Global law firm Reed Smith announced that Chris Davis has joined the firm’s Financial Industry Group in Washington, D.C., adding significant U.S. fund finance capabilities – an area of growing importance to the firm. Prior to joining Reed Smith Chris was a member of the fund finance teams at Morrison & Foerster and Mayer Brown.
Global law firm Reed Smith announced that Edward Klees and Brian Farmer have joined the firm’s Global Corporate Group as partners in Washington D.C. and Richmond.
Arriving together from Hirschler Fleischer, this duo brings to the firm decades of combined experience acting on behalf of both institutional investors and investment managers and advisors. Joining along with Klees and Farmer are of counsel Guy Morley and associates Sheherezade (“Zee”) Malik and Aleks Johnson.
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce the addition of two partners with highly regarded transactional and regulatory healthcare experience: Kevin L. Miller joins the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices, and Jason B. Caron joins the Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice.
The partners bring a powerful combination of market experience and sector knowledge, coupled with an impressive track record of advising on private equity and strategic transactions in the healthcare industry, as well as on complex healthcare regulatory matters.
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has strengthened its UK-wide employment practice with the appointment of new Leeds-based partner Gearalt Fahy.
Joining from Gateley Legal, Gearalt is a recognised expert in employment law and an experienced litigator. For over 20 years, he has advised employers across the UK on complex and strategic legal work, with a client portfolio spanning a range of sectors including energy, construction, retail and manufacturing.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces that Kelly Fair has returned to the Firm. She is a partner in its Health Care and Cannabis practices. Fair rejoins Dentons after more than three years working at Canopy Growth Corporation, a leading global cannabis company, as its first-ever US General Counsel.
Katten announced that Christopher Cole has joined the Washington, DC office as a partner in the Intellectual Property (IP) department where he will chair the Advertising, Marketing and Promotions practice group, bolstering the firm’s profile in advertising law.
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Richard Kienzler and Marissa Ingley as shareholders in its Chicago office. Kienzler, who has extensive experience in noncompetition and trade secret disputes, joins from Freeborn & Peters LLP. Ingley, who was an attorney with Littler from 2002 to 2011, returns from Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, where she served as Chief Counsel for Employment and Labor Law. They are two of 14 attorneys to join Littler at the shareholder level thus far in the second half of the year.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Michael Evans, former chief majority counsel and deputy staff director for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. He rejoins the firm’s public policy and law practice.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke continues to expand its rapidly growing disputes and risk team with two new partners. Life sciences patent litigator Trevor Crosse and contentious financial services regulatory specialist Benedicte Perowne join the firm.
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has recruited Claire Atkins to its Projects and Construction team in Exeter.