Frost Brown Todd’s Nashville Office Adds Partner Brian Masterson to Tax Practice Group

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Partner Brian Masterson has joined Frost Brown Todd’s (FBT) tax team. Based in FBT’s Nashville office, Masterson has nearly 25 years of tax experience, including advising clients on a variety of state and federal tax matters, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and resolving disputes related to post-closing adjustments. He also works with family offices regarding how to structure the acquisition and disposition of private investments. Masterson comes to the firm from Butler Snow LLP.

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Dentons Canada Boosts Mining and Energy Offering With Addition of New High-Profile Corporate M&A Partner Greg McNab

Monday, December 19, 2022

Dentons announces the addition of Greg McNab as a partner in the Firm’s Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions groups. Greg has an impressive track record of advising domestic and global clients in the mining and energy sectors on financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure and stock exchange matters. McNab arrives from Baker & McKenzie LLP.

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Paul Hastings Adds Leading Finance Partner Patrick Bright in London

Monday, December 19, 2022
Continuing the strategic expansion of its market-leading global finance practice, Paul Hastings LLP announced today that Patrick Bright, a leader in European high-yield transactions, has joined the firm as a partner in London. Bright is consistently ranked by Legal 500, Chambers UK, and IFLR1000 as a top practitioner in the high-yield space and he previously led the European high-yield team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

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Cooley Adds M&A and Private Equity Partner to Growing Shanghai Office

Monday, December 19, 2022

Ruomu Li has joined Cooley’s Shanghai office as a partner in the firm’s business department, where she will focus on mergers & acquisitions and private equity transactions with an emphasis on the technology and life sciences industries. Li arrives from Morrison & Foerster, where she served as a partner in the M&A, private equity investments and buyouts practices. She has extensive experience representing strategic and financial investors and target companies in the US, across China, and internationally on a broad range of M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions.

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Holland & Knight Welcomes Partner Bradley Seltzer to its Tax and Energy Practices

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Holland & Knight has expanded its tax and energy practices with the addition of partner Bradley Seltzer. Mr. Seltzer brings significant experience representing Fortune 100 utility, energy and telecommunications clients in complex tax matters, including tax planning, accounting and controversy. He will work in both the Washington D.C. and Orange County offices at Holland & Knight. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Seltzer was a partner with Eversheds Sutherland. 

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Clark Hill Adds Litigator Kevin D. Kent to Philadelphia Office

Thursday, December 15, 2022

International law firm Clark Hill PLC announced today that Kevin Dooley Kent has joined the firm as a Member in the Litigation practice. Kent, who joins from Philadelphia-based Conrad O’Brien where he was a shareholder, will co-lead the firm’s Transatlantic strategy with Jarrod Duffy, Member and Co-Chair of Clark Hill’s Corporate practice group, and Sam Saarsteiner, Member with the firm’s Dublin, Ireland office. Kent works from the firm’s Dublin and Philadelphia offices.

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Clyde & Co Continues to Expand With New Corporate & Advisory Partner Appointment, Mohamed Barakat

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Mohamed is a highly regarded US-qualified lawyer with more than 17 years of experience working in the United States (Chicago and Washington, DC) and the Middle East (Egypt and Saudi Arabia). He is a leading corporate lawyer with a deep understanding of the region and advises clients on complex M&A and restructuring transactions in the energy, financial services, infrastructure and real estate sectors. He joins from Baker & McKenzie LLP.

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