Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced today that Christopher J. Rillo, a prominent lawyer in ERISA litigation, has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department in the San Francisco office. Mr. Rillo joins Baker Botts from Jenner & Block, where he was a member of the firm’s ERISA Practice.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that energy, environmental, and infrastructure lawyers Chris Carr and Navi Dhillon have joined the firm as partners, based in San Francisco. They join from Baker Botts. Their arrival continues the firm’s strong growth across its global platform this year, following lateral additions in London, New York, Paris and Los Angeles.
Vinson & Elkins has bolstered its Investment Funds practice with the addition of Emily Stephens as a partner. Stephens, who previously served for more than 14 years in managing director roles for global alternative investment management firm Oaktree Capital Management, participated in all aspects of fundraising for several of Oaktree’s largest funds, including what was, at the time, the world’s largest closed-end distressed debt fund at $10.9 billion.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Justina “Tina” Sessions has joined the firm as a partner in the San Francisco office. She will be a member of the antitrust practice. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Sessions was a partner at trial litigation boutique Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco, which she first joined as an associate in 2011, before being promoted to partner in 2018.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Laura Rupenian has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a member of the Global Finance and Private Equity Practice Groups, where she will focus on leveraged financings for private equity firms. Rupenian spent over a decade at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she was a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, and, subsequently, she was a partner with Goodwin Procter LLP.
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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.
King & Spalding today announced that Darren Gardner, Amanda Sonneborn and Dominic Hodson join the firm as partners in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group. Gardner and Hodson will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office, and Sonneborn will split her time between its offices in Chicago and Los Angeles. Gardner, Sonneborn and Hodson, who join from Seyfarth Shaw, will anchor the firm’s new Global Human Capital and Compliance practice.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced today that Peter Kang has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property Department and as co-chair of the firm’s Korea-based IP practice.
Hugh McDonald, a seasoned insolvency and restructuring professional, has joined Pillsbury’s growing Insolvency & Restructuring practice. The third recent addition to the firm’s insolvency practice in New York, McDonald’s arrival follows closely on those of John Pintarelli and Patrick Fitzmaurice in August. He comes to Pillsbury from Troutman Pepper, where he practiced with the newly arrived Fitzmaurice.
