Cozen O’Connor Expands Commercial Litigation Practice in Philadelphia with Group from Drinker Biddle

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Cozen O’Connor announced today that three nationally recognized commercial litigators — Michael J. Miller, Gregory J. Star, and Stephen R. Harris — along with 11 others have left Drinker Biddle to join Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation practice. Highly regarded as accomplished trial lawyers in the financial services and software industries, Miller, Star, and Harris, will join the firm as partners and will work out of Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office. Miller will serve as Chair and Star as Vice-Chair of the firm’s newly created Life Insurance and Annuities Practice Group. Miller and Star will also Co-Chair the firm’s newly formed Software Industry team. More >>

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Reed Smith Welcomes Chief Compliance Officer of GE Digital to Its Global Regulatory Enforcement Group

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Reed Smith today announced the latest addition to its growing San Francisco office: Lewis Zirogiannis joins the firm as partner in the Global Regulatory Enforcement practice. Zirogiannis comes to Reed Smith from longtime client GE, where he most recently served as Executive Counsel for Litigation & Investigations, and Chief Compliance Officer for GE Digital, GE’s Industrial Internet software business, which is at the forefront of the digital industrial era. Before moving to GE Digital, he served as Managing Director of Supervisory Affairs and Chief Compliance Officer for GE Energy Financial Services, and Global Head of Anti-Corruption for GE Capital. More >>

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Akerman Grows Core M&A Strengths with Veteran Partner Ted Rosen in New York

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today furthered its national M&A and Private Equity Practice with experienced corporate partner Ted Rosen in New York. Involved in complex transactions for more than three decades, Rosen joins the Corporate Practice Group, after he served as administrative partner for the New York Corporate and Public Companies Practices of a national law firm, as well as its co-chair of the Private Equity Practice Group. Rosen advances Akerman’s longstanding capabilities dedicated to mergers and acquisitions, private equity funds, international transactions and venture capital transactions. More >>

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Top Supreme Court Lawyer Joins O’Melveny

Monday, April 23, 2018

O’Melveny announced today that one of the nation’s leading Supreme Court practitioners, Jeffrey L. Fisher, has joined the firm as special counsel in its appellate practice. He will represent clients in high-stakes litigation while maintaining his position as Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Co-Director of its Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. More >>

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Womble Bond Dickinson West Coast Expansion Continues with Addition of Financial Services Litigation Group Led by Eric Troutman

Monday, April 23, 2018

Womble Bond Dickinson has greatly expanded its business litigation capabilities with the addition of a growing litigation team in Costa Mesa. The team, led by veteran financial services litigation attorney Eric Troutman, gives the firm an experienced and well-credentialed California business litigation presence. The team previously practiced together at Dorsey & Whitney, where Troutman served as Head of that firm’s Costa Mesa office. More >>

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Lee Irvine Joins Simmons & Simmons Dubai Office as a Capital Markets Partner

Monday, April 23, 2018

Lee Irvine was previously counsel at Latham & Watkins and has extensive experience in advising sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and public and private companies on all aspects of conventional and Islamic debt capital markets, equity capital markets and liability management. Lee has been in the Gulf for over ten years and his clients include sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and public and private companies. Lee has been ranked as an expert by Chambers Global 2018 for capital markets. More >>

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