King & Spalding Broadens Construction and International Arbitration Bench With Addition of Stephen O’Neal

King & Spalding today announced that Stephen O’Neal has joined the firm’s construction disputes and international arbitration practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. O’Neal’s practice focuses on litigating and arbitrating complex construction disputes around the world, in diverse industry sectors, including energy and infrastructure. O’Neal, who joins from Jones Day, has represented clients in the United States and international arbitration proceedings, and in courts around the world. 

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Greenberg Traurig London Continues its Strategic Expansion with Return of Clive Jones

Clive Jones is returning to global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in the firm’s Tax and Real Estate Funds practices in its London office. Jones focuses on tax and structuring advice in relation to U.K. and international transactions, funds, and investment structures, primarily in the real estate and financial services sectors. He was most recently head of the U.K. Tax Practice at DLA Piper.

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Clifford Chance Adds Michihiro Nishi in Tokyo Bolstering M&A Team

Clifford Chance adds Michihiro Nishi in Tokyo bolstering M&A team Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced today that Michihiro Nishi will join its Corporate practice as a partner in Tokyo. Michihiro has extensive corporate experience advising private equity funds and public companies on investments, corporate governance, disclosure and stock exchange matters. Michihiro joins from Skadden Arps and prior to that he was at Mori, Hamada & Matsumoto.

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Fox’s Atlanta Office Welcomes Tax Group

Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome Partner Vivian D. Hoard and Associates Brian Gardner, Gerika Kelly and Ashley Swan to the Taxation & Wealth Planning Department in the firm’s Atlanta office. The group joins Fox from Taylor English Duma LLP in Atlanta.

“The addition of Vivian and her talented team will complement and enhance the services we provide clients in this important region,” said Mark L. Morris, Fox’s Firmwide Managing Partner. “Her group has a wealth of experience in high-profile, complex civil and criminal tax controversy matters, strengthening the firm’s Taxation & Wealth Planning Department and continuing our strategic growth in the Atlanta market.”

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McDermott Enhances Intellectual Property Practice with New Partner in Washington, DC

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce April E. Weisbruch has joined the Firm as an Intellectual Property partner. April joins an active team in Washington, DC, where her IP litigation experience will benefit the Firm’s global client base. Prior to joining McDermott, April worked in Sheppard Mullin’s and Goodwin Proctor’s intellectual property practice.

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Leading M&A Partner to Join Latham & Watkins in London

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Sam Newhouse will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the M&A Practice and Corporate Department. Newhouse regularly advises multinational companies, financial investors and financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, export credit agencies, and public sector bodies on a variety of complex public and private M&A, joint ventures, divestments, refinancings, and reorganisations. Newhouse joins Latham & Watkins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. 

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