Loretta Lau, formerly a partner at Mayer Brown, has joined Goodwin Procter’s Hong Kong office as a corporate finance partner. Goodwin Procter established a presence in Asia with the opening of its Hong Kong office in 2008. Lau, a graduate of the University of Hong Kong and China University of Political Science and Law, will [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Spencer Klein has joined the corporate practice of Morrison & Foerster as a partner in its New York office. Klein, who was previously with O’Melveny & Myers, will co-head MoFo’s mergers and acquisitions practice. In addition to M&A issues, Klein’s practice also focuses on high-profile corporate governance matters. He is also a frequent advisor for U.S. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
James Chapman, who established and managed Nixon Peabody’s Palo Alto office, has moved to Foley & Lardner in Silicon Valley. Chapman has more than 20 years of experience in corporate and securities law and has been involved in over 200 mergers, acquisitions and finance transactions. He also represents emerging growth companies and investors and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 28, 2010
Robert Joffe, presiding partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1999 to 2006, died Thursday of cancer at age 66. Joffe spent 42 years at Cravath where he developed a special practice, advising independent directors on corporate boards. Among other notables, he advised the directors of Fannie Mae during its accounting scandal in 2004 and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Reed Smith has added two partners to its corporate and securities group in New York. Michael Smith, whose practice focuses on corporate and securities law with regards to international financing moved from Patton Boggs. Kenneth Regensburg, who moved from White & Case, has a practice focused on M&A, public capital markets, private equity, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Nearly two weeks after the massive earthquake that killed an estimated 100,000 pepole, Jean-Frédéric Salès reopened his law office, Cabinet Salès, located outside Port–au-Prince, Haiti. Salès counts himself lucky, as both his house and the law office, located in the suburb of Pétion-Ville, escaped major damage. The firm’s eight attorneys and its staff also survived. “The [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 7, 2009
Kirkland & Ellis built its reputation on the backs of trial attorneys Thomas Yannucci, who has headed the firm’s worldwide management committee since 2001. He is being replaced by Jeffrey Hammes, a corporate attorney from the private equities practice who has been with the firm since 1985 and has helped Kirkland & Ellis expand [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 12, 2009
Baker Hostetler has opened a new office in Chicago, led by partner Ronald Okada who makes the move from the firms cleveland office. Currently, the office has four attorneys including Okada. Timothy Eloe has jumped from McDermott Will & Emery and will bring his practice, focused on leveraged buyouts and corporate transactions, to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 6, 2009
Latham & Watkins & Watkins promoted 23 of its associates to partner this week. With twelve promotions coming in corporate law and five more in finance, this could be viewed as a sign of optimism about the economic recovery. In addition, 13 associates were promoted to of counsel. & Watkins Although this years class [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 22, 2009
Sullivan & Cromwell announced its latest class of partners and four of the five promotions are women. The firm highlighted family friendly policies like flex time and maternity leave, which are aimed at recruiting and retaining more female lawyers. Three of the five promotions came in the area of corporate law which could [...]
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