Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome leading international trade and national security attorney Anthony Rapa as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office where he will lead the firm’s National Security team. Working closely with the firm’s Aerospace, Defense and Government Services industry group, Anthony will counsel companies, private equity sponsors, and financial institutions on sanctions and export control-related matters in cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, government investigations, and regulatory matters. A dual U.S./UK-qualified practitioner, he joins Blank Rome from Kirkland & Ellis where he was a partner.

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Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the arrival of intellectual property litigator Damon Lewis as a partner in the Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice group in Washington, D.C. Lewis brings a strong technical background and experience representing clients at the federal district court, International Trade Commission (ITC), and Federal Circuit levels. He also brings a background as a software engineer at Oracle Corporation and an engineering cryptanalyst with the National Security Agency, as well as experience as a judicial clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Lewis joins the firm from DLA Piper, where he represented clients in patent and copyright matters in the telecommunications, microprocessors, software, televisions, power tools, electronics, e-commerce, distributed computing, communications and transportation technologies sectors. 

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Svetlana S. Gans has joined the firm as a partner. Previously Vice President and Associate General Counsel at the NCTA – The Internet & Television Association and a former Chief of Staff for Acting Federal Trade Commission Chair Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Gans joins the Antitrust and Competition; Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation; and Public Policy Practice Groups at Gibson Dunn.

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Michael Egan has joined Cooley’s Washington, DC, office as a partner in the firm’s elite cyber/data/privacy practice. Arriving from Baker McKenzie, Egan brings experience spanning data privacy compliance counseling, data security breach response and preparation, regulatory investigations, and M&A privacy diligence.

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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Parag Patel has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Emerging Companies Practice, the Financial Institutions and Fintech Industry Groups, and as a member of the Corporate Department. Patel’s practice focuses on emerging payments, fintech, and related regulatory and transactional issues.  Patel joins Latham from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in Washington, D.C.

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