Arnold & Porter announced the continued growth of its Corporate & Finance practice with the arrival of partner Marina Richter. She will be resident in New York.
Wesley White joins our global IP litigation team as a partner, focused on high stakes patent disputes in the tech sector.
A key member of trial teams on major patent cases in federal courts across the country, including Delaware and the Eastern District of Texas, he litigates patents related to computer hardware and software, e-commerce, video/media streaming, life sciences, medical devices and other technologies. This includes an important role in a trial team that secured a nine-figure judgment in a patent infringement case recognized as one of the top verdicts of 2020.
Gabe Fleet brings a wealth of experience in complex music licensing transactions garnered from working in the music industry and private practice.
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Gabe Fleet has joined the firm as a partner in the Connectivity, Privacy & Information Practice. Fleet is a leading deal lawyer in the music space, representing entertainment, digital media, and technology companies in connection with large-scale licensing transactions and related strategic guidance.
Ian Nussbaum advises public and private companies on a range of strategic M&A matters.
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Ian Nussbaum has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Nussbaum advises public and private companies on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, corporate governance, and shareholder activism and takeover defense matters.
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announced that Kevin Whittam, a skilled leveraged finance and specialty lending lawyer, has joined the Firm's Transactional Practice in New York. He brings extensive deal experience and has been involved in numerous multimillion and multibillion dollar transactions over the past several years.
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has added Andrew Boyd to its North America Tax Disputes Practice in Toronto. An experienced tax litigator, Andrew joins the Firm's team of Canada-based tax practitioners advising clients through all stages of controversy.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has expanded its Transactions practice in Germany with the addition of private equity partners Holger H. Ebersberger and Hanno Witt in Munich. Holger joins McDermott as Co-Head of Private Equity Germany, leading alongside Michael Cziesla.
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed Tracey Groves as a partner to head new ESG & Sustainability advisory practice.
Having worked with DWF as an independent consultant for two years, Tracey Groves has now joined the legal business as a London-based partner within the commercial, regulatory and data practice.
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Megan K. Hall has joined the Tax Practice Group as a partner. Resident in the Washington DC office, Ms. Hall further strengthens the firm’s international tax capabilities with a particular focus on transactional matters, cross-border employment and global mobility.
Building on the firm’s longstanding presence in Frankfurt, Morgan Lewis is establishing a Munich office with 20 lawyers and advisors from the Munich office of Shearman & Sterling. Three partners—Florian Harder, head of Shearman & Sterling’s German offices and M&A/PE partner; Florian Ziegler, leveraged finance partner; and Jann Jetter, leader of the tax advisory practice—will launch Morgan Lewis’s new Munich office with a leading transactional and regulatory team in the areas of M&A, private equity, finance, and tax.