Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 firm, announced today that Alessandra Murata has joined the firm’s Silicon Valley office as a partner in the ERISA & Executive Compensation Practice. More >>
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BakerHostetler is pleased to announce that Partner Walter Van Dorn, a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official, has joined the firm resident in the New York office. He comes to BakerHostetler from Dentons, where he led that firm’s U.S. securities and public companies practice. More >>
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Kevin M. Ryan has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Finance & Bankruptcy practice. Ryan joins from Winston & Strawn LLP to further expand Sheppard Mullin’s growing alternate and bank finance practice. More >>
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Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Bruce Blefeld as a partner in the firm’s Global Regulatory Enforcement Group in Houston. Blefeld was most recently a partner at K&L Gates. The addition of Blefeld follows closely on those of Nic Barzoukas and Josh Davis, partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property, Information & Innovation Practice Group, who joined the Houston office in March. Reed Smith’s Houston office, which opened in 2013, currently has 52 attorneys and is one of the firm’s fastest-growing offices. More >>
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International law firm Proskauer today announced the arrival of Seth J. Safra as a partner in its nationally recognized Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group, resident in Washington, D.C. More >>
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Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added S. Jeanine Conley as a shareholder in its Philadelphia and New York offices. Conley joins Littler from BakerHostetler, where she was a partner, and brings extensive experience in employment litigation. Littler continues to attract key lateral attorneys and Conley’s arrival follows the firm’s recent hire of shareholders Eli Freedberg in New York, Jennifer Schwartz in Miami, and Sarah Crossley in Toronto. More >>
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon welcomes partner Laura Whitmore to its Tampa office. Whitmore joined the firm’s Global Product Liability group on May 16. More >>
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Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP announced today the arrival of Matthew Needham-Laing as a partner in its Real Estate practice who will spearhead the firm’s Construction and Engineering group in the UK. His arrival follows the hiring last autumn of real estate finance, hospitality and insolvency specialist Terry Green, and real estate finance and fund specialist Michael Speranza. More >>
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to bolster its Tax Practice with the addition of William H. Gorrod as a shareholder in the San Francisco and New York offices. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Gorrod focused on state and local tax at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. More >>
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Thompson Coburn is pleased to announce that Adrienne E. Clair has joined its Utilities practice in Washington, D.C. She was previously a partner and co-chair of the Energy, Mining, Transportation and Telecommunications Division at Stinson Leonard Street. More >>
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