Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added Real Estate Practice Attorney Ashley Aten as a shareholder in its Dallas office. Aten joins the firm from Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.
Goodwin Welcomes Private Equity Funds Partner Esther Chiang in New York
Goodwin, the global law firm serving innovators and investors, today announced that Esther Chiang joined the firm’s Private Investment Funds practice as a partner, resident in the New York office. Chiang joins Goodwin from the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Sidley Accelerates Expansion in Emerging Companies Practice
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Womble Bond Dickinson Establishes New York Office with Addition of Elite IP Team
The transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson is opening an office in New York with the addition of a prestigious group of lawyers from the intellectual property boutique firm Abelman Frayne & Schwab. With this year marking the fifth anniversary of the transatlantic combination that created Womble Bond Dickinson, the firm’s continued growth has included new offices in Boston, Los Angeles, and Houston, and an expanded presence in Palo Alto. The New York-based trademark, licensing, and copyright team will be led by partners Julianne Abelman and Marie Anne Mastrovito, who will be joined by of counsel Erica R. Halstead, senior counsels Lori B. Cohen and Anthony A. Coppola, and six paralegals.
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Troutman Pepper Continues Expansion of National Financial Services Team with Addition of Partner Glen Trudel
Glen Trudel, a top financial services, payments, and business attorney, has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in Wilmington, DE. Trudel is one of 34 financial services-focused attorneys who have joined the firm since January, including seven partners announced in February and two partners announced last month. The firm has more than 200 attorneys who regularly advise financial services providers. Trudel joins Troutman Pepper from Ballard Spahr, where he was a partner, and brings more than 30 years’ experience counseling financial institutions, marketplace lenders, fintech entities, and other companies on both regulatory and transactional matters.
Blank Rome Adds International Trade & National Security Partner in Washington, D.C.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome leading international trade and national security attorney Anthony Rapa as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office where he will lead the firm’s National Security team. Working closely with the firm’s Aerospace, Defense and Government Services industry group, Anthony will counsel companies, private equity sponsors, and financial institutions on sanctions and export control-related matters in cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, government investigations, and regulatory matters. A dual U.S./UK-qualified practitioner, he joins Blank Rome from Kirkland & Ellis where he was a partner.
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Ropes & Gray Adds Three Private Equity Partners in London
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has strengthened its global private equity offering with the additions of Dan Oates, Simon Saitowitz and Angela Becker as partners. Dan, Simon and Angela join Ropes & Gray from the London office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP.
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Norton Rose Fulbright Expands Corporate Team in Mexico City
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that corporate lawyer Andrés Nieto has joined the firm as an international partner in the Mexico City office.
Greenberg Traurig is Adding Six Top Tier Real Estate Finance Partners from Winston & Strawn
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, already renowned for its national and global real estate industry practice, has raised its game in real estate finance. The highly regarded team from Winston & Strawn consists of partners Corey Tessler, Michael Moser, Jarrid King, Brian Smetana, Christine Spletzer, and Brian Bailey.
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Finance Partner Michael Karpen Joins Holland & Knight in New York
Michael Karpen has joined Holland & Knight’s Financial Services Practice Group as a partner in New York. Karpen comes to the firm from the New York office of Troutman Pepper.
