International law firm CMS is pleased to announce that it has opened an office in Riyadh following the granting of its Foreign Law Firm Licence by the Saudi Ministry of Justice.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its expansion in Texas with the addition of Courtney York as a Corporate Practice shareholder in its Dallas office. Nationally recognized by Chambers USA Guide to America in the Technology: Corporate & Commercial category, York handles multimillion to billion dollar matters. She was previously with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its strategic expansion with the addition of Babak Nikravesh, an international tax attorney who joins as a shareholder from Morrison & Foerster.
Maurice Kenton, a prominent international arbitration and disputes lawyer with significant experience representing clients in the mining, oil and gas, power, telecommunications, infrastructure and insurance sectors, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in London. Arriving with Kenton is disputes Counsel Edward Hamilton, whose practice includes international commercial and investor-State disputes.
Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Jennifer Seipelt has joined as a partner in the firm’s Transactions Department and Finance Group, based in Berlin. Seipelt joins from another leading global firm, where she most recently worked in the Banking & Leveraged Finance practice group.
Covington continued the growth of its Securities & Capital Markets Practice by announcing the hiring of prominent capital markets deal lawyer Michael D. Maline.
Reed Smith announced that insurance recovery lawyer Bert Wells has joined the firm’s global Insurance Recovery Practice Group as a partner in New York. Wells has more than 20 years of legal experience with insurance arbitrations, mediations and negotiations, in some cases achieving nine-figure recoveries for his clients, including a $700 million Superstorm Sandy recovery.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Shawn O’Brien to its Tax Practice Group as a partner based in Houston. Shawn is nationally recognized for his work on tax disputes and controversies with state, federal and international tax authorities.
Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Gina L. Schaecher has joined the firm’s Business Litigation group in Tysons, Virginia. Schaecher has extensive experience representing clients in commercial disputes in state and federal court and has served as lead counsel in lengthy, complex commercial litigation in courts nationwide.
Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve has recruited Christopher Noel as a partner to boost its Manchester private client team.
Christopher has joined from DWF where he was head of the private capital team in Manchester. He advises ultra and high net worth individuals (U/HNW), family trusts, business owners, entrepreneurs, charities, trust companies and banks. He also has expertise in advising on domicile and residence issues and offshore trusts.