DLA Piper announced today that accomplished attorneys Tom Ara and Robert Sherman have joined the firm to lead the Entertainment Finance and Transactions practices based out of the firm’s Century City office in Los Angeles. Ara and Sherman will together serve as co-chairs of the Entertainment Finance practice, while Ara will chair the Entertainment Transactions practice. More >>

The Los Angeles office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Belynda S. Reck as a partner in its environment, land and natural resources practice. She joins K&L Gates from Reed Smith LLP. More >>

Pillsbury has recruited well-known California insurance litigators Steven Knott and Joan Cotkin to join the firm’s Los Angeles office and the firm’s market leading national Insurance Recovery & Advisory practice.  Mr. Knott and Ms. Cotkin were most recently Nossaman LLP. More >>

King & Spalding today announced that Peter Hsiao has joined the Government Matters practice group as a partner in the Los Angeles office. As a member of the firm’s Environmental, Health and Safety team, he will head the team’s efforts on the west coast. Most recently Hsiao served as head of Morrison & Foerster’s Environment and Energy Group in Los Angeles and of its Green Products and Chemicals team. More >>

Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Andrea W. Lucan has rejoined the firm as a partner in its global project finance practice in Los Angeles. Ms. Lucan returns to Akin Gump from K&L Gates. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Holly Lake will join the firm’s Employment practice as a partner in Los Angeles. Lake, who joins from employment law boutique Miller Law Group, received her J.D. from New York Law School and her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. More >>

Lathrop Gage LLP is pleased to welcome Andrew Choung and Erica Van Loon to its Los Angeles office as Partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. Both Choung and Van Loon come to Lathrop Gage from Glaser Weil LLP. More >>