Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that three prominent litigators, Jason Linder, Glenn Vanzura and Sonali D. Patel, have joined the Firm as partners. Jason Linder is based in both Los Angeles and Washington, DC, Glenn Vanzura is based in both Los Angeles and Palo Alto, and Sonali D. Patel is based in Washington, DC.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice, Financial Services Regulatory Practice and Global Financial Institutions Industry Group with the addition of Jiang Liu as a partner in New York.
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that environmental lawyer Seth Kerschner has joined the Firm as a partner in the Regulatory Transactions Group, based in the New York office.
Seth concentrates his practice in the area of environmental law and assists clients with transactions, litigation, climate change, regulatory compliance, site remediation, sustainability, biodiversity and energy transition matters. He regularly advises public and private companies, governments and nonprofit organizations.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Enrique Conde will join as a corporate partner in the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practice in Miami. He joins from Holland & Knight, where he was a partner in the Corporate, M&A and Securities and Latin America Practice groups. Prior to Holland & Knight, he served as the Deputy General Counsel of the SoftBank Latin America Fund and as a partner in the legal team of SoftBank Group International. Mr.
McGuireWoods bolstered its formidable financial services litigation capabilities with the arrival of Pittsburgh partner Christopher J. Soller, who comes to the firm after serving as a senior legal officer at BNY. Soller is the third partner to join McGuireWoods’ Pittsburgh office this year.
King & Spalding announced that energy lawyers Dan Giemajner and Matt Hardwick have joined the firm’s Corporate practice group and its Energy industry team as partners in London.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Samuel Breeze as a partner in its Intellectual Property practice. He joins the firm’s Seattle office from Lee & Hayes, PC, where he served as chair of its design practice group.
Breeze advises some of the world’s leading innovators on how to protect their brands by securing intellectual property on the ornamental aspects of their inventions. He focuses his practice on the protection of the industrial design of electronic devices, graphical user interfaces, sports equipment, apparel, and other ornamental inventions.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Litigation Practice with the addition of Sarah Runnells Martin as a shareholder in the Delaware office. She joins the firm from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.
Brown Rudnick announces the appointment of Matthew Sharp as a contentious tax partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, based in London.
Dentons is delighted to welcome white-collar crime and investigations specialist Joanna Dimmock as a partner to its Disputes, Regulatory and Investigations team in London. Joanna joins Dentons on 24 February 2025.
Jo joins Dentons from Paul Hastings, and prior to that White & Case, where she led several high-profile investigations before building up her own successful white-collar crime and investigations practice.