Renowned Data Privacy Lawyer Dominique Shelton Leipzig joins Mayer Brown’s Growing Los Angeles Office

Monday, April 4, 2022
Veteran data privacy lawyer Dominique Shelton Leipzig has joined Mayer Brown as a partner in the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice in Los Angeles, continuing Mayer Brown’s strategic expansion efforts on the West Coast. Ms. Shelton Leipzig will serve as the lead for Global Data Innovation as well as Ad Tech Privacy & Data Management. She is one of the country’s top privacy and data lawyers; and her considerable experience helps clients navigate the evolving legal compliance issues related to privacy and data security for their digital data initiatives. She joins from Perkins Coie, where she held several leadership roles.

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Cooley Strengthens Public Companies Practice With Notable Los Angeles Hire

Monday, March 14, 2022

John-Paul Motley has joined Cooley as a Los Angeles-based partner in the firm’s public companies practice group. Arriving from O’Melveny & Myers, where he was chair of the firm’s capital markets practice and formerly served as a member of its policy committee and as managing partner of its Los Angeles office, Motley advises on corporate board governance, securities law compliance, and sophisticated equity and debt transactions.

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Corporate and Private Equity Partner Scott Syverson Joins Holland & Knight in Southern California

Friday, March 4, 2022

Holland & Knight has bolstered its nationally recognized Private Equity Team with the addition of Scott Syverson as a partner in the firm’s Orange County and Los Angeles offices. Mr. Syverson represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies in all aspects of their businesses, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A). He was previously a partner with Kirkland & Ellis.

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Morrison & Foerster Adds Emerging Companies + Venture Capital Partner Paul Navarro in Los Angeles

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Paul Navarro as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and Emerging Companies + Venture Capital Group (ECVC) based in Los Angeles. Mr. Navarro brings extensive experience representing start-ups, emerging growth companies, and investors in a variety of corporate and technology transactions covering all stages of the ECVC life cycle, in the United States and Latin America. Mr. Navarro joins Morrison & Foerster from Perkins Coie LLP, where he was a member of the ECVC practice. 

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Blank Rome Continues Real Estate Growth with Addition of Partner in Los Angeles

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Saul Breskal has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in our nationally recognized Real Estate practice. Representing hospitality and entertainment clients in real estate transactions and ground-up development both domestically and internationally, Saul joins Blank Rome from Glaser Weil and is the latest addition to Blank Rome’s growing Real Estate group, which recently welcomed leading partners Christy Reuter, Sonia Kaur Bain, and J.J. Broderick, of counsel Kerri Alessi, and associates Kaitlyn West, Christina Preminger, and Matthew Crawford.

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Akerman Expands Houston and Los Angeles Offices with Labor and Employment Partner Mishell Parreno Taylor

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Houston and Los Angeles offices with Labor and Employment Practice Group partner Mishell Parreno Taylor. Parreno Taylor focuses her practice on employment litigation in federal and state courts and administrative agencies across the country. Parreno Taylor comes to the firm from Littler Mendelson, P.C.

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