Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Lance Dial as a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice. He joins the firm’s Boston office from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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Greenberg Traurig Atlanta Adds Litigator Jake Evans
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added first-chair litigator Jake Evans to the Atlanta office as a shareholder in the Litigation Practice. A former chair of the Georgia State Ethics Commission, Evans joins the firm from the Alpharetta, Georgia office of Hall Booth Smith, P.C., where he was managing partner.
Perkins Coie Adds Two Leading Renewable Energy Partners
Cooley Expands Life Sciences Practice in London
Simon Amies has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s London life sciences practice. Amies arrives from Covington & Burling, where he was a corporate partner advising on private and public M&A, initial public offerings and other capital raises, as well as venture and growth capital transactions, with a focus on the life sciences industry.
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Senior Justice Department Official Joins Mayer Brown as Partner
Mayer Brown announced today that Adam S. Hickey joined the firm as a partner in its Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, National Security, and Global Investigations & White Collar Defense practices. A former Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) with the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) and Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Adam will focus on cybersecurity investigations and related litigation; investigations and enforcement actions related to national security authorities like sanctions, export controls, and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA); and foreign investment security reviews (CFIUS and Team Telecom). Adam will be resident in the firm’s Washington DC and New York offices.
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In Response to Global Client Demands, Baker Botts Expands Market-Leading Energy Sector Capabilities with Seven-Lawyer Singapore Office Launch
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today it is expanding its global footprint with the opening of an office in Singapore, including the admission of three lateral energy projects and transactional partners there. Richard Guit, Daniel Reinbott and Michael Harrison have joined the firm’s Global Projects Department in Singapore. Mr. Guit has assumed the role as Partner-in-Charge of the new office, which also includes Global Projects partner Lewis Jones, who relocated from the London office of Baker Botts. In addition, the office includes two new Global Projects special counsel, Jessica Ham and Giles Ashman, who have joined with Richard, Daniel, Michael and Lewis, plus one associate. The group arrives from Ashurst.
Sullivan & Cromwell Welcomes Jacqueline Wenchen Tang to Asia-Pacific Finance & Restructuring Group
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that Jacqueline Wenchen Tang will be joining the firm as a partner, further strengthening our leading financing and restructuring capabilities for clients across the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. Ms. Tang will be based in the firm’s Hong Kong office, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Polsinelli Strengthens Private Equity Practice with New Shareholder David Reintjes
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes David C. Reintjes as a shareholder in the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group. Reintjes is an experienced private equity attorney with more than 25 years of experience in advising clients across the entire private fund life cycle. During his career, he has spent time in private practice and in-house counsel, including more than 15 years at TPG, a global private equity firm, where he served as its Global Chief Compliance Officer as well as General Counsel for the Asia Pacific region. Reintjes arrives at the firm from Scale LLP in Kansas City.
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McDermott Deepens Private Client Practice with Three Hires in New York and Miami
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce three additions to its Private Client Practice Group: Partner Anita Rosenbloom and Counsel John Kiely in New York and Partner Jay Scharf in Miami. Anita, John and Jay previously worked together and bring extensive experience in helping ultra-high-net-worth clients navigate complex estate and business planning and administration matters. Anita, John and Jay join from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP where Anita served as chair of the Private Client Services Group.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | New YorkGreenberg Traurig Chicago Expands Labor & Employment Practice, Adding David J. Stein
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the expansion of its Labor & Employment Practice, adding David J. Stein as a shareholder in the firm’s Chicago office. Stein joins the firm from Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., where he was vice chair of its litigation practice.
