Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its International Arbitration Practice in London with the appointment of three new shareholders, Jason Hambury, Gurmukh Riyat, and Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, from Pinsent Masons.
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Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Keith Enright, former Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer for Google LLC, has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner. Keith will serve as Co-Chair of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Tech and Innovation Industry Group, where he will focus on AI, data privacy, and technology risks and strategies for an array of clients.
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Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Dino Wilkinson as a partner and head of the Firm’s Middle East Data, Cyber and Technology practice. Dino’s arrival further enhances the Firm’s global data, cyber and technology offering and underscores the continued growth of the Firm’s capabilities in the Middle East. Dino joins from Clyde & Co in Abu Dhabi where he served as a partner and led the Middle East technology, media and telecommunications law practice, also playing a key role in developing the firm’s international technology, data and outsourcing practice.
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Bianca Levin-Soler has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity groups. Levin-Soler’s practice focuses on representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions. Levin-Soler arrives at the firm from Ropes & Gray LLP.
Tags: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | Los AngelesKristen Mathews joins Cooley’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s global cyber/data/privacy group and litigation department. A pioneer in the privacy and cybersecurity fields, Mathews is a trusted advocate and adviser across the full spectrum of the most complex privacy and cybersecurity issues – including treatment of personal and experiential information about individuals, cybersecurity preparedness and data breach incident response. Her practice also meets the convergence of privacy issues, artificial intelligence, brain tech, and the ethical ramifications of the use of AI and other new technologies. Mathews joins Cooley from Morrison & Foerster.
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Skadden is pleased to welcome Quyen Ta to the firm as a partner in our litigation practice in Palo Alto. She joins from King & Spalding, where she led its trade secrets practice and California consumer class action team. Additionally, she served as co-chair of the firm’s First Generation Professionals Affinity Group.
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Kara M. Ward, a former attorney and advisor with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Ms. Ward was general counsel and managing director at Falcon Capital Advisors, LLC, where she advised clients on key financial services policy issues.
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Vinson & Elkins today announced that Jason Halper and Sara (Bussiere) Brauerman have joined the firm as New York-based partners in the firm’s Litigation Practice. The lawyers join from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where Halper was co-chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Group, head of the Corporate and Financial Services Litigation Practice, co-chair of the ESG Practice, and a member of the firm’s Management Committee.
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Morgan Lewis’s market-leading structured transactions practice is further expanding its capabilities with the arrival of veteran lawyer David Sylofski as a partner in New York. David arrives from Sidley Austin LLP where he co-led its residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) team.
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Further strengthening its market-leading financial restructuring practice and continuing its strategic expansion in Texas, Paul Hastings LLP has added restructuring lawyer Charles Persons as a partner in Dallas. The firm has more than tripled its Texas headcount in the last year and expects to have more than 100 lawyers in the Lone Star State by Q1 2025, up from 25. He joins from Sidley Austin LLP.
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