Akerman today announced the continued growth of its Washington, D.C. office with Corporate Partner Austin Ownbey, who joins as a specialist in antitrust counseling and Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings. Ownbey arrives at the firm from Foley Hoag LLP.
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Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Victoria “Tory” Lauterbach has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner and a member of the Energy, Regulation and Litigation Practice Group. Lauterbach arrives at the firm from Foley Hoag LLP in Washington.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Intellectual Property Practice and Global Technology Industry Group with the addition of Mark Davies as a partner in Washington, DC. Davis arrives from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continued the strategic growth of its Environmental Practice with the addition of Shareholder Seth Goldberg and two assistant directors, Darci Ferrer* and Nicholas Skoulis*, in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. The team joins from Steptoe LLP.
Cooley has expanded its compensation and benefits practice with the addition of partners Michael Bergmann in Washington, DC, and Scott McCall in San Diego. Together, they bring more than five decades of experience advising public and private company clients on their complex compensation and benefits needs. Bergmann joins Cooley from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and McCall joins from Wilson Sonsini.
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Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Marcantonio (“Marco”) Barnes to its Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Corporate Practice. With more than two decades of experience in business and law, Mr. Barnes focuses his practice on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, in the energy, communications technology and financial services sectors. Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois, Mr. Barnes practiced with Womble Bond Dickinson LLP where he represented public and private companies in a variety of transactions and general corporate matters. Before entering private practice, he served as in-house counsel for a large technology company.
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Christopher M. Wilson has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department, resident in Washington. A former trial lawyer of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Wilson advises clients on a full range of antitrust matters, including merger control, cross-border antitrust investigations and private party litigation involving complex antitrust and consumer protection issues. Wilson was most recently with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in DC before joining the firm.
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of principal Steven E. Conigliaro to the firm’s global Financial Services Practice. He joins from Santander Bank, N.A., where he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Digital Transformation. Previously, Steve was in private practice at O’Melveny & Myers LLP for over a decade where he focused on representing clients in the payment card industry.
Dechert LLP announced today the addition of Neel Maitra as a partner in its financial services practice group, bolstering the firm’s capabilities in fintech, cryptocurrency, broker-dealer and securities regulatory compliance. Mr. Maitra will join the firm’s Washington D.C. office. Maitra arrives from Wilson Sonsini in Washington.
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