Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Richard Y. Chen to the Labor & Employment department in Los Angeles – Century City. Chen joins from Ogletree Deakins, where he was a shareholder in its Employment Law practice group in Orange County. (more…)
Leading litigator and SEC enforcement lawyer Randall Lee has joined Cooley as a partner in Los Angeles. He arrives from WilmerHale, where he founded its Los Angeles office and served as the office’s partner-in-charge for a decade. (more…)
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continued the expansion of its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in California with the strategic addition of Scott Oliver as a shareholder in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Oliver, who joins the firm from Orrick, has more than 25 years of experience defending and advising companies across an array of industries, including wireless, software, semiconductor, and digital distribution. (more…)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Deborah L. Stein has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Stein, formerly with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, will continue representing clients in their most significant commercial litigation matters. (more…)
National law firm WSHB announced the opening of its newest office in Ventura County, bringing the firm’s office count nationally to 23. With the addition of the Ventura location, WSHB enjoys an on-site presence in nine of the largest population centers in the California, the largest state in the nation. (more…)
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2019, five attorneys and additional professional staff from one of Los Angeles’ most prominent family law firms, Buter, Buzard, Fishbein & Royce LLP, joined the Firm in its Matrimonial and Family Law group, bringing its nationally recognized practice to nearly 35 attorneys and making it the largest family law practice among the Am Law 100. Joining the Firm are Kristina Royce, Partner; Ashley Silberfeld, Partner; Glenn Buzard, Of Counsel; Ali Fishbein, Associate; and Jacqueline Combs. (more…)
BakerHostetler announced today that Eric E. Sagerman will join the firm as managing partner for its Los Angeles office, signaling its intent to make a significant investment in Los Angeles and the West Coast. Sagerman joins BakerHostetler from Winston & Strawn LLP after a 28-year career, during which he served on that firm’s executive, operations and compensation committees. He was also managing partner of Winston’s Los Angeles office and chair of its national restructuring practice. (more…)
Lior Zorea, an experienced, well-regarded emerging growth companies, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions partner, has joined global Top 100 law firm Nixon Peabody’s national corporate practice as part of a strategic move by the firm to expand its capabilities on the West Coast. The firm has a strong reputation in the areas of securities law, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions. Lior joins Nixon Peabody from Perkins Coie LLP. (more…)
Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s Litigation practice group with the addition of partner Jayesh Patel in Los Angeles. (more…)
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Kenneth A. Kecskes as a real estate partner in the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. He joins the firm from Fox Rothschild LLP.
Kecskes advises national and international clients on a wide variety of real estate-related transactions, such as acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, real estate secured and mezzanine financings, equity investments, and capital stack structuring in relation to residential, commercial, retail, industrial, hospitality, mixed use, and sports venue projects.
He assists real estate developers along the full life cycle of a development, including due diligence, political strategy, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reviews, and public and private sector negotiations, as well as other regulatory matters involving federal, state, and local agencies. Kecskes also serves Asia-based clients pursuing investments in United States real estate ventures.
“Ken’s recruitment is another strategic hire for the firm as we expand our real estate capabilities in the Bay Area and California legal markets,” said Matt Norton, a leader for K&L Gates’ global real estate practice and partner in the firm’s New York and Charleston offices. “In addition to Ken comfortably covering northern and southern California, his extensive experience in a broad range of real estate, development, and finance matters makes him a tremendous addition to our firmwide real estate practice. Our clients will benefit greatly having him on our global platform.”
Matt Mangan, managing partner of K&L Gates’ San Francisco office, commented: “We’re excited to have Ken join the firm; his practice will enhance our growing real estate group at the state, national, and international levels. His addition to our San Francisco and Los Angeles offices also supports our overall strategic growth plan in California.”
Kecskes is an active member of the Urban Land Institute, where he serves as a member of one of its national product councils devoted to community development and volunteers as a member of the UrbanPlan program in Bay Area high schools. He is Vice Chair for Sustainable Development on the American Bar Association’s Section on Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Ecosystems.
“K&L Gates offers an outstanding footprint for international investors in U.S. real estate,” Kecskes stated. “The depth of the firm’s real estate practice along with the deep bench of private equity and tax professionals worldwide make K&L Gates the preferred law firm for sophisticated real estate fund managers and institutional grade investors seeking real property opportunities in the United States. I am excited to be joining the team.”
Kecskes’s arrival follows the recent real estate additions of Randall Gerkens in Melbourne and Jody Saltzman in Newark.
With more than 135 lawyers, K&L Gates has one of the largest, most diversified real estate practices of any global law firm, advising clients in a variety of real estate investment, land use, planning and zoning, development and construction, financing, leasing, tax, and litigation matters.
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce the addition of Robert Blamires, who joined the firm’s San Francisco office and is a member of the Technology Transactions Practice. Qualified in the US, England and Wales, and Ireland, Blamires’ deep capabilities in data privacy law enhances Latham’s ability to help clients understand and prepare for the legal implications of multi-jurisdictional privacy laws, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), forthcoming developments to US privacy laws, and global data breach notification standards. (more…)
Allen Matkins, a California-based full service business and real estate law firm, announced today the addition of tax partner Kate Kraus to its Los Angeles office. Kate has extensive experience in tax planning and structuring. She joins Allen Matkins after serving as a principal and head of partnership tax at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA), one of the largest accounting firms in the U.S. Kate previously was a member of the Partnership Transaction Planning & Economics Group in the National Tax Department of Ernst & Young LLP (EY) where she represented partnerships and their partners in matters involving formations, financing transactions, acquisitions, restructurings, debt workouts, and liquidations. (more…)
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