Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the addition of international litigator Malcolm S. McNeil as a partner in the firm’s Complex Litigation practice. Mr. McNeil joins the Los Angeles office and focuses his litigation practice on behalf of businesses that work in venture capital formation, retailing, textiles, aviation, manufacturing, trade, real estate, and publishing. (more…)
Akin Gump advised private equity firm True Green Capital on the closing of a $130 million credit facility with KeyBank National Association and Investec Bank plc. The credit facility is secured by a number of solar projects across the northeastern United States. (more…)
Dentons announced today that David O. Blood has joined its Corporate practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. He brings more than 15 years of experience negotiating corporate transactions, particularly where media, sports, technology and intellectual property are key assets. (more…)
Hamid Namazie has joined McGuireWoods LLP as a partner in the firm’s Debt Finance Department, where he will focus on advising clients on all facets of secured and unsecured lending transactions in both the large corporate and middle markets. (more…)
Three prominent bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys, nationally known for their work advising bondholders and distressed debt purchasers and for restructuring billions of dollars of debt, are joining Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP. (more…)
Global law firm Proskauer announced today that Siegmund Gutman has joined the firm as a litigation partner and chair of its Life Sciences Patent practice, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
Mr. Gutman is an accomplished patent litigator, having frequently represented clients before trial and appellate courts, as well as arbitration panels. In the life sciences area, Mr. Gutman concentrates his practice on developing and executing market exclusivity and freedom-to-operate strategies, including patent office and FDA regulatory strategies, for leading biologics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients. He has extensive experience successfully litigating biologic drug patent and Hatch-Waxman cases, and has frequently spoken and written about issues relating to biosimilars and generic drugs. (more…)
Polsinelli welcomes attorney John L. Babala as a shareholder in the firm’s growing national Corporate and Transactional Practice. Babala has spent nearly 20 years representing individuals, and private and public businesses through virtually every strategic phase of the business and economic life cycle. (more…)
Carlton Fields Jorden Burt announced today that it has opened an office in Los Angeles, California.
“We have substantial clients, cases, and transactions in California. So opening an office in Los Angeles is a natural progression of our growth,” said Gary L. Sasso, President and CEO of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt. (more…)
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Katherine J. Blair has joined the firm’s Capital Markets practice as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Previously a partner at K&L Gates LLP, Blair reconnects with her former partner Thomas J. Poletti, who joined Manatt’s Capital Markets practice in Orange County last month. (more…)
TroyGould PC, a nationally recognized law firm for business, is pleased to welcome Aaron Bloom as a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Bloom began his legal career 13 years ago at Greenberg Glusker, where he advanced from summer clerk to partner. He has extensive experience handling a wide variety of entertainment, real estate and general business disputes for high-profile clients. Bloom has first chair bench and jury trial experience, and his clients look to him to handle all aspects of litigation including discovery and the enforcement of judgments. (more…)
Norton Rose Fulbright’s employment and labor team is expanding its roster with the addition of three lawyers in the Los Angeles office (more…)
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy announced that experienced corporate finance lawyer Eric Reimer has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. (more…)
