Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced that Maureen Ohlhausen and Taylor Owings have joined the firm as partners. Ohlhausen is based in the Washington, D.C., office. Owings, based initially in the Washington, D.C., office, intends to transition to the firm’s New York office.
Joseph Dunn and Abigail O’Brient have joined Covington's Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice as partners in Los Angeles.
Mishcon de Reya has announced that Marianne Kafena and Idina Glyn have joined the Mishcon Private team as Partners in its London office.
Marianne advises high net worth families, family offices and private businesses based in the Middle East and brings overs 20 years’ experience to the role. She can advise clients in Arabic and French as well as English and was brought up in Amman, Jordan. Marianne joins from Harbottle & Lewis where she was a Partner from 2020. Prior to this, Marianne was a Partner at Farrer & Co for six years.
Watson Farley & Williams is delighted to announce that employment expert Karine Audouze has joined the firm as a Partner, where she will head up the firm’s new Paris practice in that area. She joins from leading independent French law firm UGGC Avocats, having previously worked at both UK firm Olswang and US firm Cleary Gottlieb, where she qualified. Senior Associate Amandine Racé also joins with her, bringing the number of employment lawyers at WFW Paris to four.
At the turn of the year, GSK Stockmann is welcoming Daniel Fehling to strengthen its Corporate/M&A practice in Hamburg
Prominent Delaware lawyer Michael Barlow joins as partner from Abrams & Bayliss, bringing two decades of experience in Delaware Chancery litigation.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, the renowned leader in global business litigation, announced the opening of its office in Wilmington, Delaware. Michael A. Barlow – a widely respected practitioner with deep roots and experience in Delaware – will lead the new office, the firm said. Barlow joins Quinn Emanuel as a partner from Abrams & Bayliss LLP.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP further expanded its Litigation Practice in Arizona with the addition of Louis D. Lopez as a shareholder based in the Phoenix office.
David Selden has joined Cooley’s fund formation practice group as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Returning to practice in the US, Selden arrives from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he led the alternative investment funds legal practice in the UK.
Akin is pleased to announce that Lance Jasper has joined the firm as a white collar defense & government investigations partner, resident in Akin’s Los Angeles office.
“Lance is a stellar addition to our top-ranked white collar group, bringing over a decade of securities enforcement experience from his time with the SEC,” said Akin chairperson Kim Koopersmith. “Our clients will greatly benefit from his counsel, and we’re thrilled to welcome him to the firm.”
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Vishal Mehta as a partner in its Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation practice. He joins the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, which also recently welcomed US Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers Varu Chilakamarri and Michael Culhane Harper. Mehta moves to K&L Gates from Morrison & Foerster LLP.