Sonny Allison, Kester Spindler, Danielle Fortier, Amelia Davis and Jeffrey Beuche have joined Cooley’s Denver office as partners in the firm’s private equity and mergers & acquisitions practices. Arriving from Perkins Coie, the group strengthens Cooley’s existing capabilities representing private equity sponsors and strategic parties as they drive high-growth platforms.
Tags: Cooley LLP | DenverConstangy Expands Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice With 44-Member Team, Opens Six New Offices
National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP is pleased to welcome a 44-member team, including 32 experienced attorneys, in a significant expansion of the firm’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice. The attorneys who will be joining the Constangy Cyber Team are located across 17 cities in 12 states, and are driving the opening of new offices for Constangy in Baltimore, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. All are coming to Constangy from Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith.
Lewis Brisbois Enhances D&O, White Collar Capabilities in Denver with New Partner Hire
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Lucas (“Luke”) T. Ritchie to its Denver office as a partner in the firm’s Directors & Officers and Securities Litigation and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense Practices. Ritchie arrives from Moye White LLP in Denver.
Tags: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | DenverDinsmore Adds Experienced Construction Tort Partner to Meet Demand Created by Denver’s Development Boom
Haynes Boone Hires Top Colorado Banking and Finance Lawyer Erin Simmons in Denver
Erin Simmons, who handles complex lending transactions for financial clients, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a Denver-based partner in the firm’s Finance Practice. Erin joins Haynes Boone from Davis Graham & Stubbs, where she was a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance Practice.
Leading Private Fund Trio Joins Faegre Drinker: Dee Anne Sjögren, Mark Weakley, and Jeremy Kollitz
Faegre Drinker announced today that Dee Anne Sjögren and Mark Weakley and have joined the firm as partners and Jeremy Kollitz, CFA, as an associate in the investment management practice. They come to the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
Tags: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | Boulder | Denver | WashingtonFoley Adds Antitrust Partner Diane Hazel in Denver, Strengthening Capabilities in the Health Care Sector
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the firm has further bolstered its Health Care and Life Sciences Sector and Antitrust Practice Group with the addition of Partner Diane Hazel in Denver. Hazel joins Foley from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, where she served as the First Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Unit.
Margaret Olek Esler Joins Nelson Mullins’ Denver Office
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, a national law firm, is pleased to announce that Margaret Olek Esler has joined the firm as a partner in Denver. Immediately prior to joining the firm, Esler was a Real Estate shareholder for Polsinelli in Denver.
Fennemore Joins Forces With Bay Area Wendel Rosen
Fennemore continues its strategic Western expansion announcing today that it is combining with Wendel Rosen LLP, one of the oldest and largest full-service business law firms in the East Bay. The combined firm will be called Fennemore Wendel in Northern California, Fennemore Dowling Aaron in the Central Valley and Fennemore across the rest of its footprint in Southern California, Arizona, Colorado and Nevada.
Tags: Fennemore Craig, P.C. | Bakersfield | Denver | Fresno | Las Vegas | Modesto | Nogales | Phoenix | Reno | Sacramento | San Bernardino | San Diego | San Francisco | Tucson | Walnut CreekHillary E. Ellis Joins Polsinelli’s Quickly Growing Roster of Women Shareholders in Real Estate and Financial Services
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes real estate attorney Hillary E. Ellis to its nationally renowned Real Estate Practice, continuing Polsinelli’s recent efforts to advance women leaders in the Real Estate and Financial Services Department. Ellis joins the firm as a new Shareholder in the Denver office, where she’ll work with Michael R. Strand and Real Estate Practice Chair Amy Kiefer Hansen. Prior to joining Polsinelli, Ellis was a Partner at Kutak Rock LLP.
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