Experienced State Tax Practitioner Joins Reed Smith as Partner in San Francisco

Reed Smith today announced that Saba Shatara has joined the firm’s national State Tax practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. Formerly with Drinker Biddle & Reath, Deloitte, and the California State Board of Equalization, Shatara brings a mix of private practice and state agency experience in a wide range of tax controversy matters before state and local tax agencies.

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Eversheds Sutherland Bolsters International Privacy and Cyber Security Offering With Lateral Partner Hire

Eversheds Sutherland has strengthened its privacy and cyber security experience across the Benelux region with the appointment of its latest lateral partner hire, Maarten Stassen. Maarten joins the firm’s TMT team in Brussels from Crowell & Moring bringing extensive knowledge working both in-house and as external counsel to private and public sector clients across the globe.

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Morgan Lewis Broadens Global Tax Disputes Capabilities with Tamara Shepard in Boston

Morgan Lewis continues the growth of its global tax practice with the addition of partner Tamara Shepard from DLA Piper, resident in the firm’s Boston office. Drawing on her experience in private practice and as an appellate attorney at the US Department of Justice’s Tax Division, Tamara advises on a broad range of domestic and international tax issues.

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K&L Gates Adds Restructuring and Insolvency Partner in London

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Sonya Van de Graaff as a partner in its Finance practice. She joins the firm’s London office from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Van de Graaff brings a wealth of experience in English law and cross-border restructuring transactions, as well as distressed debt, and non-performing loan auctions.

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Skadden Adds IP and Technology Litigator Bijal Vakil in Palo Alto

Skadden is pleased to welcome Bijal Vakil to the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Based in Palo Alto, Mr. Vakil advises clients on contentious patent matters, trade secrets disputes and complex U.S. and cross-border IP and technology transactions. He joins from A&O Shearman, where he led the openings of its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices and founded and co-chaired its Global Technology Industry Group.

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Sidley Continues Its London Expansion by Adding Capital Markets Partners Scott Colwell and Patrick Kwak

Sidley is pleased to announce that Scott Colwell and Patrick Kwak have joined Sidley’s Capital Markets practice as partners in London. They join from Latham & Watkins and follow the recent arrival of a team of five Global Finance partners, also from Latham & Watkins, including Jay Sadanandan and Sam Hamilton, global co-leaders of Sidley’s Leveraged Finance practice, as well as Fergus O’Domhnaill, Joe Kimberling, and Ben Wright, who, together with Mr. Colwell and Mr. Kwak, will represent an integrated leveraged finance offering for Sidley’s existing and prospective clients.

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