Lewis Brisbois Enhances Entertainment Practice in New York with Hire of New Partner Focused on Theater & Live Events

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Nathan Sheffield to its New York office as a partner in the firm’s Entertainment, Media & Sports Practice. With more than two decades of experience in the entertainment industry, Mr. Sheffield focuses his practice on representing clients involved in live events and theater. He has successfully represented producers, investors, talent, and creative team members in more than 100 productions on Broadway, West End, and Off-Broadway. Mr. Sheffield offers clients full-service production counsel, advising on matters such as acquiring underlying rights, commissioning script creation, developmental productions, and commercial runs.

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K&L Gates Expands Energy Capabilities With Energy Team in Singapore

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates, continues its expansion, welcoming partner Brad Roach and senior associate Alexandra Jones to the firm’s Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources (EIR) practice. The duo joins from Gibson Dunn where Roach was a co-chair of its global Oil and Gas practice group.

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Seasoned Energy Sector General Counsel Joyce Chang Joins Skadden

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Skadden is pleased to announce that Joyce Chang has joined the firm as a partner in the Energy and Infrastructure Projects Group. Based in the Washington, D.C. office, she will advise clients on all aspects of project development, financing and M&A. Most recently, she was executive vice president and general counsel of Summit Ridge Energy, where she worked closely with the executive team on strategic financings, acquisitions and investments involving solar assets and battery energy storage systems, and helped grow the company significantly.

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Jackson Walker Welcomes Finance Partners Sarah Christian and Kathryn Nordick

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Jackson Walker is delighted to announce the addition of partners Sarah Christian and Kathryn Nordick to our Austin office. Sarah and Kathryn bring a tremendous wealth of experience in debt financings, providing representation to local, regional, and national banks, private lenders and borrowers including private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and public and private companies.

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High-Profile Employment Litigator Joins Polsinelli in D.C.

Monday, November 11, 2024

Polsinelli is pleased to welcome Tyree P. Jones Jr. in Washington, D.C. as a shareholder in the firm’s Employment Litigation Practice. An accomplished trial lawyer and business advisor with more than three decades of success handling complex employment-related disputes, Jones also served as the chair of an Am Law 40 firm’s global labor and employment practice. Jones arrives at the firm from Reed Smith in DC.

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Holland & Hart Adds Seasoned Oil & Gas Royalty Attorney Rosario Doriott Domínguez

Monday, November 11, 2024

Holland & Hart LLP is pleased to announce that experienced oil & gas royalty litigation and transactional attorney Rosario Doriott Domínguez has joined the firm as a partner in the Denver office. Rosario brings sophisticated experience serving clients facing complex royalty audits, demands, compliance issues, transactional concerns, and litigation. Before joining Holland & Hart, Rosario was a partner at Ryan Law Firm, where she led the firm’s oil and gas royalty practice.

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Michael Best Welcomes Partner John Menchaca, Associate Chris Kirby to the Firm’s Austin Office

Monday, November 11, 2024

Michael Best is pleased to announce the addition of John Menchaca as Partner, and Chris Kirby as Associate, to the firm’s Transactional Practice Group, based out of the Austin office. The team joins Michael Best from Enoch Kever, PLLC, bringing more than 35 years of combined extensive expertise in advising emerging growth companies, entrepreneurs, and investors across a wide range of corporate transactions.

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