Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce that Jess Krannich and Paul Sampson have joined the firm as partner and Of Counsel, respectively. Both will be based in the firm’s Salt Lake City office.

Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Krannich and Sampson were both partners in the litigation department at Kirkland & Ellis. Krannich helped manage that firm’s Utah office and headed its Salt Lake City litigation team.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Ben Thompson has joined Sidley’s Global Finance practice in London focused on energy and infrastructure.

Ben is Sidley’s third partner to join our London Energy and Infrastructure team in the last year. James MacArthur and Ed Freeman joined in the spring of last year as part of a six-lawyer team from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global International Trade Practice with the addition of David Lim as a partner in Washington, DC.

John Bostic has joined Cooley’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the firm’s white collar defense and investigations practice and global litigation department. Bostic joins after nearly a decade with the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, where he tried some of the office’s most significant cases – including the case against Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes and COO Ramesh Balwani.

Baker McKenzie is further expanding its global M&A practice with the addition of Daniel Dehghanian, LL.M., who joins as a partner on June and will be based in the Firm's Düsseldorf office. Daniel, who has been advising clients on M&A transactions and other strategic challenges for nearly 20 years, joins from Hogan Lovells. He will be joined by Sophie Ulrich, an experienced deal lawyer with whom he has been working for many years, who comes to the Firm as a counsel.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Real Estate partners Dennis Kiely and Heather Horowitz in its New York office and Of Counsel Alex Kaplan in its Washington, DC office.

The addition of Kiely, Horowitz and Kaplan is part of the Firm’s commitment to expanding its industry-leading real estate practice in key markets.

“Dennis, Heather and Alex are highly skilled real estate lawyers with sophisticated practices who will add great value to our clients throughout the US and around the world,” said John Sullivan, chair of the US Real Estate practice.

Holland & Knight has bolstered its Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group with the addition of David Ehrlich as a partner in New York.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. continues the strategic expansion of its Orlando office with the addition of Labor & Employment Shareholder Alicia M. Chiu.  

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Kelly M. Cardin as a shareholder in its New York City office. Cardin – who joins the firm from Ogletree Deakins, where she was co-chair of the Pay Equity practice group – marks Littler’s fifth shareholder level addition since the beginning of April.

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Briana M. Swift as a shareholder in its Seattle office. She joins the firm from K&L Gates and focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation. Swift is the sixth attorney to join Littler at the shareholder level since the beginning of April.