Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Craig Varnen has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. Varnen, formerly a partner at Irell & Manella, will continue to focus on securities litigation and other complex litigation at Gibson Dunn.
Dechert LLP announced that leading international arbitration expert, Claudia Annacker, has joined the firm’s International Arbitration practice as a partner* in Paris.
Arnold & Porter announced that Maja Zerjal Fink has joined the firm's Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice as a partner, resident in New York.
DLA Piper announces that Dr Wolfram Distler is re-joining the firm as a partner in its Finance practice, based in Frankfurt.
The highly skilled expert in the field of Banking & Finance, Marcell Clark, joins CMS in Vienna. His expertise and international experience – having worked for many years in New York, Budapest and Bratislava – make him the perfect fit for CMS.
International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of marine insurance and shipping lawyer David McKie as a partner in its Insurance and Reinsurance Group, based in the firm’s London office. David joins from Kennedys, where he was a partner.
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the addition of Breen M. Schiller and Nikki E. Dobay to the firm’s Tax Practice Group as State and Local Tax (SALT) partners. Ms. Schiller will join the firm’s Chicago office and Ms. Dobay will join the firm’s Sacramento office in the next few weeks.
The firm welcomes new partner Justin Michaelson to the London office. Michaelson represents high net worth individuals and companies in large cross-border disputes involving commercial litigation, international arbitration and associated interim relief. Over the past decade Michaelson has advised on a number of freezing injunction cases including VTB v Nutritek, which went to the Supreme Court and became the leading authority on piercing the corporate veil.
Experienced financial services and capital markets attorneys Paul M. Fogleman and Vanessa Morris have joined Womble Bond Dickinson. Fogleman will practice in the firm’s Raleigh office, while Morris will practice in Atlanta.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Patrick Richards as a partner and Clare Frederick and Trevor Martin as associates in its IP procurement and portfolio management practice. They will be based in the firm’s Chicago office, and join K&L Gates from Richards Patent Law P.C., an intellectual property firm Richards founded in 2009 after previously practicing at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.