King & Spalding today announced that Marisa Maleck rejoins the firm as a partner in the FDA and Life Sciences team, which is part of the Government Matters practice. Maleck, who most recently served as a senior counsel at Juul Labs and as a partner in King & Spalding’s Litigation & Global Disputes practice, will be based in the Washington, D.C., office.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Brandon Bortner, a respected securities and capital markets lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner, based in Washington, D.C. He joins from Latham. Mr. Bortner’s arrival adds further momentum to the outstanding performance and growth of the firm’s global Securities and Capital Markets practice.
Faegre Drinker announced today that Christopher J. Burrell has rejoined the firm as a partner in the intellectual property practice in Washington, D.C. Burrell returns to the firm after spending nearly seven years with Samsung Electronics America in the company’s Washington, D.C. IP Center office, where he most recently served as senior director & senior counsel, head of appeals. He is the 24th partner or counsel addition to Faegre Drinker in 2020.
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Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce leading commercial and international dispute litigator Kurt Lindquist will be joining as a shareholder in the rapidly expanding Commercial Litigation practice based in Washington, D.C. A highly respected and venerated trial lawyer, he brings a depth of experience resolving commercial matters on a global basis. His hire reflects the continued growth of Cozen O’Connor’s nationally recognized Commercial Litigation practice and the strategic expansion of the Washington, D.C. office. Lindquist joins the firm from the International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation group of Womble Bond Dickinson.
Koorosh Talieh (KT), a nationally recognized trial lawyer with more than three decades of experience handling complex commercial insurance disputes, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C. KT joins the firm’s insurance coverage practice from Perkins Coie LLP, where he was a partner.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas Kim has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Kim, formerly with Sidley Austin, will continue to practice in the areas of securities disclosure and regulation and corporate governance.
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Project finance/energy M&A attorneys Timothy Moran and Philip Corsello have joined Holland & Knight as partners in its Washington and New York offices, respectively. Mr. Moran will chair the firm’s Energy and Infrastructure M&A/Finance Team and co-chair its Energy & Natural Resources Industry Sector Group. Most recently, he was a partner at DLA Piper, where he was U.S. co-chair, Projects and Infrastructure; U.S. chair, Renewable Energy; and U.S. chair, Energy M&A. Mr. Moran and Mr. Corsello practiced together at DLA Piper and prior to that at Sidley Austin and Dewey & LeBoeuf. Most recently, Mr. Corsello was with Schiff Hardin.
Rimon is proud to welcome Sarah (Xiaohua) Zhao as an International Transactions and Data Privacy Partner in its D.C. office. Ms. Zhao is the firm’s 30th new partner this year. She joins from Baker Hostetler, where she was a Partner. She had also previously served as the Managing Partner of the Beijing office of Holland & Knight.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that David R. Hale, former chief privacy officer at TD Ameritrade, will join the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C., office. Hale will spearhead the firm’s privacy practice.
Mayer Brown announced today that a five-lawyer team led by partners Eric Pogue and John Tormey has joined the firm’s Projects & Infrastructure practice, adding to its existing power and renewables capabilities. Mr. Pogue will be based in New York, and Mr. Tormey will be based in Washington DC. They join from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, where Mr. Pogue served as a co-chair of that firm’s Renewable Energy practice.
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