Mintz announced today that Courtney R. Rockett has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a Member, based in the New York office. Ms. Rockett represents large corporations, private equity firms, celebrities, and others in high-stakes, civil litigation matters. She focuses her practice on complex commercial transactions, partnership disputes, securities matters, entertainment disputes, and intellectual property litigation. Prior to joining Mintz, Ms. Rockett was a partner with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
FisherBroyles welcomes Thomas Wiesner in London and in New York. Senior Capital Markets Partner Joins the Firm from Davis Polk
FisherBroyles, LLP, the first and largest distributed law firm in the world, is pleased to welcome Thomas K. Wiesner II, who has joined the Firm in London and in New York. Thomas joins FisherBroyles from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where he practiced primarily in its Madrid office. Previously, he practiced in the New York office of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.
New Corporate Partner Frank J. Marinaro Joins Curtis in New York
Curtis is pleased to announce the addition of partner Frank J. Marinaro in the firm’s New York office. A veteran corporate attorney with a balanced domestic and international background, Mr. Marinaro joins Curtis from the international private equity firm Warburg Pincus. His broadly based practice includes mergers and acquisitions, investment management, securities regulation, dispute resolution and general counsel experience.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Adds David Strong to Tax Practice
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that David “Dave” Strong has joined the firm as a partner in the Palo Alto office. He will be a member of the firm’s tax and tax equity practice. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Strong worked in Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Denver office as a partner in its tax practice since 2011, where he served as co-chair of that firm’s tax department and federal tax practice for six years.
Tags: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | New YorkLeech Tishman Welcomes Lisa Alexis Jones
Leech Tishman is pleased to announce the addition of a new attorney to the firm, Lisa Alexis Jones. Jones joins the firm as a Partner in the Employment & Labor and Litigation Practice Groups in the firm’s New York office. Jones focuses her practice on counseling individuals, institutions, and corporations on a broad spectrum of employment & labor legal matters. Most recently, Jones was a partner with Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck, P.C. in New York.
Tags: Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl | New YorkTop New York Trial Team to Join King & Spalding
King & Spalding today announced that Damien Marshall, Andrew Z. Michaelson, Leigh M. Nathanson and Laura Harris will join the firm as partners in the New York office. Marshall, Nathanson and Harris join the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice with Michaelson joining the firm’s Government Matters practice. Together, they specialize in navigating significant commercial disputes and global investigations with expertise in coordinating complex, multi-party cases and overlapping government inquiries. The four lawyers were previously partners at Boies Schiller Flexner and follow a 13-partner team which joined King & Spalding in California in April from the same firm.
Germaine Gurr Joins White & Case as a Partner
Global law firm White & Case LLP announced today the addition of new partner Germaine Gurr to its New York office and Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice. Gurr joins the firm from the New York office of Holland & Knight LLP.
White & Case Adds Leading Capital Markets Team
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Capital Markets practice with a new team of lawyers. Joel Rubinstein, Jonathan Rochwarger and Elliott Smith join as partners in New York, and Daniel Nussen joins as a counsel in Los Angeles. The group joins White & Case from Winston & Strawn LLP.
Two Leading Life Sciences IP Litigators Join Latham
Loeb & Loeb Adds Jamie Null in New York
Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that James “Jamie” Null, a leading tax attorney, has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Capital Markets and Corporate Department, further strengthening the firm’s delivery of sophisticated tax counsel to its domestic and international clients. Prior to joining Loeb & Loeb, Null was a partner at Eversheds Sutherland, and before that, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP.