Allen & Overy has boosted its German private equity practice with the appointment of highly regarded private equity specialist Dr Hendrik Röhricht, who is joining the firm’s Munich office as a partner with effect from 1 July 2021. He joins from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he was a partner since 2019.
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Demetra Liggins has joined McGuireWoods’ Restructuring & Insolvency Department as a partner in Houston, bringing more than two decades of experience in business finance and restructuring for public and private companies. Liggins, who comes to McGuireWoods after 13 years at Thompson & Knight, joins a practice with experience in some of the most significant restructurings and Chapter 11 cases in recent years.
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes Carlos A. Ortiz as Shareholder in the firm’s national Employment Advice & Investigations Practice. He is based out of the Chicago office. Ortiz joins the firm from Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Milwaukee.
Cooley has expanded its Chicago presence, along with its national roster of talented litigators, with the addition of three partners in the firm’s growing business litigation, white collar defense & investigations, and cyber/data/privacy practices. Matthew Kutcher, Bobby Earles and Lei Shen join the prestigious 10-partner team that launched the firm’s Chicago office in May. The trio brings wide-ranging capabilities as a former high-level prosecutor, a cyber/privacy/security authority and a seasoned litigator. The addition of their extensive experience, including serving at the highest levels of government and industry, reflects the firm’s ongoing dedication to the development of an elite, diverse, next-generation litigation partnership, and builds on the firm’s mission to offer dynamic and disruptive solutions from a cross-functional team of lawyers to innovative clients driving the new economy. Kutcher joins the firm’s litigation practice from the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, Earles arrives from Kirkland & Ellis, and Shen joins from Mayer Brown.
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Stephen A. Aschettino has joined its New York office as a partner in the leadership role of US Head of FinTech. Aschettino joins from Reed Smith, where he led the Payments Technology team and was a member of its FinTech practice. Aschettino’s experience also includes serving as Chief Legal Officer of a leading payment processor.
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Arnold Cantu, a well-known and respected bond lawyer, has joined Locke Lord as a Partner in the Firm’s Public Finance Practice Group. As the fifth public finance lawyer to join Locke Lord’s Austin office since 2020, Cantu further cements Locke Lord’s reputation as a top public finance firm in Texas and nationwide. Cantu, who joins Locke Lord from Norton Rose Fulbright, serves as bond counsel to state and local government entities, including cities, counties, school districts and municipal utility systems.
Just three weeks after launching an Austin office—its first in the Lone Star State—O’Melveny today announced the opening of a Dallas office. It will be anchored by four new partners nationally recognized for their leadership in corporate restructuring and complex litigation. Louis R. Strubeck, Jr., Scott Paul Drake, H. Douglas Wabner, and Gregory M. Wilkes join the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright, where Strubeck served as Global and US Head of the Restructuring & Insolvency Practice and Drake was regional Head of Litigation.
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Alston & Bird has bolstered its patent litigation capabilities with the addition of Ted Stevenson as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. Arriving from McKool Smith, Stevenson is a first-chair trial lawyer and registered patent attorney who focuses on intellectual property and competition cases for a marquee list of companies in the telecommunications and technology industries worldwide.
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Stephen Grant has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the Capital Markets and Securities Practice Group in the firm’s Houston office. He comes to Haynes and Boone from Thompson & Knight, LLP, where he was a corporate partner.
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Orrick announced today that Julia Apostle has joined the firm as a partner in our IP Licensing and Technology Transactions practice, based in Paris. Julia is the 8th partner addition to this practice over the last 9 months which has grown across the firm’s Bay Area, Boston, New York, London, Düsseldorf and Washington, D.C. offices. She will also work closely with our Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation team. Julia joins the firm from Bredin Prat.
