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Dentons announced that Louis Anthony (“Tony”) Pellegrino has joined the Firm as a partner in its Commercial Litigation practice. Pellegrino, a former Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York with prominent positions in both the Civil Division and Criminal Division, brings with him a unique background and extensive experience leading high-profile matters through investigation, prosecution and trial, particularly in the financial services area.
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Craig T. Dickinson as a shareholder in its New Haven office. Dickinson, who was a shareholder at Littler from 2011 to 2021, rejoins the firm from FordHarrison. With his addition, Littler has now brought on 12 shareholders in the past four months, including six who were previously with the firm.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that Marisa Geiger has joined the Firm’s New York office as an Intellectual Property/Privacy and Cybersecurity Partner.
“Marisa is known in the market for providing strategic advice on the full spectrum of intellectual property issues that have become critically important to companies across all industries,” said Alden Millard, Chair of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Committee. “Marisa’s depth and diversity of experience will be highly beneficial to clients seeking counsel on these topics, and we are excited to welcome her to the Firm.”
The global law firm Jones Day announced that Javier Muñoz Méndez has joined the Firm as a partner in its Real Estate Practice, based in Jones Day's Madrid Office.
Mr. Muñoz Méndez has 16 years of experience working on a wide range of corporate and real estate transactions around the world. He advises Spanish and international clients on all types of real estate deals, including purchases, fundings, and sale leaseback transactions. Mr. Muñoz Méndez also has experience working on joint ventures, private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and refinancings.
Mayer Brown announced that Ryan Lawrence rejoined the firm as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice in Chicago. Ryan will focus on representing clients in connection with corporate governance and securities laws matters in a broad range of transactions. He previously served as general counsel at Avant.
Mayer Brown announced Victoria Thompson joined its Banking & Finance practice as a partner in London, where she will focus on domestic and cross-border secured lending and restructuring transactions with a particular focus on asset-based lending, receivables and supply chain finance, special situations, and distressed debt funding.
Victoria, who is dually qualified to practice in New York and England and Wales, joins from Morgan Lewis, where she was a partner.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Ravi Purohit has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department and co-head of the Infrastructure Practice, resident in New York. Widely recognized as one of the foremost lawyers in the energy and infrastructure space, Purohit advises companies, institutional investors and financial sponsors on mergers and acquisitions, asset sales and dispositions, joint ventures and other general corporate and financing matters.
TLT has continued the expansion of its commercial dispute resolution team in Scotland with the appointment of Keith Anderson as partner in its Edinburgh office.
Joining TLT from Gilson Gray, Keith brings over a decade of experience to TLT’s commercial dispute resolution team in Scotland. A highly experienced commercial litigator, Keith acts for a wide variety of high-profile individuals and organisations in business, sport and politics, including on complex cross-border disputes, property disputes, contentious insolvencies and fraud claims.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired patent litigation partner James Marshall to join its London office.
Joining from Taylor Wessing, James’ practice focuses on the life sciences and technology sectors. In the course of his career, he has advised on a number of high-profile cases such as LillyIcos v. Pfizer, Generics v. Lundbeck, Apple v. Ericsson and Huawei v. Unwired Planet - for Ericsson as an intervenor in the Supreme Court. James is a versatile IP practitioner, whose expertise extends beyond patent litigation to trade secrets and licensing.