McGuireWoods is continuing the strategic expansion of its nationally respected energy regulatory and enforcement capabilities with the addition of partner James H. Jeffries IV, who has represented public and private companies before federal and state energy regulators for more than two decades. Both come to McGuireWoods from Moore & Van Allen. More >>
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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Jacques-Philippe Gunther and Adrien Giraud will be joining the firm as partners in the Antitrust & Competition Practice based in Paris and Brussels. Both are highly regarded practitioners, with vast experience advising leading French and international companies on a variety of complex, cross-border merger control and contentious antitrust matters. Gunther and Giraud join Latham & Watkins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Paris and Brussels offices. More >>
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International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that G. Michael “Mike” Gruber has joined the Firm’s Trial Group in Dallas as a Partner. More >>
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Global law firm Clyde & Co has appointed leading insurance and cybersecurity practitioner John Moran as a partner, based in Sydney. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has bolstered its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Nicholas Palumbo as a partner in the Firm’s New York office. Palumbo rejoins White & Case from Goodwin Procter LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and a member of its Debt Finance Group. More >>
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John Posthumus, a renowned technology and intellectual property (IP) lawyer, has joined Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli as a shareholder in the firm’s national Intellectual Property Department. Posthumus is a nationally-recognized attorney with a 25-year track record of successfully representing domestic and international companies in matters related to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition. More >>
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Leading international law firm McDermott Will & Emery is continuing to strengthen its Transactions practice in Frankfurt and is pleased to announce that renowned corporate life sciences partner Rüdiger Herrmann and his team of three lawyers – Jochen Eimer, Alicia Hong and Monika E. Richter – have joined the firm as of 16 April 2018. The addition of Rüdiger’s team bolsters the firm’s top-ranked German practice and its robust international life sciences offering.
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Ronald Sum has joined Locke Lord’s Hong Kong office as a Partner in the Firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group. He will be the Firm’s Head of Arbitration, East Asia. Sum and his team, including Of Counsel Daniel Lee and Trainee Solicitor Beryl Wu, will help grow and strengthen the Firm’s Hong Kong office and International Arbitration Practice. More >>
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Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Attorney Susan O’Toole has joined the firm’s Detroit office as Of Counsel.
Ms. O’Toole has over 30 years of experience working with financial services clients with regard to treasury management, retail operations, commercial deposits, mortgage loan servicing acquisitions, and litigation. Prior to joining Dickinson Wright, she served as in-house legal counsel for PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and LaSalle Bank Corporation.
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that leading litigation attorney Sandra Goldstein has joined the New York office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. Ms. Goldstein joins the Firm from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where she was a partner in the litigation department and the firm’s former head of litigation. Stefan Atkinson also has joined Kirkland from Cravath, as an equity partner in litigation. More >>
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