Emily Kirsch and Paul Niehaus Open Boutique Firm, Kirsch & Niehaus
And other announcements of recent hirings, promotions and firm openings involving New York attorneys.
June 22, 2018 at 02:30 PM
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• Emily Kirsch and Paul Niehaus have opened a boutique law firm, Kirsch & Niehaus, which will have a focus in litigation and transactions for commercial and intellectual property interests. Both previously each had their own boutique firms.
• Charles Howland has joined Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle as partner and head of the firm's environmental practice. He was previously at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• William Stock has opened his solo practice with appellate focus. Previously, he was an appellate attorney at Cheven, Keely & Hatzis.
• David Kravitz has been named as the new co-head of Katten Muchin Rosenman's mergers and acquisitions practice.
• Leni Battaglia, James Fang, Laura Wright, and Cosimo Zavaglia have been elected as partners at Morgan Lewis.
• Venable has added Eric Prager to its intellectual property transactions practice as a partner. He was previously at K&L Gates.
• Steven Rabitz has joined Dechert as a partner in its employee benefit and executive compensation group. He was formerly at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.
• Morgan Lewis has hired Brendan Kalb to its investment management team as a partner. He joins from AQR Capital.
• Taila Martin has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth. She was previously at Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf.
• Adam Rabinowitz has joined Hornberger Fuller & Garza. Previously, he was a partner at Golden Steves & Gordon.
• Parabellum Capital has added Dai Wai Chin Feman as director of commercial litigation strategies, and Sean Thompson as director of intellectual property strategies. Chin Feman joins from Dorsey & Whitney, and Thompson joins from WilmerHale.
• Outten & Golden has hired Sabine Jean, Lauren McGlothlin, Fahreen Velji, and Shane Young as associates.
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