Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that a group of attorneys, formerly of Womble Carlyle, has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice. Led by Dr. Chris Jeffers, the group is based in the firm’s Washington D.C. office More >>

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of a Chemistry and Life Sciences Team to its DC office. Partners Justin Krieger, Keith Fredlake and Jeffrey Gendzwill, along with Counsel, Rodney Rothwell, and Associates, Nicoletta Kennedy and Troy Petersen, have joined the firm where they bring a preeminent chemistry and life sciences IP practice and additional expertise to the firm’s growing DC office More >>

George J. Terwilliger III, a leading Washington lawyer who served in an array of top Justice Department posts, and two new partners are joining McGuireWoods, where Terwilliger will co-chair the firm’s white-collar practice.

Terwilliger comes to McGuireWoods’ Washington office from Morgan Lewis along with accomplished litigation partner Robert J. Bittman and government contracts, litigation and enforcement partner Todd R. Steggerda. Terwilliger co-chaired the White-collar Litigation and Government Investigations practice at Morgan Lewis. More >>

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Katherine Winfree has joined the Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the State Attorneys General practice group. Winfree previously served as chief of staff for the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau.

With more than 30 years of government experience, Winfree has served in multiple high-level roles in state and federal government. As chief of staff in the Enforcement Bureau of the FCC, she was a key policy advisor to the bureau chief and provided oversight and guidance on a broad array of projects relating to communications and technology law and regulation. She previously served as the chief deputy attorney general for the state of Maryland, the second-highest law enforcement officer in the state, where she was responsible for the supervision of 32 divisions, including antitrust, consumer protection, criminal, environment, public safety and transportation. Winfree also served as a federal and state prosecutor, including 19 years as an assistant United States attorney in the District of Columbia, where she tried several high-profile cases. More >>

Kimberly Frank, an electricity regulatory attorney who regularly appears before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), has joined McCarter & English’s Environment and Energy Practice Group as a partner. From the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, she will continue to represent clients in a broad array of regulatory matters, including the design of wholesale electric power markets, and in appellate matters arising from agency decisions. More >>

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that James E. Anderson, a nationally recognized asset management and enforcement lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington office. Mr. Anderson, who joins the firm as a member of Willkie’s Asset Management Group, has more than 20 years of experience representing investment advisers, hedge funds, mutual funds, banks and broker-dealers in transactional, regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters. More >>

Jones Walker LLP announced today that the seven lawyers who formerly comprised the boutique banking and securities law firm of Spidi & Fisch, PC, in Washington, D.C., have joined Jones Walker’s Banking & Financial Services Practice Group in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Spidi & Fisch, which served a client base of primarily financial institutions, includes John J. Spidi, Richard Fisch, James C. Stewart, and Daniel H. Burd, who will join as partners; Joan S. Guilfoyle, who will join as Special Counsel; and associates James D. Marky and Carolyn M. Rhodes. More >>

Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented the lenders on the financing of the US$1 billion combined-cycle Salem Harbor Power Station in Salem, Massachusetts. The financing includes US$600 million term loan, a US$130 million letter of credit facility, and approximately US$377 million in equity financing. The Coordinating Lead Arrangers for the financing were MUFG Union Bank, GE Energy Financial Services and BNP Paribas. More >>

Alston & Bird has expanded its Privacy & Data Security Practice with the addition of former White House privacy official Peter Swire as Senior Counsel.

Swire was President Clinton’s Chief Counselor for Privacy in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. He was one of five members of President Obama’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology, formed in the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding surveillance activities by the U.S. National Security Agency. The Report of the Review Group received widespread public attention and was re-published as a book by the Princeton University Press. More >>