Holland & Knight Strengthens its Global Energy Practice with Acquisition of Transactional & Regulatory Team

Holland & Knight announced today that a nationally recognized team of nine partners with extensive experience in the energy industry have joined the firm from Eversheds. The team is led by energy and renewables partner Ram Sunkara in Houston and tax partner Amish Shah in Washington, D.C. The group also includes partners Jackson Allen and Kyle Wamstad in Atlanta; Joshua Belcher and Ronnie Dabbasi in Houston; Madeleine Tan in New York; and Alexander Holtan and Susan Lafferty in Washington, D.C. 

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Kilpatrick Townsend Adds Leading Litigator; Brings Bi-Coastal Practice to Firm

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that Evan Nadel will be joining the firm as a partner and working from the New York and San Francisco offices as a member of the nationally recognized Complex Commercial Litigation Team. Mr. Nadel will be Co-Chair of Kilpatrick Townsend’s Class Action Practice Group. He joins the firm from Mintz where he was Co-Chair of the Class Action Practice Group. 

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Vinson & Elkins Expands Executive Compensation and Employment Practices with Addition of Partners Patricia Adams, Joo Hyun Lee and Rebecca Baker

Vinson & Elkins announced today the addition of three partners to the firm: Patricia Adams and Joo Hyun Lee join the Executive Compensation practice in New York, while Labor & Employment partner Rebecca Baker joins the firm’s Houston office. Both join V&E from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

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Greenberg Traurig Adds Premier Israeli Corporate Team in New York and Tel Aviv

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added four Corporate shareholders in its growing New York and Tel Aviv offices, all from McDermott. Mark S. Selinger and Eyal Peled join as shareholders in New York and Gary Emmanuel and David Huberman join as shareholders in Tel Aviv, along with their collective team of associates. The addition continues the strategic expansion of the firm’s excellence in its Corporate Practice, adding further depth in capital markets and expanding the historic link between Israeli business and the firm’s clients worldwide.

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Perkins Coie Acquires New York Startup and Emerging Companies Boutique Kluk Farber Law

Perkins Coie today announced the acquisition of the team at Kluk Farber Law PLLC, a New York-based emerging companies and venture capital (ECVC) boutique firm. Kluk Farber’s 12 lawyers and six business professionals will lead Perkins Coie’s New York ECVC practice from a new Startup and Emerging Companies Center located in the Flatiron District. The acquisition deepens Perkins Coie’s presence in New York to over 100 lawyers and follows the recent additions of four veteran ECVC partners in recent months in Austin, Los Angeles, and Portland.

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