Morgan Lewis has added labor/management relations lawyer Mark Stolzenburg, a former field attorney at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as a partner resident in Chicago.
Jonas Koponen has joined Cooley’s Brussels office as a partner in the firm’s global antitrust & competition practice group. He arrives from Linklaters, where he served as global head of the firm’s antitrust and foreign investment group and as global co‐head of its life sciences and healthcare sector team. Koponen is a highly regarded competition lawyer with a practice spanning complex transactional work, investigations and litigation.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice with the addition of Jessica Ball and Jessica Shearer as partners in Boston.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Courtney B. Thomas as a partner in the corporate practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Raleigh office from communications networks software and services provider Trilliant Networks Inc., where he was senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary.
Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Ehret will join its tax practice as a partner in the Munich office.
Dr. Ehret focuses his practice on tax law issues related to mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and financings. In particular, he advises on domestic and international M&A, private equity, acquisition financing, capital markets and real estate transactions.
Schulte Roth & Zabel is pleased to announce the addition of Peter Greene, Benjamin Kozinn and Eileen Overbaugh as partners based in the firm's New York office. Peter, Ben and Eileen are highly regarded attorneys in the private funds space and represent some of the most prominent investment managers in the industry. Their addition represents a significant expansion of the firm's already dominant presence in a very active private funds market.
Gowling WLG is pleased to announce that George Elvira has joined the firm's Intellectual Property (IP) Group as a partner in Montréal.
A registered patent agent with a PhD in neuroscience and biochemistry, George helps innovative organizations in Canada and abroad develop, implement and customize IP management programs and strategies aligned with their business objectives. He routinely advises clients on obtaining and managing patent rights, protecting trade secrets and know-how assets, and developing strategic plans to monetize and extract value from these rights and assets.
Allen & Overy continues to invest in its International Arbitration group with the hire of partner David Herlihy, a specialist in investment arbitration and public international law. David, who joins from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Skadden), will initially be based in London and, subject to further regulatory analysis and any necessary approvals, will in due course split his time between London and Dublin.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the appointment of pensions partner Beth Brown to its Employment, Pensions and Immigration (EPI) group.
Beth joins DACB from Mayer Brown where she was a Counsel in the firm’s London’s Employment and Benefits – Pension group and advised clients on all aspects of pension law, including on the insolvency, risk transfer and governance aspects of pensions.
Addleshaw Goddard has launched two new offices in Germany, in Frankfurt and Munich, and has hired four new German teams as it continues to invest across Europe, providing more support to clients and building more impact in Europe.