International law firm Bird & Bird boosts its Venture Capital and Private Equity (VC/PE) practices with the arrival of partner Kaichen (“KC”) Xu in Beijing. KC joins Bird & Bird from private equity firm Zebra Global Capital, where he was the managing director and general counsel. More >>
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Eversheds Sutherland has bolstered its commercial practice with lateral Partner hire, Simon Lightman. Simon, who joins the global legal practice’s London-based commercial team from law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, will be working closely with Eversheds Sutherland’s head of technology group, Partner Simon Gamlin. More >>
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Mintz has expanded its litigation group with the addition of Jacob Hupart as a Member in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Hupart’s practice encompasses complex commercial litigation, including cases involving securities, employment, and environmental claims, as well as class action litigation, white collar criminal defense, and regulatory investigations. Mr. Hupart has extensive experience representing clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, energy, education, and the media. Prior to joining Mintz, he was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he handled a broad range of litigation. More >>
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Global law firm Dentons has expanded its presence in banking and capital markets law with the recruitment of two new partners: Oliver Dreher will head the German Debt Capital Markets (DCM) team from Frankfurt, while Dr. Axel Schlieter will anchor the Banking and Finance practice in the newly opened Dusseldorf office. Oliver Dreher will move to Dentons from CMS where he led the Debt Capital Markets team since 2013, as a partner. Before joining Dentons, Schlieter worked as a counsel at Clifford Chance. More >>
Tags: Dentons | Düsseldorf | FrankfurtDentons today welcomes competition and consumer partner, Elizabeth Sarofim, further enhancing the Firm’s offering for clients. Elizabeth has experience in advising clients on competition law issues in a wide range of industries and regularly advises both domestic and international clients on their rights and obligations under the Australian Competition and Consumer Act. Sarofim previously practiced with Ashurst in Sydney. More >>
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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce it has established a government contracts practice group along with the arrival of industry heavyweight Walter Wilson, who comes to the firm as partner of counsel. Wilson previously practiced with Polsinelli in Washington. More >>
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Mayer Brown announced today that oil and gas lawyer Vera de Gyarfas has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice in Houston. Previously, Ms. Gyarfas was a partner at King & Spalding. More >>
Tags: Mayer Brown LLP | HoustonGlobal law firm Dentons continues its strong growth in compliance and white-collar criminal law with the hire of Ann-Kristin Cahnbley. She started as a partner at the Firm’s recently opened Dusseldorf office at the beginning of December. She joins Dentons from Clifford Chance in Dusseldorf. More >>
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Zachary Tripp has joined the Firm as a partner. Mr. Tripp joins Weil from the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was an Assistant to the Solicitor General. He will be serving as Co-Head of Weil’s Appellate practice and will be based in Washington, D.C. More >>
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Global law firm Reed Smith has today announced that Dr. Martin Bünning has joined the firm as partner in its Global Corporate Group where he will work alongside the international tax group advising on national and international transactions. Joining from Ashurst, the tax lawyer and Steuerberater (tax adviser) with more than 20 years’ experience, is recognised among the industry for advising investors in real estate, alternative investments and funds, in addition to supporting clients on private equity, venture capital matters and cross-border M&A transactions. He also has considerable experience counselling clients on tax issues regarding securitizations, VAT and withholding taxes. More >>
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