Atlanta’s former mayor Kasim Reed has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a partner in the firm’s global Litigation Practice, representing the latest high-profile hire to the firm’s growing Southeast presence.

“Kasim is a landmark addition to our firm,” said Global Managing Partner Fred Nance. “His strong ties across the business community and public sector will open doors to new opportunities across our practice and his extensive career as a public servant dovetails with our market-leading public policy offering.”

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its financial services regulatory practice in the Middle East with the hire of new partner Matt Shanahan.

Matt joins the firm’s Dubai office from Clyde & Co, where he was a partner and Head of the Middle East regulatory practice. He has 18 years’ experience in financial services regulation, including 13 in the UAE, and has also worked as a regulator at the UK FSA (now FCA) and the Dubai International Financial Centre’s DFSA.

Arnold & Porter announced that Jessica Kaiser, former Lead Administrative Patent Judge at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice as a partner, resident in Denver.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced that competition/antitrust lawyer Isabel Rooms will join the firm as a partner in the Brussels office, and tax lawyer Matthew (Matt) Brigham will join the firm as counsel in the New York office.

“We are delighted to welcome Isabel and Matt to our firm,” said Cleary Gottlieb Managing Partner Michael Gerstenzang. “Cleary’s market-leading international antitrust and tax practices are key elements to our client offering, and their arrival will enhance the strength and breadth of our services.”

Proskauer, a leading international law firm, today announced that Vinay Kohli has joined as a Partner in its Litigation Department. Vinay will be based in Los Angeles and will focus his practice on clients across the health care industry. 

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of four partners to the Transactions Practice Group: Merrill Kraines, Todd Kornfeld and Anand Saha in New York and Sunyi Snow in Dallas.

Sophie’s practice spans the full range of development planning, infrastructure and highways work with a particular focus on compulsory purchase and regeneration work, where her clients are a mixture of public and private sector. Her clients, both public and private, operate in the Real Estate, Infrastructure Construction and Transport and Energy and Natural Resources sectors.

Sophie will be supporting the DLA Piper Planning team on the significant pipeline of work it is currently working on as well as helping to build business in this exciting and dynamic area.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues  expanding its industry-leading West Coast Real Estate team with the addition of Shareholder Alison R. Weinberg-Fahey to the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Technology Transactions Practice and Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of Burr Eckstut as a partner in New York.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice with the addition of Neeloferr Roy as a partner in Paris.

We continue to experience strong demand from our clients to support on complex finance transactions in EMEA and globally, said White & Case partner Eric Leicht, head of the Firm's Global Debt Finance Practice. Neeloferr is a superb addition to our world class team in Paris and presents a unique opportunity for us to build on our marquee practice in the broader European market.