Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Katy Lukaszewski has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a Partner in the Energy and Infrastructure Practice. Lukaszewski arrives at Simpson Thacher from Sidley Austin.
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Susan L. Shin, a highly regarded and nationally recognized complex commercial litigation and trial attorney, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in New York. Shin joins Hunton Andrews Kurth from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, where she was a partner in the complex litigation practice. She was previously a partner and member of the policy committee at Arnold & Porter, LLP.
Steptoe & Johnson LLP has announced the continued growth of its Investigations and White-Collar Defense practice and New York office with the addition of Andrew C. Adams, the former Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, the first Director of Task Force KleptoCapture, and former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. is pleased to announce Christopher V. Anderson has joined the firm’s Greenville office as a principal. Chris joins the firm from Ogletree Deakins and has more than a decade of experience in international employment law matters.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft is delighted to announce the appointment of top real estate partner Steven Pitchford, strengthening the London market offering of the firm’s Real Estate group. Steven joins DACB from Macfarlanes, where he has been a partner since 1998, having started his legal career at Slaughter and May.
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Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Victor Datry as of counsel in its International Dispute Resolution (IDR) Practice from Alfredo de Jesús O. – Transnational Arbitration & Litigation. With a career spent at leading international arbitration law firms in Paris, Mr. Datry’s arrival sees him rejoin colleagues Sabrina Aïnouz and Jérôme Lehucher, part of a team that has grown substantially in Paris and continues to expand globally with recent hires in London and Washington, DC.
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Michael Word as a Member of its Intellectual Property Department resident in the firm’s Chicago office. Word joins Dykema after practicing at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago and New York for 15 years. The addition of Word helps to expand Dykema’s acclaimed IP practice.
Holland & Knight welcomes Yasmin Nelson as a senior policy advisor in the firm’s Public Policy & Regulation Group in Washington, D.C. Most recently, Ms. Nelson was a partner and senior principal at Bracewell, and prior to that, she was a senior policy advisor for then-U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris.
Mayer Brown continues to expand its German Corporate & Securities practice with the addition of Dr. Fabio Borggreve as a partner. He joins in mid September from Squire Patton Boggs, where he was a partner and responsible for the German private equity practice.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that Philip Podzebenko will join the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in Sydney. Philip will join from Herbert Smith Freehills in Sydney.
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