Mayer Brown announced that Erin Cho has joined the firm as a partner in its Employment & Benefits Group in Washington DC, specializing in ERISA Title I fiduciary matters. Ms. Cho was previously at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and most recently Groom Law Group.
Jackie Holland will join the firm as a partner in the London office, focusing on competition practice, including antitrust enforcement, merger control, State aid, competition litigation, and sectoral regulation.
Withers has welcomed Carl Newman and a team of associates to its London office, adding to the firm’s white collar defence, regulatory and fraud practice at a time that the scrutiny of professional conduct is increasing in intensity.
Carl joins Withers from BDB Pitmans, along with a team consisting of two senior associates and a newly qualified associate.
Orrick announced that Gargi Talukder, a recognized leader in protecting the innovations of life sciences companies, has joined the firm as a partner in San Francisco. Gargi, who will head our life sciences patent strategy and prosecution practice, is the 8th partner addition to Orrick’s life sciences platform since 2019.
Orrick announced that Joe Urwitz has joined the firm as a partner in its Compensation & Benefits practice, based in Boston. Joe is the 8th partner to join Orrick’s corporate team since January 2021. He joins the firm from McDermott Will & Emery.
“Joe is a trusted advisor to clients on a range of sophisticated benefits and compensation matters across many disciplines. He’s a great addition to our team and will be a critical asset supporting our Finance, M&A, and other core practices,” said Juliano Banuelos, leader of Orrick’s Compensation & Benefits Group.
Kennedys has boosted its new office in Leeds with the hire of industrial disease partners Darren Goldthorpe and Gary Brankin.
Both join from BC Legal, bringing with them Harjinder Gill, senior associate, Liam Bedford, senior associate and Rachel Durant, litigation executive.
In January Kennedys acquired a 36-strong insurance team from Langleys which saw them open an office in Leeds, the firm’s 12th in the UK and 42nd globally.
Miami, March 15, 2021 -- Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today the addition of Mark Folk to its Health Care practice. Resident in the Firm’s Miami office, Folk focuses on representing hospital companies, surgery centers and integrated delivery systems throughout the country, with extensive experience in Texas, Tennessee and Florida.
International law firm Bird & Bird bolsters its Dispute Resolution practice in Madrid with the hire of insurance partners Luis Alfonso Fernández Manzano and Virginia Martínez Fernández as well as two associates from Hogan Lovells. The team will join the firm in the Spring.
Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Dulcie Daly will join the firm’s Tax practice as a partner in the London office.
“The tax team continues to operate at the heart of our UK business, helping clients navigate tax implications on a broad range of transactional issues,” said Laura Charkin, Goodwin Tax partner. “Dulcie will be an invaluable resource for our clients as they continue to engage us for our specialist experience in private equity, technology, life sciences, real estate and financial services, and where these industries converge.”
Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Angela Russo as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office and as a member of the firm’s Tax Practice.
Angela is an experienced tax attorney with particular expertise in advising on leveraged buyouts and other complex transactions ranging from several million dollars to several billion dollars for private equity firms. Angela has represented clients on domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, recapitalizations, and debt and equity restructurings.