Latham Grows Mergers & Acquisitions Practice With Energy & Infrastructure Partner

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Ethan Schultz has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Houston offices as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and the Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group, and as a member of the Corporate Department. Schultz represents clients in acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, financings, and other transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors.  He joins Latham from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington, D.C. and Houston.

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Hogan Lovells Adds IP Litigator, Former Software Engineer In Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the arrival of intellectual property litigator Damon Lewis as a partner in the Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice group in Washington, D.C. Lewis brings a strong technical background and experience representing clients at the federal district court, International Trade Commission (ITC), and Federal Circuit levels. He also brings a background as a software engineer at Oracle Corporation and an engineering cryptanalyst with the National Security Agency, as well as experience as a judicial clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Lewis joins the firm from DLA Piper, where he represented clients in patent and copyright matters in the telecommunications, microprocessors, software, televisions, power tools, electronics, e-commerce, distributed computing, communications and transportation technologies sectors. 

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Am Law 100 Bankruptcy Practice Leader Kurt Mayr Joins Glenn Agre

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP, the bankruptcy and trial law firm that launched in 2021, has taken a major step forward in its evolution with the addition of Kurt Mayr, most recently the head of the bankruptcy practice at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP. A nationally respected bankruptcy strategist whose inventive thinking has driven several pioneering restructurings, Mayr will both complement and enhance Glenn Agre’s existing strength in bankruptcy litigation. More >>

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Esteemed Employment Attorney Timothy Reed Rejoins Ogletree Deakins in San Francisco

Friday, April 22, 2022

Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome employment attorney Timothy (Tim) Reed back to its San Francisco office as shareholder. Tim rejoins the firm from FordHarrison, where he was the office managing partner and co-founder of FordHarrison’s San Francisco Bay Area office.

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IP Litigator Caryn Borg-Breen, Ph.D., Joins Ballard Spahr

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Caryn Borg-Breen—an accomplished patent litigator with more than 20 years of experience handling intellectual property matters—has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. She will be based in Chicago and will travel to other Ballard Spahr offices as the needs of her clients dictate. Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, Dr. Borg-Breen was a founding partner of Green, Griffith, & Borg-Breen LLP, a boutique firm in Chicago.

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DLA Piper Adds Major Top-Tier Middle Market Private Equity Practice in Chicago

Thursday, April 21, 2022

DLA Piper continues to make substantial investments in its globally recognized Private Equity practice with the addition of lateral partners Harris Eisenberg, Alex Plakas, Nathan Wilda and Drew Rosenberry, along with several other partners and approximately 20 other lawyers in Chicago. The addition of this group will significantly enhance DLA Piper’s positioning in middle-market private equity.

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