Monthly Archives: January 2023

International Employment Law Partner Kathryn Weaver Joins Seyfarth, Continuing Firm’s Growth in Hong Kong

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Seyfarth has announced that Kathryn Weaver, a highly regarded leader in the field of international employment law, will join the firm as a partner in Hong Kong to head up its regional cross-border employment practice. Weaver is qualified to practice in England, Wales, and Hong Kong, and has extensive experience advising multinational employers on all of their Asia-Pacific HR-related law needs, including employment law, immigration, data privacy, and benefits. Weaver arrives from Lewis Silkin LLP in Hong Kong

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Tags:  Seyfarth Shaw LLP | Hong Kong

Firm Boosts Litigation Practice With Double Partner Hire in Manchester

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Squire Patton Boggs has hired partners Lee Norman and Ben Johnson into its Litigation Practice. They join the firm from DWF, where Mr. Norman was head of its commercial litigation team in Manchester. Mr. Norman and Mr. Johnson follow partners Lucy Webster and Christian Toms, who joined the firm’s London Litigation team in recent months.

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Tags:  Squire Patton Boggs | London | Manchester

Holland & Knight Welcomes Financial Services Partner Arthur Lotz in Dallas

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Holland & Knight has strengthened its financial services and private equity practices with the addition of Arthur Lotz as a partner in Dallas. Mr. Lotz’s practice focuses on syndicated loan transactions, asset‐based and reserve‐based lending, and acquisition and leveraged finance for private equity firms, corporate borrowers and financial institutions. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

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King & Spalding Adds Energy and Project Development Partner Dan Feldman in Abu Dhabi

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

King & Spalding has hired energy, infrastructure and project development lawyer Dan Feldman as a partner in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group. He is based in the Abu Dhabi office. Feldman joins the firm from Shearman & Sterling, where he served as Co-Head of Energy Innovation and leader of its Global Hydrogen/Ammonia Industry Team. 

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Tags:  King & Spalding LLP | Abu Dhabi

Dentons Strengthens UK Corporate Practice With Hire of M&A Partner in London

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, has hired an M&A partner into its UK Corporate practice. James Vernon is experienced in both public and private M&A, joint ventures, corporate governance and corporate advisory work. James joins from Eversheds Sutherland where he was a legal director in the corporate department, having previously practised at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

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Tags:  Dentons | Ames | London

Balch & Bingham Strengthens Work Environment Counseling, Investigations & Enforcement Depth with addition of Lewis Csedrik to Nuclear Energy Practice in Washington, DC

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Balch & Bingham is pleased to announce that Lewis Csedrik joins the Washington D.C. office to expand the firm’s globally ranked Nuclear Energy Practice. Lewis brings over 20 years of experience representing clients in the nuclear industry, counseling clients on work environment issues, investigations and enforcement matters, whistleblower litigation, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR), before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Department of Energy, and other state and federal regulatory agencies, as well federal courts.

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Katten Lands Talented Litigation Team in New York

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Katten announced today that a team of four prominent litigators — Eliot Lauer, Jacques Semmelman, Gabe Hertzberg and Julia Mosse — have joined Katten’s New York office as partners in the Commercial Litigation practice, further growing the firm’s East Coast presence. Prior to joining Katten in December, the group worked together for many years at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, where Lauer was co-chair of the Litigation practice.

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Tags:  Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | New York