Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that Nola Heller, a market-leading white collar and investigations partner and former unit chief at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, has joined Milbank’s New York office, where she will assume the role of co-head of that office’s White Collar Defense & Investigations practice.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft has boosted its Corporate Insurance & Risk (CIR) division with the appointment of two new partners.
Jennifer Ledsham will lead on client delivery for CIR. A claims operations expert for over 17 years, she has re-engineered and managed end-to-end claims for corporates with a strong emphasis on improving efficiency and driving performance. She has headed claims teams locally, remotely and off-shore.
David Hesse, an energy disputes attorney whose practice focuses on oil and gas litigation and arbitration matters with a strong emphasis on Africa has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in London.
King & Spalding announced that Jeff Shapiro, a nationally recognized medical device lawyer, has joined the firm’s Government Matters practice group as a partner. Shapiro is based in Washington, D.C.
Mark Handley has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Trial Practice Group in its London office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Handley was a partner at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP.
“We are focused on advancing our London office, which is central to our strategic growth plan,” said Duane Morris Chairman and CEO Matthew A. Taylor. “We are very pleased to welcome Mark, who brings a new commercial litigation and white-collar capability to our team there, as well as adding to our arbitration practice.”
Quinn Emanuel is excited to share that David Lancaster has joined the firm as a partner in our London office. Previously a partner at Pinsent Masons, David will lead the firm’s intellectual property (IP) litigation practice in London.
David is highly experienced in representing clients in patent litigation before the English Courts and in co-ordinating proceedings before the European Patent Office and European national courts.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added Trenton A. Ward to its Atlanta office as a shareholder in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. Ward, who served for five years as an administrative patent judge at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, joins Greenberg Traurig from the Atlanta office of intellectual property firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Jennifer Klass as a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds (AMIF) practice area and Amy Greer as a partner in the White Collar Defense and Investigations practice. They both join the firm’s New York office from Baker McKenzie LLP, where they were co-chairs of the North American Financial Regulation and Enforcement practice.
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Andrew Elken has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Elken brings extensive experience advising public companies on complex mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism defense, corporate governance, securities law, and other significant corporate matters.
Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, announced that J. Beau Dial has joined the Firm’s Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation practice as a partner in the Evansville, Indiana, office.