Akerman today announced the joint expansion of its corporate tax and energy tax credit capabilities with partner Heather Preston, who joins from Kilpatrick Townsend. Preston will be resident in Akerman’s Los Angeles office.
Husch Blackwell announced the addition of labor & employment partner Robert Hudock, who joins the Los Angeles office, as a member of the firm’s Technology, Manufacturing, Transportation industry group.
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Global law firm Baker McKenzie announced today that a leading transactional team will be joining the Firm in Los Angeles, augmenting its M&A, private equity, funds, finance, and transactional tax capabilities. The group comprises corporate and tax partners Jennifer Broder, Kimberly Chi, David Goldman, Michael Greaney, Tyler Hilton, Judith Kitano, Kelly Kriebs, David Lee, Brett Rodda, Matthew Schonholz and Nikole Zoumberakis and a group of associates from Munger, Tolles & Olson (MTO).
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that preeminent infrastructure and public-private partnerships (P3) lawyer Patrick Harder has joined its Los Angeles office. Patrick joins as US Co-Head of Infrastructure alongside Doug Fried. He will also be North America Co-Head of Infrastructure with Doug Fried and Canada Head of Infrastructure Jay LeMoine. Harder arrives at Norton Rose from Nossaman LLP.
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Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed Zachary Rothenberg as a shareholder in the firm’s Health Care Litigation & Disputes Practice in the Los Angeles office. With more than two decades of experience in litigation and arbitration on the federal and state level, Rothenberg is a veteran litigator with a focus on representing health care clients, particularly in the behavioral health space, in business disputes as well as out-of-network and in-network reimbursement disputes. Rothenberg arrives from Nelson Hardiman, LLP.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Peter S. Burke has joined as a partner in the firm’s Global Finance practice in Century City. Mr. Burke joins Sidley from Paul Hastings where he was a Global Finance partner and served as vice chair of the firm’s Los Angeles office.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Real Estate Practice with the addition of Shareholder Paul M. Williams. He joins the firm from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has again expanded its White Collar Defense & Investigations and Litigation practices with the addition of Ivy A. Wang as a shareholder in the Los Angeles office. She joins from litigation boutique Ellis George LLP, where both she and recently added Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Thomas P. O’Brien were partners. Wang served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California during O’Brien’s tenure as U.S. Attorney for the same region.
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Continuing the momentum of litigator Tony Weibell’s arrival in Northern California earlier this month, Mayer Brown announces the arrival of Sophia (Sophie) Mancall-Bitel as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner in Los Angeles. Sophie joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
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