Loeb & Loeb Expands Life Sciences, Technology and Patent Litigation & Counseling Practice With Addition Of Wanda French-Brown

Monday, October 19, 2020

Loeb & Loeb LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Wanda French-Brown as a partner in the Patent Litigation & Counseling department. French-Brown, an accomplished litigator with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, represents clients in infringement matters before the federal courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Prior to joining Loeb & Loeb, French-Brown was a litigation partner in the Life Sciences department of McGuireWoods LLP. 

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Kilpatrick Townsend Lands National Life Sciences Patent Litigation Team in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that it is bringing aboard a national life sciences patent litigation team to further enhance their internationally recognized Intellectual Property Department. April Abele Isaacson, M.S. is joining as a partner in San Francisco, Abby Markeson as counsel in Seattle, and in New York, Brian David O’Reilly and Michael Enzo Furrow, Ph.D. are joining as partners and Erica W. Kuo, M.S. as counsel. All will be members of the Patent Litigation Team, focusing on life sciences litigation and related strategic counseling. The team has broad experience across the biopharma patent service areas and close interconnections running back many years. April, Brian, Erica, and Michael most recently worked together at DLA Piper. Abby worked with Michael and Brian for many years at Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto in New York before leaving there in a move to Seattle in 2018.

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Accomplished Benefits and Compensation Partner Joins Latham in New York

Monday, October 12, 2020
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jennifer Pepin has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Tax Department and member of the Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice. She advises employers, executives, and investors on a wide range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, often within the context of sophisticated M&A, private equity, and capital markets transactions. Pepin joins Latham & Watkins from Kirkland & Ellis in New York.
 
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Accomplished Bankruptcy Litigator Theresa Foudy Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Leading Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

 Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Theresa Foudy has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group (BRIG) in New York. Recognized as one of the leading bankruptcy litigators in the United States, Ms. Foudy’s arrival further reinforces the firm’s market-leading BRIG practice and further expands the firm’s premier litigation capabilities. Further, the addition of Ms. Foudy underscores the continued expansion of Morrison & Foerster’s New York office. She is the sixth partner to join the office since the start of the year, following in the footsteps of David Fertig, Haima Marlier, Mitchell Presser, Leonora Shalet, and Omar Pringle. Foudy joins the firm from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in New York.

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White & Case Adds Leading Restructuring Team to Its New York and Chicago Offices

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Global law firm White & Case LLP has added three new partners to its rapidly growing Global Financial Restructuring and Insolvency (FRI) Practice in the US. Jessica Boelter and Bojan Guzina join the Firm’s FRI Practice in New York and Chicago, respectively, and Michael Andolina joins the Firm’s Global Commercial Litigation Practice in Chicago. The move is a key component of the Firm’s initiative to expand its company and sponsor-side work in the restructuring arena. All three new partners come from Sidley Austin, where they had spent their entire careers.

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Mintz Expands M&A Practice With Hire of Leading Corporate Attorney Ivan Presant in New York

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Ivan J. Presant, a leading mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions attorney, has joined the New York office of Mintz as a Member in the firm’s Corporate Practice. Mr. Presant has particular experience with advising buyers, sellers, and investors in U.S. and cross-border public and private business combinations, acquisitions, tender offers and corporate control matters. Prior to joining Mintz, Mr. Presant was a partner in the New York office of McDermott, Will & Emery, where he handled complex business transactions for multinational corporations and U.S. companies.

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Akerman Grows Litigation Practice in New York with Real Estate Litigator Massimo D’Angelo

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the growth of the Litigation Practice Group in New York with Massimo D’Angelo. He advances Akerman’s real estate strengths representing landlords, owners, tenants and tenant groups, bringing experience in dispute resolutions surrounding force majeure, contract negotiations, tenant-landlord conflicts, and business interruption insurance and coverage. D’Angelo joins the firm from Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. in New York.

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Skilled Copyright Litigator Joins Latham in New York

Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Allison Stillman has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department and the Connectivity, Privacy & Information (CPI) Practice. An accomplished litigator, Stillman advises prominent technology companies on cutting-edge issues that are shaping the legal regimes governing digital media. Stillman regularly handles high-profile litigation and regulatory matters with significant implications for the industry, from representing technology giants in landmark Digital Millennium Copyright Act litigation to counseling clients in connection with the implementation of the recently enacted Music Modernization Act. Stillman joins Latham from Mayer Brown in New York. 
 
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Holland & Knight Expands Corporate and Latin America Practices with Addition of Steven Sandretto in New York

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Steven Sandretto has joined Holland & Knight in New York as a partner in the firm’s Northeast Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group. Mr. Sandretto has almost 20 years of experience in capital markets, securities and finance work, with a particular emphasis on Brazil, Mexico and the rest of Latin America. He previously practiced at Paul Hastings in the firm’s São Paulo and New York offices.

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