Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Gillian Emmett Moldowan has joined the Firm’s New York office as a Partner in the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice. Moldowan arrives at Simpson Thacher from A&O Shearman.
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Conrad Steele has joined the Firm as a partner in the Real Estate Practice. Mr. Steele, who previously worked as an associate at Jones Day from 2015-2019, is based in the Dallas Office. Mr. Steele most was most recently with Winstead PC before returning to Jones Day.
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Morgan Lewis is pleased to welcome Sarah Guske as a partner resident in San Francisco, adding to the firm’s bench of intellectual property (IP) litigators with deep technical knowledge. Sarah arrives from Baker Botts, where she most recently chaired the California IP department and previously served as co-chair of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Trials Group.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Nima Mohebbi has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Disputes practice in Greater Los Angeles. Prior to joining Sidley, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles.
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Skadden is pleased to welcome Friven Yeoh to the firm as a partner and leader of the firm’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group in Asia. Mr. Yeoh most recently spent eight years as co-leader of the Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy group at another global law firm, where he oversaw the practice from Hong Kong and Singapore. He will split his time between Skadden’s Hong Kong and Singapore offices. Yeoh arrives at the firm from Sidley Austin.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its International Arbitration Practice in London with the appointment of three new shareholders, Jason Hambury, Gurmukh Riyat, and Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, from Pinsent Masons.
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Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Keith Enright, former Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer for Google LLC, has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner. Keith will serve as Co-Chair of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Tech and Innovation Industry Group, where he will focus on AI, data privacy, and technology risks and strategies for an array of clients.
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Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Dino Wilkinson as a partner and head of the Firm’s Middle East Data, Cyber and Technology practice. Dino’s arrival further enhances the Firm’s global data, cyber and technology offering and underscores the continued growth of the Firm’s capabilities in the Middle East. Dino joins from Clyde & Co in Abu Dhabi where he served as a partner and led the Middle East technology, media and telecommunications law practice, also playing a key role in developing the firm’s international technology, data and outsourcing practice.
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Bianca Levin-Soler has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity groups. Levin-Soler’s practice focuses on representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions. Levin-Soler arrives at the firm from Ropes & Gray LLP.
Tags: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | Los AngelesKristen Mathews joins Cooley’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s global cyber/data/privacy group and litigation department. A pioneer in the privacy and cybersecurity fields, Mathews is a trusted advocate and adviser across the full spectrum of the most complex privacy and cybersecurity issues – including treatment of personal and experiential information about individuals, cybersecurity preparedness and data breach incident response. Her practice also meets the convergence of privacy issues, artificial intelligence, brain tech, and the ethical ramifications of the use of AI and other new technologies. Mathews joins Cooley from Morrison & Foerster.
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