Hogan Lovells Boosts Construction & Engineering Practice With Key London Hire
Hogan Lovells is further strengthening its Construction & Engineering practice with the arrival of Emerson Holmes as a partner in its Global International Arbitration practice. He joins the firm today from King & Spalding where he was Deputy Head of Construction. Emerson will be resident in Hogan Lovells’ London office.
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Ogletree Deakins Expands into Utah
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that the firm has opened an office in Salt Lake City with the addition of esteemed shareholders, David Castleberry and Kathleen Weron, who join Ogletree Deakins from Manning, Curtis, Bradshaw, & Bednar. The Salt Lake City office marks Ogletree Deakins’ first office in Utah and 55th location globally. It follows the firm’s expansion into Columbus, Ohio earlier this fall. The arrival of Castleberry and Weron also continues a hiring streak for the firm, which has welcomed 11 shareholders since September.
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Kennedys Strengthens Aviation Team in Singapore
We are delighted to have bolstered our aviation team in Singapore with the promotion of Anita Quy to Head of Aviation, APAC and the appointment of new partner, Tristan Thompson. Tristan joins the firm from DLA Piper, where he spent the last three years principally working on complex aviation and aerospace product liability claims and hull subrogation claims.
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Erin McCloskey Maus Joins Venable’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Group in the Chicago Office
Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Erin McCloskey Maus has joined the firm as a partner in the Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice in the Chicago office. Ms. Maus is an accomplished litigator with a demonstrated history of trial success representing international and domestic clients; she arrives at Venable after over twenty years at Baker & McKenzie LLP.
Greenberg Traurig’s Salt Lake City Office Nearly Doubles with Leading IP Team
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has hired a group of 19 Intellectual Property (IP) & Technology Practice attorneys and patent agents, more than half of whom will be in the firm’s Salt Lake City office, which first opened less than three years ago. New Shareholders Bryan K. Hanks and Jonathan R. Lee, both registered patent attorneys with electrical engineering backgrounds, will spend time in the firm’s Salt Lake City and Phoenix offices. Eleven of the attorneys on the team will be based in Salt Lake City, nearly doubling the number of attorneys in that office. The 31-person team, which includes specialist engineers and business staff, joined from FisherBroyles LLP.
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Carlos Martinez Joins White & Case as a Partner in Mexico City
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Tax Practice with the addition of Carlos Martinez as a partner in Mexico City. Martinez joins White & Case from Creel Abogados, S.C.
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Duane Morris Welcomes Private Client Services Team in San Diego
S. Andrew Pharies and Ellen H. Whelan have joined as partners and Michelle C. Glasser, Gretchen Tomanek Shaffer, Erin E. Norberg and Liliana Menzie as special counsel in Duane Morris LLP’s Private Client Services Practice Group in its San Diego office. The attorneys join Duane Morris from DLA Piper.
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Sidley Adds Prominent International M&A Partner Michiel Visser
Sidley is pleased to welcome Michiel Visser as a partner in the M&A and Private Equity practice in New York. He joins after almost two decades at White & Case where he worked in that firm’s New York, Doha, Dubai, and Paris offices as a member of their Global Mergers & Acquisition and Private Equity practice groups.
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