Diane Jeantet

March 12, 2013 | The American Lawyer

K&L Gates expands its energy and insurance practices while adding two partners in Hong Kong; Adobe Systems's general counsel moves to Sidley Austin; and a former assistant chief at the Department of Justice joins Paul Hastings. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Diane Jeantet

5 minute read

April 02, 2013 | The American Lawyer

K&L Gates opens an office in Wilmington, Delaware; Morrison & Foerster strengthens its privacy and data security practices with three new hires; and Sedgwick acquires Abadin Cook to open a Miami location. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Diane Jeantet

5 minute read

January 04, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Michael Jones of Loeb & Loeb said he got his first taste of gay rights activism as an undergraduate seeking equitable treatment in the early days of the fight against bias based on sexual orientation. In one sign of how much has changed since those days, Jones is now married, and through volunteer work with his husband met the client who would provide him with his latest pro bono triumph.

By Diane Jeantet

7 minute read

December 07, 2012 | The American Lawyer

A Day Pitney partner gets appointed as federal judge to the United States District Court in Connecticut; two Bingham McCutchen attorneys jump to Hunton & Williams; and a former U.S. Marine Corps officer heads to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Diane Jeantet

4 minute read

December 18, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Am Law 100 firms, along with Canada's Blake, Cassels & Graydon and Netherlands-based De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, have landed legal advisory roles on PPG Industries' $1.05 billion acquisition of Akzo Nobel's North American architectural coatings business.

By Diane Jeantet

4 minute read

November 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Toronto-based private equity firm Onex Corporation has agreed to acquire USI Insurance Services from GS Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs Group, in a deal valued at $2.3 billion.

By Diane Jeantet

3 minute read

January 11, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Two intellectual property attorneys leave Goodwin Procter for Fish & Richardson, bringing along longtime clients; a former Blank Rome partner joins Lucosky Brookman to open the firm's first office on the West Coast; and McDermott Will & Emery hires two former Epstein Becker & Green health care lawyers. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Diane Jeantet

6 minute read

March 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan expands its Washington, D.C., office with a health care fraud expert; Fish & Richardson hires the head of Weil, Gotshal & Manges's Boston litigation practice; and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr gains two former government lawyers. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Diane Jeantet

5 minute read