Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Real Estate Practice in California with the addition of Shareholder Vivek K. Chavan, who returns to the firm after four years at DLA Piper.
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Lewis Brisbois Welcomes Timothy Swickard Back to Firm As Vice-Chair of Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation Practice
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Timothy Swickard back to the firm as a partner in its Sacramento office, a vice-chair of its Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation Practice, as well as a member of its Environment, Land, & Natural Resources Law and Government Affairs & Public Policy Practices. Mr. Swickard has more than 23 years of legal experience, including serving as the director and chief counsel for the California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Toxic Substances Control under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mr. Swickard previously served as a partner in Lewis Brisbois’ Sacramento office between 2012 and 2018, before practicing with Greenberg Traurig over the last five years.
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Akin Strengthens Leading Projects & Energy Transition Practice with Addition of Vanessa Richelle Wilson
Akin is pleased to announce that projects and energy transition partner Vanessa Richelle Wilson has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Previously she was U.S. head of the energy and natural resources sector at DLA Piper.
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Trust and Estate Partner Debbie Chin Joins Fox Rothschild in San Francisco
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome Debbie Y. Chin to the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Taxation & Wealth Planning Department. Prior to joining Fox, Chin was partner at Donahue Fitzgerald LLP.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Banking & Finance Practice with the addition of Luke Lado as a new shareholder in the firm’s London office. Most recently, Lado served as Counsel in the London office of Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP.
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Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Partner Paul Navarro Rejoins Perkins Coie’s Growing Los Angeles Office
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Paul Navarro, a veteran emerging companies and venture capital lawyer, is rejoining the firm’s growing Los Angeles office, where he will advise entrepreneurs and technology startups and lead a growing practice serving Latin America. Paul returns to Perkins Coie from Morrison Foerster LLP.
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Leading Energy Partner Joins Kilpatrick in Seattle
Kilpatrick announced today that John Pierce, one of the nation’s leading energy attorneys, has joined the firm’s Seattle office as a partner. Mr. Pierce will be a member of the firm’s nationally recognized and expanding Energy Practice. He was previously a partner at Stroock.
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Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Yvonne Saadi Joins Blank Rome as a Litigation Partner in Pittsburgh
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Yvonne M. Saadi has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation group in Pittsburgh. Yvonne has more than a decade of civil and criminal litigation experience, including serving for nearly five years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney (“AUSA”) in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Yvonne will focus her practice on counseling clients in litigation and white-collar matters and investigations.
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Willkie Adds Litigation Partner Michael Rome in California
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that Michael Rome, a leading investigations attorney and former regulatory and litigation counsel at Google, has joined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation Department and member of the Investigations & Enforcement practice. Michael is based in Willkie’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. His practice is focused on government investigations, enforcement and complex commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on privacy and consumer protection matters.
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Phillip Sacks Joins White & Case as a Partner in Dubai
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition of Phillip Sacks as a partner in Dubai. Phillip joins White & Case from Dechert, where he was a partner and head of the Middle East investment funds practice.
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