Cozen O’Connor Continues to Expand its Boca Raton Office, Adding Margo K. Ceresney to its Private Client, Trusts and Estates Group

Cozen O’Connor announced the addition of attorney Margo K. Ceresney to its Private Client, Trusts and Estates Group — a move that further expands both the Private Client, Trusts and Estates Group and the firm’s new Boca Raton, Florida office. Margo, who joins as a member, brings to the firm more than a decade of experience guiding clients through the complexities of estate and gift planning, trust and estate administration, tax, family law, and succession planning. Ceresneycomes to the firm from Proskauer Rose LLP where she was a senior associate attorney in Private Client Services.

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Holland & Knight Continues Real Estate Practice Growth with Addition of Kathryn Goldberger in West Palm Beach

 Real estate attorney Kathryn Goldberger has joined Holland & Knight’s West Palm Beach office as a partner. She is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Section, one of the largest in the country. She was previously in-house counsel at Westbrook Partners, a global real estate private equity firm, where she oversaw the acquisition, development, financing and disposition of the properties within the firm’s investment portfolio.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Expands in Los Angeles and Washington, DC With Environmental and Government Affairs Partner

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that environmental regulation and government affairs lawyer Scott Burton has joined the firm as a partner in its Los Angeles and Washington, DC offices. Joining from Hunton Andrews Kurth, Burton leverages his extensive environmental, energy and natural resources experience to advise clients in the national and international public policy arenas on a spectrum of high-profile and high-risk issues. 

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Continues Growth in France and Welcomes Roland Montfort as a Partner in its Corporate/M&A Team

The team advises French and foreign clients on mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity and joint ventures as well as on strategic alliances and transactions involving listed companies. Working closely with BCLP’s competition, labor and tax teams, it is also active across a wide range of industries, including energy, telecom, technologies, media and real estate, among others. Roland Montfort began his career at Coudert Frères in Paris, then worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (2000-2003). He later joined Lefèvre Pelletier (2003-2008), where he became head of M&A before becoming managing partner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in Paris (2008-2015).

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Latham & Watkins Expands Investment Funds Practice in New York

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that David Sherman has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Investment Funds and Private Equity Practices and member of the Corporate Department. Sherman represents private equity clients on the full range of fund formation and related matters, including the formation, marketing, and management of private equity funds, launch of new business lines, and operational, legal, and regulatory issues at both the fund and sponsor level. Sherman joins Latham from Kirkland & Ellis in New York.

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