institutions in connection with acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, bridge loans, private placements, and other complex and traditional financings.  She joins Latham from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.

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