Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that tax lawyers David Levy and Brian Senie will join the Firm as partners.
“Dave and Brian are highly regarded attorneys with extensive experience advising on the tax aspects of complex real estate transactions,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We are very happy to welcome them to our premier tax team.”
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Seth Gottlieb and Alex Kassai have joined the firm’s Bay Area offices as partners in the Emerging Companies & Growth Practice. Gottlieb and Kassai represent emerging growth companies and their investors at all stages of a company’s growth cycle, including pre-incorporation planning and formation, venture financings, M&A transactions, strategic partnerships, public offerings, and SEC reporting. Their extensive experience spans multiple sectors, with a focus on technology and life sciences.
Joshua Pond joins our IP litigation practice, adding a preeminent trial lawyer in IP disputes before the U.S. International Trade Commission. Josh brings broad experience as well before the federal courts and U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
One of the most prolific ITC litigators in the country, Josh is recognized by Chambers U.S. and Global for his ITC Section 337 investigations practice. He has prevailed in dozens of cases for Fortune Global 500 and emerging companies involving contested patent, copyright infringement, trademark and trade secret theft matters.
Law firm TLT has boosted its national future energy practice, welcoming back real estate expert Nick Shenken as partner.
Nick first joined TLT from Pinsent Masons in 2018 and has been re-appointed following a year working as group legal and operations director at The Bureau Group focusing on the circular economy.
Law firm Hill Dickinson has announced the hire of James Harmer, who joins the London team as corporate partner specialising in debt capital market transactions.
James joins Hill Dickinson’s Business Services Group and his practice bolsters Hill Dickinson’s existing corporate finance, banking and financial law services in the City, where he will cover both private placements of debt and issuances in the public markets.
Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced that leading energy regulation practitioner Stefan Schröder will join the firm as a partner in Düsseldorf. Schröder will join from Hogan Lovells, where he served as global head of its energy transition group, by mid-year at the latest.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons MPillay has appointed David Clinch as a partner to its corporate team in Singapore.
David joins us from Shearman & Sterling and is considered one of the leading energy and infrastructure lawyers and dealmakers in Asia Pacific, with a practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and projects, advising on transactions and projects across Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.
Commenting on his appointment, David said that Pinsent Masons MPillay was a perfect fit for his practice.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed pensions litigation partner Charlotte Scholes to join the firm’s financial services sector in its London office.
Charlotte’s practice spans the full range of pensions litigation. She has experience of acting for trustees, employers and representative beneficiaries in rectification and construction proceedings and has expertise in advising either claimants or defendants in related professional negligence claims.
New partner boosts firm's ability to provide expert and solutions-focused advice on all aspects of UK and EU financial services law and regulation to UK and international clients.
Taylor Wessing announces the hire of Charlotte Witherington, formerly at Freshfields, as a partner based in London.
Global law firm Reed Smith announced the appointment of private equity partner Tom Whelan in its London office. Whelan joined the firm’s Global Corporate Group from McDermott Will & Emery (MWE), where he was a partner and head of the private equity and corporate transactions group in London.