Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Abtin Jalali and Chris Harding have joined the firm’s San Francisco office. Formerly partners with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, they will continue their private equity practices at Gibson Dunn.
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Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Stephen Jacobson has joined the Firm as a partner in the Houston office. Mr. Jacobson’s practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefit matters. He joins Kirkland from Vinson & Elkins LLP, where he was a partner in the Houston office.
DOJ Antitrust Chief Peter Mucchetti joins Clifford Chance Washington, DC: Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that Peter J. Mucchetti has joined as a partner in its Americas Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He joins from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, where he served as the Chief of its Healthcare and Consumer Products Section.
Mucchetti served in the Antitrust Division for 19 years, starting at the DOJ as a trial attorney. He became Assistant Chief of the Division’s Healthcare and Consumer Products Section in 2011, ascending to Section Chief in 2012. In those roles, he supervised some of the most complex cases in the Division’s history.
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Clark Hill today announced that Joseph Donovan has joined the firm as a Member in the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources practice in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Donovan is a leading energy lawyer with over 20 years of experience across all energy platforms on an international scale. Prior to joining Clark Hill Donovan was a partner in Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Group in the Washington, DC office.
Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome Jennifer Jannuska and Omar Nassif as partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Both are based in the Toronto office.
Jannuska joins Gowling WLG from Deeth Williams Wall LLP, and Nassif rejoins the firm from Gilberts LLP. Nassif returns to the firm after having previously served for more than two decades as a partner.
World’s largest law firm launches combination with Lee International in South Korea to become the first global law firm to combine with a Korean firm.
Dentons is the first global law firm in South Korea to combine with a Korean law firm, and the combination enhances the Firm’s ability to provide legal services to Korean companies as they do business around the world. The new name of the firm in South Korea is Dentons Lee.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome Craig B. Fields, Holly L. Hyans, Nicole L. Johnson, and Mitchell A. Newmark to the Firm’s New York office as Partners in the Tax, Benefits, and Private Client group. Craig, Nicole, and Mitchell joined on February 15 and Holly will join in early March. The Firm expects to continue expanding the team over the coming weeks. At Blank Rome, Craig serves as Co-Chair of the Tax, Benefits, and Private Client group and leads the national State and Local Tax practice. The prominent group regularly litigates state and local tax matters and counsels clients on state and local tax planning throughout the country. They join from Morrison & Foerster LLP where Craig served as co-chair of the tax department and chair of the firm’s state and local tax group, and Holly was a founding member of the group.
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Baker Botts L.L.P. announced today that William Gorrod has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the State and Local Tax (SALT) practice.
