Latham Adds Prominent Partner in Washington, D.C.

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Nicholas J. Boyle has joined the firm in Washington, D.C., in the Litigation & Trial Department and as a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Boyle handles a wide variety of litigation, with a particular focus on complex civil disputes that have global reach. Boyle joins Latham from Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C.
 
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Accomplished Health Care and Life Sciences Trio Joins Winston & Strawn in D.C., Bolstering the Firm’s Regulatory, Compliance and Enforcement Capabilities

Winston & Strawn is pleased to announce the addition of three highly accomplished health care partners in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office: T. Reed Stephens, Amandeep (“Aman”) Sidhu and Winston S. Kirton. The attorneys will bolster the firm’s Health Care practice by solidifying Winston’s robust experience in investigative, regulatory and litigation in health care and life sciences matters. Stephens and Sidhu join the firm from McDermott Will & Emery, while Kirton joins from Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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Corporate, M&A and Private Equity Partner Returns to Pillsbury in DC

Nicole Islinger, an accomplished dealmaker with wide-ranging transactional experience that spans M&A, private equity, emerging company and government contracts work, has joined Pillsbury’s corporate practice in Washington, DC as a partner. She was previously a shareholder at Vedder Price in the Corporate and the Finance & Transactions groups.

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Eversheds Sutherland Bolsters International Arbitration Practice With Three High-Profile Partners

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the arrival of three international arbitration partners to the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. The high-profile team joins from Dentons and includes Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid in New York, and William O’Brien and John Lomas in Washington DC. Ms. Al-Rashid and Mr. O’Brien are already resident in their respective offices while Mr. Lomas will join Eversheds Sutherland in the next few weeks.

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Cooley Strengthens IP Litigation Team With DC Duo

Cooley is growing its market-leading intellectual property litigation practice group with the addition of partners Sanya Sukduang and Jonathan Davies, who will be based in Washington, DC. Arriving from Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Sukduang’s and Davies’ practices focus on life sciences with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals litigation, including HatchWaxman Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) litigation.

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Foley Deepens National IP Electronics Bench With Addition of High-Profile Team in Washington, D.C. and Dallas

Foley & Lardner announced today that the firm has expanded its national intellectual property capabilities with the addition of four attorneys to its Intellectual Property Department and Electronics Practice Group. Eric Sophir and Gary Solomon join as partners, while Matthew Horton and Kamyar Maserat join as senior counsel and associate, respectively. All will be based in Foley’s Washington, D.C. office, except for Solomon, who is based in Dallas.

The highly-skilled team comes over from Dentons, where Sophir and Solomon were partners. Sophir also served as co-practice leader of the firm’s IP group.
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DOJ Antitrust Chief Peter Mucchetti joins Clifford Chance

DOJ Antitrust Chief Peter Mucchetti joins Clifford Chance Washington, DC: Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that Peter J. Mucchetti has joined as a partner in its Americas Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He joins from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, where he served as the Chief of its Healthcare and Consumer Products Section.

Mucchetti served in the Antitrust Division for 19 years, starting at the DOJ as a trial attorney. He became Assistant Chief of the Division’s Healthcare and Consumer Products Section in 2011, ascending to Section Chief in 2012. In those roles, he supervised some of the most complex cases in the Division’s history.

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