Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that David Grinberg has joined the firm as a partner in the Century City office. He will be a member of Sidley’s global M&A practice. Mr. Grinberg previously chaired the M&A practice at his former firm and brings extensive leadership and transactional experience to his role at Sidley. (more…)
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome Michael C. Cohen to the Firm as a Partner in the Los Angeles office’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group. Mr. Cohen focuses his practice on a broad range of corporate, real estate, and other business transactions, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity, and general outside counsel representation. He joins Blank Rome from Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he was a partner for 16 years and head of the Los Angeles office’s Corporate practice group. (more…)
Christiane A. Roussell, an experienced employment lawyer, has joined the growing employment and labor practice at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as Counsel in the Los Angeles office. (more…)
James J. Thompson has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Thompson joins from Snell & Wilmer. (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Richard S. Petretti has joined the firm as a partner and will be a member of its expanding media and entertainment group. He will be based in the firm’s Century City office. Mr. Petretti is a highly experienced finance lawyer who concentrates his practice on transactions in the media and entertainment industry and leveraged financings. (more…)
Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Gregg B. Ramer has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as senior counsel in the Entertainment Department, where he will focus on transactional matters in the motion picture, television and new media industries. The firm also welcomed Junzi (June) Tan as an associate in the Entertainment Department, residing in Los Angeles. (more…)
Akin Gump advised East West Bank in its providing of a credit facility to Bona Film Group for the latter’s $235 million investment in a slate of Hollywood movies from 20th Century Fox. (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Jack S. Yeh has joined the firm in Los Angeles as a partner in its Complex Commercial Litigation practice. He will be based in Sidley’s Century City office. Mr. Yeh is an experienced trial lawyer who has represented some of the largest companies in the world. (more…)
Akin Gump today announced that James E. Fitzgerald has joined the firm as a partner in its litigation practice in Los Angeles. Mr. Fitzgerald, who has tried more than 40 trials in federal and state courts over the course of his career and handled more than 20 arbitrations, comes to Akin Gump from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. (more…)
Harry I. Johnson, until recently a member of the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), will join Morgan Lewis on October 1 as a partner. Mr. Johnson adds to the deep bench of talent in the firm’s premier Labor and Employment Practice, and his presence will further enhance its capabilities to serve employers on labor-management issues. (more…)
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Jarrett L. Fugh has joined the firm as partner in its Global Real Estate and Corporate Practices. He will be based in the firm’s San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. Mr. Fugh joins from Duane Morris. (more…)
David Quinto and Scott Commerson, two highly experienced IP lawyers with particular knowledge of the entertainment arena, have joined the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. (more…)
