Jaclyn Rabin has joined Cooley’s fund formation practice group as a partner in the New York office. She will focus on advising private equity and venture capital clients on a broad range of fund formation matters. Rabin previously was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis; she also was chief compliance officer of Thrive Capital, a New York‐based venture capital firm focused on investments in internet, software and technology-enabled companies. Most recently, Jaclyn founded New Austin Venture Advisory, a Texas‐based provider of strategic, legal and operations support for asset managers.
Tags: Cooley LLP | New YorkKing & Spalding Welcomes Return of Structured Finance Partners Martin Eid and Katie Weiss to New York Office
King & Spalding announces the return of structured finance partners Katie Weiss and Martin Eid to the firm. Eid has rejoined the firm effective immediately, and Weiss will return in the coming weeks. They join the Finance and Restructuring practice group in the New York office. Both Weiss and Eid join from Milbank. Prior to that, they were partners at King & Spalding.
ArentFox Schiff Adds 17-Member Technology and Life Sciences Industry Team in Boston
The IP team includes Partners Joseph M. Maraia, Dr. Daniel W. Clarke, Christopher Carroll, Laura L. Carroll, Brooke A. Penrose, Paul A. Pysher, and Howard J. Susser; Counsel Shawn P. Foley, Bruce D. Jobse, and Joseph P. Quinn; and six associates and patent agents. In addition, litigation Partner Shepard Davidson has joined ArentFox Schiff and will continue to focus his practice on complex business torts and contract claims. This group joins from Burns & Levinson after ArentFox Schiff welcomed a four-partner Automotive team from the firm in April.
Tags: ArentFox Schiff LLP | BostonPillsbury Adds Restructuring Partner Michael Burke in New York, Enhancing Firm’s Ability to Support Distressed Entities
Pillsbury has successfully recruited Michael Burke—a well-established corporate restructuring lawyer with expansive knowledge of and experience working in the aviation sector—to the firm’s Chambers-ranked New York Insolvency & Restructuring group as partner. Burke joins from Sidley Austin.
Gibson Dunn Expands Global Finance Practice with Partner Hire in Hong Kong
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that partner Daniel Abercromby today joins the firm’s Hong Kong office as a member of its Global Finance Practice Group. Abercromby arrives from White & Case LLP.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Hong KongIntellectual Property Trial Lawyer Jeffrey Morgan Joins Ballard Spahr in Atlanta
Jeffrey C. Morgan — a trial lawyer with a national litigation practice focusing on intellectual property litigation and other complex civil litigation matters—has joined Ballard Spahr’s Intellectual Property Department and Intellectual Property Litigation Group as Of Counsel, firm Chair Peter V. Michaud announced today. Mr. Morgan is resident in the firm’s Atlanta office. Mr. Morgan joined Ballard Spahr from Barnes & Thornburg.
Norton Rose Fulbright Enhances Global Investigations Practice With 12-lawyer Team
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that its regulatory, investigations, securities and compliance practice has added a 12-lawyer team, highlighted by four new partners: Jeff Kalinowski, Eric Martin and Jeff Ziesman in St. Louis and Laura Perlov in Denver. These dozen lawyers join the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
Tags: Norton Rose Fulbright | DenverMark Davies Joins White & Case as a Partner in Washington, DC
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Intellectual Property Practice and Global Technology Industry Group with the addition of Mark Davies as a partner in Washington, DC. Davis arrives from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP.
Duane Morris Welcomes Employment Partner Bronwyn L. Roberts in Boston
Bronwyn L. Roberts has re-joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group in its Boston office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Roberts led the Boston employment group at Cooley LLP. Before her time at Cooley, Roberts was both a partner and an associate at Duane Morris for 18 years.
Tags: Duane Morris LLP | BostonJackson Lewis Welcomes Pamela D. Williams to Houston Office
Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. is pleased to announce Pamela D. Williams has joined its Houston office as a principal. Pamela brings extensive experience in labor and employment litigation, having previously worked at Fisher Phillips.
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