Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that James J. Farrell has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Farrell, formerly a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, will continue his complex civil litigation practice, with an emphasis on securities and professional liability litigation.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | New YorkPeter Armenio Joins White & Case as a Partner in New York
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Intellectual Property Practice with the addition of Peter Armenio, a leading intellectual property and life sciences patent litigator, as a partner in New York. Armenio joins White & Case from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where he was a partner and co-head of its global life sciences practice.
Jones Day Welcomes Abradat Kamalpour to Financial Markets Practice
The global law firm Jones Day announced that Abradat Kamalpour will join the Firm’s Financial Markets Practice as a partner. Mr. Kamalpour will initially be based in Jones Day’s London Office and will thereafter be relocating to the Firm’s San Francisco Office. Mr. Kamalapour comes to the firm from Ashurst in London.
Lewis Brisbois Expands Entertainment Law Practice with New Partner Team
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Steven Beer and Richard (“Rip”) Beyman to its New York office as partners in its Entertainment, Media & Sports Practice. Mr. Beer will also become co-chair of the firm’s national practice, along with Jonathan Pink, the firm’s long time Entertainment Practice chair. The pair arrive from Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C.in New York.
Tags: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | New YorkEversheds Sutherland Bolsters Global IP, Technology and Data Privacy Offering
Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed Emmanuel Ronco, as a partner, and his team of two associates, Edouard Burlet and Killian Lefèvre, to its IP/IT & Privacy team in Paris. Emmanuel, Edouard and Killian, who all join from Cleary Gottlieb, continue the expansion of the firm’s intellectual property, technology, data protection and cybersecurity practices.
Tags: Eversheds Sutherland | ParisK&L Gates Continues Strategic Growth, Combining with Luxembourg Firm Volckrick & Associates to Establish Firm’s Eighth European Office
The partners of global law firm K&L Gates LLP and Luxembourg firm Volckrick & Associates have voted to combine firms, effective July 1st. The combination gives K&L Gates its eighth office across Europe and 46th worldwide and continues a strategic growth trajectory for the firm that recently also has included the opening of a Nashville office with more than 30 lawyers earlier this year and the hiring of more than 80 partners across the firm’s global platform since January 2020.
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Polsinelli Continues Real Estate Growth Momentum, Adding Well-Known Chicago Attorney Kimberlie Pearlman and Real Estate Associate Nataly Yosef
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes well-known Chicago real estate attorney Kimberlie Pearlman as shareholder in the firm’s Chicago office. Pearlman joins the firm’s rapidly-growing national Real Estate Practice, bringing tangible general counsel and development experience, including over a decade as real estate associate and partner with DLA Piper.
Tags: Polsinelli PC | ChicagoK&L Gates Further Bolsters Global IP Capabilities with Addition of Japanese Intellectual Property Team
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has further strengthened its intellectual property practice with the addition of partner Mitsuhiro Imamura and his team of paralegals in the firm’s Tokyo office. Imamura and his team join K&L Gates from DLA Piper, and are a key addition to the firm’s global intellectual property practice, giving K&L Gates, for the first time, the ability to file Japanese patent and trademark applications, among other capabilities.
Greenberg Traurig Continues Washington, D.C. Corporate Practice Expansion
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its Corporate Practice with the addition of James Doyle as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C. office. He joins the firm from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.