International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Laurelle M. Gutierrez has joined the Firm as a partner in the Private Client Group, resident in the Silicon Valley office. Prior to joining the Firm, she was a director at a California-based law firm. (more…)
Jan 13, 2014 | Moves News | Palo Alto
Shearman & Sterling has expanded its Bay Area corporate finance practice with the addition of partner Christopher M. Forrester. Forrester arrives from Morrison & Foerster, where he practiced in their Palo Alto, Hong Kong and San Diego offices during his tenure with the firm. His practice focuses on corporate securities, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance and compliance for public and private clients in diverse industries across North America and Asia. (more…)
Jan 13, 2014 | Moves News | Palo Alto
WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Heather Tewksbury will be joining the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice on January 21, 2014. She recently served as a trial attorney with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division in San Francisco where she worked on the investigation and prosecution of criminal antitrust violations. (more…)
Jan 9, 2014 | Recent Deals | Los Angeles
Cooley advised on Fidelity National Financial’s (NYSE: FNF) combination of its ServiceLink business with Lender Processing Services, Inc. into a new holding company — Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. Black Knight Financial Services will have two operating subsidiaries — Black Knight Financial Services, LLC and ServiceLink Holdings, LLC. Cooley also advised Fidelity National on its issuance of a 35 percent interest in each of the Black Knight operating subsidiaries to funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and certain related entities. (more…)
Jan 3, 2014 | Moves News | Los Angeles
Polsinelli welcomes highly experienced attorney Christopher R. O’Brien as a shareholder in the firm’s Corporate and Transactional Practice, where he will focus on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate finance and general outside counsel advice. O’Brien joins a national team of more than 200 corporate attorneys representing businesses throughout the U.S. and abroad and more than 695 lawyers nationally with coast to coast resources. (more…)
Jan 3, 2014 | Moves News | Palo Alto
Carina M. Tan has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Tan joins from Reed Smith. (more…)
Dec 20, 2013 | Moves News | San Francisco
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2014, it is merging with MBV Law LLP.
This move adds seven attorneys to the Fox roster and bolsters its footprint in Northern California. (more…)
Dec 19, 2013 | Moves News | Irvine
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo (AALRR) is pleased to announce that Kellie Christianson has joined the firm’s Irvine, California office as a partner, bringing a 21-year practice that focuses on legal counsel and strategic advice to car dealerships and small businesses exclusively in all aspects of employment and business litigation. She had been a partner with the firm of Callahan Thompson Sherman & Caudill LLP. (more…)
Dec 19, 2013 | Moves News | Los Angeles
Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce the addition of Brian Arnold as a partner in the intellectual property litigation group in Los Angeles. He joins Snell & Wilmer from the law firm Loeb & Loeb LLP. (more…)
Dec 18, 2013 | Moves News | Los Angeles
Given the pace of change in today’s market environment and an increase in investment opportunities for our private equity clients, we are pleased to announce the expansion of our private equity capabilities on the West Coast with the addition of Marc Kenny, who joins us as a new partner to our private equity practice. (more…)
Janet Hickson has joined the Orange County, California, office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon as a partner in the firm’s national litigation practice. (more…)
Dec 16, 2013 | Moves News | San Francisco
Farella Braun + Martel LLP adds 20-year energy and real estate finance attorney Dirk R. Mueller as a partner in its Renewable Energy & Clean Technologies Practice Group and Real Estate & Land Use Department. (more…)
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