Arent Fox and Schiff Hardin Complete Combination, Launch Top 80 National Firm

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Arent Fox LLP and Schiff Hardin LLP completed their merger, effective March 1, 2022. The new firm operates under the name ArentFox Schiff and is led by Chair Anthony V. Lupo and Firmwide Co-Managing Partners Cristina A. Carvalho and Joseph J. Krasovec III. The newly combined firm is home to more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals and serves as a destination for an international client base of corporations, governments, private individuals, and trade associations.

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

Friday, February 25, 2022
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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Perkins Coie Adds Intellectual Property Partner Alex Chung to Washington, D.C. Office

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Alex (Kwan-Ho) Chung, Ph.D., has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice as a partner in the Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling subgroup of the Washington, D.C., office. Alex is the latest addition to the firm’s growing Intellectual Property team on the East Coast, which has recently added partners Ngai Zhang, Drew Schulte, and Lori Gordon. Alex joins Perkins Coie from Jones Day, where he was a member of the intellectual property and Korea practices.

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

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

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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Latham Grows Emerging Companies Practice in Washington, D.C.

Monday, February 14, 2022

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Barrie VanBrackle has joined the firm as a partner in the Emerging Companies Practice, the Financial Institutions and Fintech Industry Groups, and as a member of the Corporate Department. VanBrackle’s practice focuses on payments and consumer financial services compliance. This includes transactions involving payment systems participants, payment issuance, co-brand agreements, payment card industry data security issues, and payment regulatory matters. She joins Latham from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in Washington, D.C.

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Leading Antitrust and Consumer Protection Lawyer Sean Royall Joins Sidley

Friday, February 11, 2022

Sidley is pleased to announce that Sean Royall has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Dallas and Washington, D.C. offices. Sean’s practice focuses on antitrust and consumer protection litigation and government investigations. He joins Sidley from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner in their Antitrust and Competition practice. Sean also previously served at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as the Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition. Sean will become a co-leader of the firm’s global Antitrust and Consumer Protection litigation and investigations practice.

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