Dentons, the global law firm, today named Jeffrey L. Bleich, former US Ambassador to Australia and Special Counsel to President Obama, as a Partner in the Firm’s San Francisco office. Bleich, a former president of the California Bar Association, further strengthens Dentons’ capabilities throughout all six California locations, and will lead key Firm and client-focused initiatives. More >>

Evelyn Kim has joined Baker & McKenzie’s North American Banking, Finance and Major Project Practice as a partner, bringing more than a decade of experience advising investors, lenders and developers on project finance matters related to renewable energy facilities. More >>

Venable LLP announces the addition of leading intellectual property litigator Susan E. Hollander as partner. Ms. Hollander brings with her a team of seasoned IP professionals, including Jocelyn Belloni, counsel; and Sharoni Finkelstein, associate. Two paralegals will join later this week. Ms. Hollander and her team join Venable from K&L Gates. More >>

Thomas A. Zimmer has joined Vedder Price as a Shareholder on the Global Transportation Finance (GTF) team in the San Francisco office. More >>

Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that Koray Bulut has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Labor & Employment Group. Bulut, who will also spend significant time in the firm’s Silicon Valley office, will head up Goodwin’s California employment practice. More >>

Continuing the expansion of its San Francisco footprint and intellectual property capabilities, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that William B. Kezer, Ph.D., an experienced patent prosecutor formerly of Kilpatrick Townsend, has joined the firm as a Member in the San Francisco office. With a breadth of experience in life sciences and pharmaceuticals, he marks the latest significant addition to the firm’s nationally prominent IP practice, which last year attracted a group of 18 former Edwards Wildman attorneys. More >>

Colleen H. McDonald has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Finance and Bankruptcy practice group, based in the firm’s San Francisco office. McDonald joins from Reed Smith. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Stephen Hibbard has joined the Firm as a partner in its Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation (FILR) Practice and will be based in the Firm’s San Francisco Office. Mr. Hibbard was previously a partner in the San Francisco office of Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice. More >>

Holland & Knight today announced that Robert Haight has joined its San Francisco office as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Section. Mr. Haight specializes in municipal and public finance matters, in particular Mello-Roos CFDs and Infrastructure Financing Districts. Most recently, he was a partner with Goodwin Procter. More >>

Holland & Knight today announced that Faith Bruins has joined its San Francisco office as a partner in the firm’s Syndication Group. She was previously a partner with Nixon Peabody. More >>