King & Spalding announced today that Stephanie Yarbrough, one of the country’s foremost economic development lawyers, has joined the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group as partner. She will be based in Washington, D.C. and will spend significant time in the firm’s New York office. Yarbrough arrives from Womble Bond Dickinson.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes US Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers Varu Chilakamarri and Michael Culhane Harper as partners in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Chilakamarri joins K&L Gates’ Environment, Land, and Natural Resources practice, while Harper becomes a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations practice.
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Mintz has deepened its health care bench with the addition of new Member, Rachel Alexander. Before joining the Mintz, Alexander was with Wiley Rein LLP in Washington.
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Akin is pleased to announce that projects and energy transition partner Vanessa Richelle Wilson has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Previously she was U.S. head of the energy and natural resources sector at DLA Piper.
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Squire Patton Boggs has added a three partner team in Washington DC focused on international investigations, national security issues and counseling clients on transactions that require US Government approval, with the addition of Tom Firestone, Shannon Reaves, and Chris Griner. They, along with a team of supporting attorneys and staff, join from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, where Mr. Firestone co-chaired the Government Investigations & White-Collar Practice and Mr. Griner chaired the National Security/CFIUS/Compliance Practice.
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that experienced private funds regulatory lawyer Christopher J. Scully has joined the Firm as a partner in the Private Funds practice, based in the Washington, D.C. office. Chris joins Weil from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group of the Corporate Department.
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Rachel Saltzman, an experienced environmental attorney who served as a top legal advisor for global automotive manufacturer Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) and as an enforcement attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s nationally recognized environmental practice as a partner in Washington, D.C.
Reed Smith today announced that Kendra Perkins Norwood, a government contracts lawyer, has joined the firm’s global Regulatory & Investigations practice as a partner based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Prior to joining Reed Smith, Norwood was a partner at Wiley Rein, where she practiced for eight years, and an associate at both Blank Rome and Hollingsworth.
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Holland & Knight has strengthened its leading Tax Credit Syndication Group with the addition of Elizabeth “Liz” Young as a tax partner in its Washington, D.C., office. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, she was a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP.
Morgan Lewis welcomes Joshua Goodman, a longtime antitrust lawyer who most recently served as deputy assistant director of the Mergers II Division of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Josh joins as a partner resident in Washington, DC, where he will focus on merger review and government investigations, antitrust litigation, and counseling.
