National law firm Akerman is growing its Corporate and Tax practices with the arrival of three corporate partners – William A. Hoy, Mario C. Fallone and Edward M. Stone – and transactional tax partner, Diana Clarkson. All four lawyers were most recently with Harter Secrest & Emery LLP.
Global law firm Reed Smith today announces the hire of Jamie Ryder as partner in its Entertainment and Media Industry Group and based in the firm’s UAE offices. He joins on 3 July. He joins the firm from DLA Piper where he was partner and head of its intellectual property and technology practice in the Middle East.
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Hamid Namazie, Yoojin Lee and Mark Spitzer, three highly regarded finance attorneys in Los Angeles, have joined Holland & Knight’s Financial Services Team as partners. They will also be members of the firm’s Asset-Based Lending Team. Mr. Namazie, Ms. Lee and Mr. Spitzer join the firm from McGuireWoods LLP, where Mr. Namazie served as managing partner of the firm’s downtown Los Angeles office.
Squire Patton Boggs has added one of the nation’s foremost global trade experts to its Public Policy team with the addition of Everett Eissenstat. Mr. Eissenstat joins the firm as partner after having served in senior positions in Congress, Office of the United States Trade Representative, The White House and a Fortune 20 company. He most recently was Chair of North America and Global Trade Lead at Edelman Global Advisors (EGA).
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Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Public Finance practice group based in our Houston office. With more than 140 years of collective experience, the group has represented clients in more than $200 billion of public finance transactions. The team includes Public Finance partners Rick A. Witte, Todd B. Brewer, Tanya A. Fischer, and Hoang T. Vu, and Tax partner Russell Miller.
Experienced litigator Scott R. Eberle has joined Marshall Dennehey’s Pittsburgh office as a shareholder in the firm’s Professional Liability Department. Previously, he chaired the Ethics & Legal Malpractice Team at Burns White LLC.
Vinson & Elkins announced today that Adam Hudes has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C., strengthening the Firm’s Antitrust Litigation practice. He joins Vinson & Elkins from Mayer Brown.
Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to welcome Paul Tannenbaum as a partner in its Finance Group. He brings over a decade of experience acting for lenders, borrowers and financial institutions on fund financing transactions. He will be based in London and joins from Mayer Brown.
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Mayer Brown announced today that Eiji Kobayashi has joined its Corporate & Securities practice. With more than 20 years’ experience representing Japan’s leading industrial conglomerates on their most complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, Eiji previously headed the Corporate practice at Norton Rose Fulbright and was a partner at Paul Hastings in Tokyo.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that corporate finance lawyer Kimberly Perdue has joined its Dallas office as a partner. Perdue was previously a partner at Kirkland and Ellis.
