M&A Practitioner Lillian Kim Joins Pillsbury in New York, Enhancing Firm’s Tech, Life Sciences & Digital Health Capabilities

Lillian Kim, a seasoned mergers and acquisitions lawyer with extensive experience acting for public company clients—particularly in the technology and life sciences industries—has joined Pillsbury as a partner in New York. Kim arrives at Pillsbury from Goodwin Procter LLP in New York.

More >>

Tags:  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | New York

Kilpatrick Townsend’s Leading Trademark & Copyright Team Adds Litigation Partner in New York

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that Jonathan W. Thomas, recognized for his track record of success in trademark, false advertising, and class action litigation, has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. Mr. Thomas will be a member of the firm’s internationally recognized Trademark & Copyright Team and will work with its expanding Advertising & Marketing Group. He was previously a partner at Mayer Brown.

More >>

Tags:  Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | New York

Cozen O’Connor Hires Kurt Konrad Lunkenheimer, Expanding its White Collar Practice to South Florida

Cozen O’Connor today announced Kurt Konrad Lunkenheimer, a trial lawyer turned federal prosecutor in Miami, has joined its White Collar Defense & Investigations group. The firm’s first White Collar Defense & Investigations lawyer to be based in Florida, Lunkenheimer joins Cozen O’Connor as a member and will work out of the Miami, Fla. office.  Lunkenheimer joins from the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) in the Southern District of Florida.

More >>

Tags:  Cozen O'Connor, P.C. | Miami | New York

Clifford Chance Grows US Real Estate Practice With Appointment of Partners Kris Ferranti and Jonathan Newman

International law firm Clifford Chance today announced the arrival of real estate partners Kris Ferranti and Jonathan Y. Newman in its US Real Estate practice. Ferranti and Newman bolster the firm’s US and global Real Estate offering comprising 600 attorneys, including 193 partners, across five continents. The pair arrive at the firm from Shearman & Sterling LLP.

More >>

Tags:  Clifford Chance LLP | New York

Freshfields Continues Strategic Growth With Dispute Resolution Partner Appointment

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) today announced that Ludovic Malgrain, a leading litigation practitioner specialising in white-collar crime, has joined the firm’s dispute resolution practice as a partner in Paris. Malgrain joins from Malgrain Avocats, a Paris boutique dedicated to white-collar crime, following ten years as partner at White & Case, where he most recently led its white-collar crime and regulatory practice in the French capital.

More >>

Tags:  Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP | New York

Leading Commercial Litigation Partner Susan Shin Joins Hunton Andrews Kurth in New York

Susan L. Shin, a highly regarded and nationally recognized complex commercial litigation and trial attorney, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in New York. Shin joins Hunton Andrews Kurth from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, where she was a partner in the complex litigation practice. She was previously a partner and member of the policy committee at Arnold & Porter, LLP.

More >>

Tags:  Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | New York