Holland & Knight welcomes D. Ty Jackson, a well-known regulatory and administrative law attorney, as a partner in the firm’s Tallahassee, Florida, office. Most recently, Mr. Jackson served as deputy managing shareholder of GrayRobinson’s Tallahassee office.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery bolsters its Atlanta-based team with the addition of Litigation Partner Kasim Reed. Well-known in Atlanta business circles for his entrepreneurial spirit and deep professional networks, Kasim previously served two terms as mayor of Atlanta. He joins from Squire Patton Boggs.
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Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of Anna Nerush as a partner in London to further strengthen its corporate capabilities within its Energy, Marine & Natural Resources practice. Anna joins from Haynes Boone.
Tags: Clyde & Co LLP | LondonHolland & Knight has strengthened its Private Wealth Services Group with a team of three attorneys in Boston. The group includes Partners Mark Swirbalus and Marshall Senterfitt and Associate Joshua Bearce. All previously practiced at Goulston & Storrs.
National law firm Husch Blackwell announces its significant expansion in Texas with the addition of lawyers from Norris & Weber, a Dallas-based fiduciary litigation boutique, and also the addition of two commercial litigation partners. Six attorneys will join the firm’s Dallas office and its Financial Services & Capital Markets industry unit, strengthening the firm’s complex commercial litigation and private wealth capabilities. The group includes partners Jacob Kring, Mark Fritsche, and Scott D. Weber, senior counsel Brooke Ginsburg Guerrero, counsel John R. Norris III, associate Colin R. Byrne, and law clerk Jackson Goodwin.
Rachel Saltzman, an experienced environmental attorney who served as a top legal advisor for global automotive manufacturer Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) and as an enforcement attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s nationally recognized environmental practice as a partner in Washington, D.C.
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed Monica A. Diddell as a new shareholder in the firm’s Private Equity Practice and in the Houston office. She is the fourth private equity shareholder Polsinelli has added since May, underscoring the firm’s substantial growth of its nationwide private equity bench. Diddell joins Polsinelli from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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Penelope Christophorou, a finance lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience, joins Morgan Lewis as a partner in New York. Arriving from Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Penelope will advise on commercial finance transactions, particularly those related to bankruptcy.
International law firm Clifford Chance appointed Jason C. Ewart as a partner in its Global Financial Markets team as the firm expands its US Leveraged Finance group. Ewart joins Clifford Chance from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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