Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Lawrence D. Levien in its Washington, D.C., office. Levien joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he was a partner in the labor and employment practice.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Ed Batts and Charles “Chuck” Walker have joined the firm’s Palo Alto and Houston offices, respectively. Formerly partners with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, they will continue their corporate M&A practices at Gibson Dunn.
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Dublin-Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce the hire of Shane O’Donnell as partner at its new Dublin office. Shane joins from William Fry, where he served as Head of Corporate for the last five years, running some of the most complex and big-ticket mandates in the market. Shane also served as Head of William Fry’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness department and brings extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fundraisings and take-private transactions on behalf of Irish and international clients.
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The global law firm Jones Day announces that Richard Salgado has returned to the Firm as a Business & Tort Litigation partner in its Dallas Office. Mr. Salgado had previously been an associate in Jones Day’s Issues & Appeals Practice and joins after most recently practicing at Dentons in Dallas.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP today announced that Michael Newell, a leading fund formation partner, has joined the firm in London.
Newell’s arrival strengthens the firm’s growing transatlantic funds group, which includes fund formation partners supported by a market-leading U.S. and UK regulatory team. Newell, who joins the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a partner, focuses on the formation of real estate funds, credit funds, emerging market private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds.
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Dechert has announced today that Solomon J. Noh joins the firm’s financial restructuring practice as a partner based in London. Mr. Noh joins from the London office of Shearman and Sterling.
King & Spalding announced that a four-partner pharma and healthcare mass tort team of Morton Dubin, John Ewald, Kristen Fournier and Kathy O’Connor is joining the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice group in New York. They were previously partners at Orrick.
Cooley has expanded its litigation department with the addition of experienced trial and appellate lawyer Kathleen Hartnett, who joins as a partner in San Francisco. Hartnett arrives from Boies Schiller Flexner, where she was co-administrative partner of the firm’s San Francisco office. Previously, she served as deputy assistant attorney general in the US Department of Justice’s Civil Division, overseeing the Federal Programs Branch, which represents the federal government in high-profile civil litigation.
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Stephanie Webster, one of the top health care lawyers and appellate litigators in the country, has joined global law firm Ropes & Gray in Washington, D.C. as a partner. Ms. Webster’s experience combines private practice with government service. Prior to her practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Ms. Webster served as an attorney for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Division of General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Mues, who is based in Dubai, has extensive experience of advising clients on M&A, private equity, venture capital, funds, capital markets, commercial contracts, employment and corporate restructuring. Joining from K&L Gates, Mues has been based in the Middle East for over ten years and previously worked extensively across the UK. She has advised a broad range of local and international clients across numerous jurisdictions and a variety of industries.
