White & Case Opens Office in Boston

Global law firm White & Case LLP has opened an office in Boston with the arrival of a team of white collar partners. Michael Kendall, who takes up the role of Executive Partner in the Boston office, will be joined by Kevin Bolan and Lauren Papenhausen. A fourth member of the team – Andrew Tomback – will be based in the Firm’s New York office. More >>

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Prominent Emerging Companies Lawyer Joins Latham & Watkins in New York

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that David L. Concannon has joined the firm in New York as a partner in the Corporate Department. Concannon has extensive experience advising emerging companies in capital raising transactions, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters, and in representing prominent venture capital firms in financing transactions. More >>

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Akerman Continues New York Growth with Team of Labor and Employment Litigators

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced continuing growth in the New York market with the addition of labor and employment partners Bran Noonan, Sarir Silver and associate Vincent Avery. They build upon Akerman’s strengths in complex litigation and class/collective action defense on behalf of employers, and enhance the firm’s experience in wage and hour and professional liability issues. More >>

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Mintz Levin Bolsters Transactional, Tax Practices, Adding Three Attorneys in its Boston and New York Offices

Further strengthening its transactional and tax capabilities, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. has added prominent corporate attorney Edouard C. LeFevre and tax veterans Scott J. Pinarchick and Abraham (Avi) Reshtick to the firm’s Corporate & Securities and Tax practices, respectively. Messrs LeFevre and Pinarchick were most recently partners at Foley & Lardner LLP. They join as Members in the firm’s Boston office. Mr. Reshtick was most recently a partner at Bracewell, LLP and previously practiced at Ropes & Gray LLP. He joins Mintz Levin’s New York office as a Member. More >>

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Private Funds Partner Russel Perkins Joins Dechert

Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Russel G. Perkins has joined the firm as a partner in the financial services practice group in New York City. He advises fund sponsors, asset managers and institutional investors on a wide variety of domestic and international issues relating to real estate funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, funds of funds, secondaries funds and other alternative asset classes. More >>

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