Partners Mike Silva, Gregory Weigand and Arianne Plasencia Add Increased Depth Across Tax and Private Client Practices, Offer Specialized Access to Latin American Markets

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes James A. Shimota as a partner in its intellectual property litigation practice. He joins the firm from Haynes and Boone, LLP, where he served as the founding managing partner of the Chicago office.
 

Squire Patton Boggs has continued the strategic expansion of its Los Angeles office with the additions of Carmen J. Cole, partner in the Labor & Employment Practice, and Dennis Huang, principal in the Tax Strategy & Benefits Practice.

McGuireWoods is expanding its significant regulatory and compliance capabilities with the addition of highly accomplished environmental lawyers Makram Jaber, Allison Wood and Aaron Flynn, who join the firm as partners in Washington. D.C.

Ranajoy Basu’s broad international capital markets and finance experience will benefit our clients in Asia, the UK and globally as the Firm expands its finance offering to clients

McDermott Will & Emery announced Ranajoy Basu has joined its London office as a partner. Ranajoy has a background in structured finance, securitizations, derivatives, debt capital markets and debt restructurings.

Mark Cooper adds diverse M&A experience, with a particular focus on infrastructure, power and resources, to the firm’s practice in Asia

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Mark Cooper has joined the firm’s Singapore office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices. He advises clients on complex, highly-structured corporate and private equity transactions, with a particular focus on the infrastructure, power, and resources sectors in Southeast Asia.

Nick Boyle’s considerable and varied litigation experience complements the firm’s global capabilities handling complex disputes in multiple jurisdictions.

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Nicholas J. Boyle has joined the firm in Washington, D.C., in the Litigation & Trial Department and as a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Boyle handles a wide variety of litigation, with a particular focus on complex civil disputes that have global reach.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Colleen A. Murphy to its Boston office as a shareholder in the firm’s Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice.

With over 24 years of experience, Murphy represents mutual fund companies, investment advisory firms, and other institutional investors in connection with their investments in tax-exempt securities, both new money and workout transactions. She advises clients with respect to the purchase of high yield municipal bonds for hospitals, charter schools, solid waste facilities and senior living facilities among other sectors.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that John T. “Trey” Cox III has joined the firm’s Dallas office.  Cox, formerly a partner at Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst LLP, will continue to focus on complex commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels.

Duane Morris LLP announced that Vijay K. Bange has joined as a partner in the Construction Division of the firm’s Trial Practice Group in the London office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Bange was a partner at Trowers & Hamlins LLP.

“We’re excited to welcome Vijay to the firm,” said Matthew A. Taylor, CEO and Chairman of Duane Morris. “He is a great addition to our expanding London office and growing international construction group.”