Sharis Pozen joins Clifford Chance in the US as Global Co-Chair of Antitrust

Clifford Chance today announced that Sharis A. Pozen is joining the Firm as a partner and will co-chair the Global Antitrust Group. She will be based in Washington, DC.
Pozen comes to Clifford Chance from General Electric, where she was the company’s vice president for Global Competition Law and Policy. In that role, she was responsible for leading GE’s global merger clearance on numerous significant, transformational deals, steering global antitrust investigations to positive conclusions, antitrust compliance and other related issues. More >>

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Alston & Bird Expands Corporate Practice with New Partner in Washington, D.C.

Alston & Bird has expanded its Corporate Transactions & Securities Practice with the addition of Alex Park as partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.

Arriving from Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, Park is a seasoned corporate and securities transactional attorney with a finance and accounting background. His career also includes co-founding a technology-based startup and serving as its general counsel and chief operating officer. More >>

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Paul Hastings Continues Growth, Adding Top FCPA White Collar Litigators in Washington D.C.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Matt Herrington and Tom Best, two leading Anti-corruption and FCPA practitioners, have joined the firm as partners in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice, and will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. They join from Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where they were partners. More >>

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K&L Gates Boosts Public Policy and Investigation and Enforcement Practices in Washington, D.C., with Former Obama, Clinton White House Counsel Addition

The Washington, D.C., office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Andrew M. Wright as a partner in the public policy and law practice. Wright’s addition builds on the firm’s substantial existing capability to handle congressional oversight and investigations matters, executive branch compliance, and government enforcement actions at a time of increased activity in these areas. More >>

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Womble Bond Dickinson Welcomes Marc Lemon To Capital Markets Practice Group

Marcus J. Lemon, an infrastructure, public-private partnerships, and capital markets attorney, with more than 22 years of experience, joined Womble Bond Dickinson’s Washington, D.C. office today.  Lemon is one of the few practitioners in the U.S. market with experience in transactional, regulatory, and public policy aspects of infrastructure and public-private partnerships. Lemon comes to Womble Bond Dickinson from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. More >>

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