Dechert said on Wednesday that it will close its offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Chicago later this year. The Philadelphia-founded law firm did not answer questions about why it was closing the offices or what would happen to its lawyers and staff based in those cities. Read more.
More from the legal industry:
A conservative group sued Northwestern University law school over discrimination against white men in faculty hiring … Rudy Giuliani lost his New York law license … Lawyer Brian Glueckstein’s 4,000 hours in FTX bankruptcy has helped Sullivan & Cromwell reach close to $200 million in billing … Law firm Freedman Normand Friedland, which is known for representing cryptocurrency investors, and its ex-partner Jason Cyrulnik ended their legal battle … Roberta Kaplan, who represented writer E. Jean Carroll against Trump, will launch a new firm … Plus, new data found that there were 29 law firm mergers finalized in the first half of the year.
Moves:
In New York …
Cahill Gordon & Reindel hired Kiersten Fletcher as a partner in its white collar defense and investigations practice. Fletcher was most recently an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York … Haynes and Boone added real estate litigation partner Brett Dockwell from Morrison Cohen … Elena Millerman joined Davis Polk as a partner and co-head of the firm’s infrastructure finance practice. Millerman was the global head of the project development and finance group at White & Case … Venable brought on Gillian Deutch as a partner in its real estate finance group from Nelson Mullins … Freshfields hired tax partner Steven Matays from Skadden where he headed the firm’s New York tax practice.
In Washington, D.C. …
Dentons added Seyferth Shaw partner James Newland to its litigation practice … DLA Piper brought on Gregory Saiontz as a partner to its corporate practice from Goodwin … Proskauer recruited Kevin Abikoff to lead its global corporate investigations and compliance practice from Hughes Hubbard … Bradley hired financial services and government enforcement partner Bob McGahan from Nelson Mullins.
In Los Angeles …
Twenty-five lawyers from litigation firm Conkle, Kremer & Engel joined Thompson Hine’s new Los Angeles office.
In Miami …
Wiggin and Dana added restructuring partner Tamara Van Heel from Agentis.
In Houston …
Nelson Mullins added a group of nine tax attorneys from Chamberlain Hrdlicka … Bradley added litigation partner Lauren Black from BoyarMiller … Womble Bond Dickinson brought on tax partner Phyllis Guillory from Chamberlain Hrdlicka.
In Dallas …
Holland & Knight picked up insurance regulatory lawyer Ronnie Johnson from McGlinchey Stafford. Winstead hired real estate partner Luis Murguia from Fried Frank.
In Denver …
Venable recruited Peter Koclanes as a partner in its commercial litigation practice from Sherman & Howard.
In Minneapolis …
Business transactions partner Allie Itami joined Lathrop GPM from Groom Law Group.
In Paris …
Paul Hastings will add a 12-lawyer team from litigation and investigations firm Antonin Lévy & Associés.
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