Kentucky, USA
Twenty years after first joining Dinsmore & Shohl LLP as a summer associate during law school, Shawn P. Davisson returns to the Firm as a partner in the White Collar Defense and Government Investigations group, practicing out of the Washington, D.C. office ...
Kentucky, USA
In collaboration with Tony Long, General Counsel of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Dinsmore attorneys Richik Sarkar and Jenna Pletcher recently filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court of Ohio in Wilson Energy, LLC, et al. v. Redbird Development, LLC, et al., Ohio Supreme Court Case No. 2025-0029. The brief supports a transformative change in Ohio’s pleading standards, advocating for adopting the heightened “plausibility” standard currently employed by federal courts ...
New York, USA
Patterson Belknap has been shortlisted by Benchmark Litigation in its annual US Awards for the New York category. According to Benchmark, this list recognizes the country’s most distinguished litigation firms “for their exemplary work over the past 12 months ...
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that Nashville partner A.J. Bahou has been selected to the 2025 class of Nashville Health Care Council Fellows. He is one of just 27 healthcare leaders selected to the five-month intensive program designed to generate new perspectives and ideas for addressing the healthcare industry’s most pressing challenges and opportunities ...
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Haydn Richard was quoted in National Mortgage News on the possibility of CFPB’s [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau] nonbank registry changing course as Trump takes office. “The registration process itself, including creating an account and uploading documents, is going fine,” said Richards. A company he spoke with was surprised that the process wasn’t more intrusive ...
Florida, USA
Boca Raton, Fla. – January 9, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce that Regulatory Compliance and Defense partner Franklin S. Homer and his legal team prevailed in a multi-month investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s office concerning a major consumer household electrical product. Last summer, the Attorney General had accused the private electrical products and services firm, one of the more established in the U.S ...
Florida, USA
New York – January 8, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder expands the firm’s Litigation practice group with the addition of partner Paul M. Kaplan in the New York office, further strengthening its bench and capabilities with the recent hiring of three other litigation lateral partners in New York over the last six months, demonstrating the firm’s commitment to growth in the region. Mr ...
New York, USA
Ms. Bi’s arrival enhances bench strength of firm’s Patent Litigation Practice Patterson Belknap is pleased to announce that Kathryn Bi has joined the firm as a Partner in its Litigation department and as a member of the Patent Litigation practice. Ms. Bi helps clients resolve their toughest intellectual property and commercial cases, focusing her practice on complex technology disputes. She has successfully represented tech companies in numerous high-stakes patent cases. Ms ...
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Robert Maddox highlighted ignorance as one of the signs of poor governance that can impact the health of a financial institution in an interview with Bank Director magazine. Maddox, who often works with bank boards when they’re already in regulatory trouble, says a lack of information isn’t necessarily a sign of bad behavior but advises boards to clearly define what information they want to see ...
Florida, USA
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – January 7, 2025 – Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP (DHC), a prominent 70-attorney firm based in New York City. This arrangement will expand Greenspoon Marder’s service offerings, particularly in the areas of land use and government relations, and will strengthen its presence in the Northeast region of the United States ...
Italy
Milan, January 7, 2024 – International law firm Gianni & Origoni is pleased to announce the appointment of Giulio Andreani as Partner in the Tax Law department. Giulio will join with his team experts in tax restructurings and tax litigation: Angelo Tubelli, Erika Andreani and Valeria Andreani, who will all join GOP as Senior Counsels.Giulio is a well-known expert in crisis management taxation, tax litigation, and distressed M&A taxation ...
China
Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Ms. Melody He has recently joined the firm's Hong Kong office as a partner. Her joining the firm will further strengthen and enhance Han Kun's overall capabilities in providing comprehensive services to clients.Melody focuses her practice on corporate law, securities law, capital market transactions and regulatory compliance, and has practiced both in the U.S. and Hong Kong ...
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce 17 of the firm’s attorneys have been elevated to partner, effective January 1, 2025. The new partners are Alicia Adlerz, Alex Ash, Jared Batte, Leah Campbell, Dennis Daniels, Ross Darville, Kyle Doiron, Will Farmer, View More
Thailand
On January 6, 2025, Kudun and Partners proudly kicked off the new year with an inspiring firm visit from a group of international law students engaged in a cross-border pro bono initiative. The group included students from the Pro Bono Group of Thammasat University, National University of Singapore, Universiti Malaya, and International Islamic University Malaysia. The purpose of this visit was to gain insight into how corporate law firms in Thailand approach pro bono work ...
Alabama, USA
Bradley is pleased to announce that partner Casey L. Miller has been elected to serve a four-year term on the board of directors of the Nashville Bar Association (NBA) beginning January 1, 2025. Additionally, Ms. Miller was named a recipient of the President’s Award at the NBA Annual Meeting & Banquet for her work on the NBA Executive Director Search Committee and her service and dedication to the organization ...
Kentucky, USA
A Dinsmore Corporate team led by partners Christian Gonzalez and Michael Dailey recently advised on two significant bank merger transactions. In the first transaction, Dinsmore served as counsel to Northwest Bancshares, Inc., in its agreement to acquire Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc. As a result of the transaction, Northwest’s total assets will increase from approximately $14.4 billion to over $17 billion. After closing, Northwest is expected to be one of the top 100 banks in the United States ...
England
Shoosmiths today announces the appointment of noted M&A and Corporate Finance lawyer Kurt Ma as a partner in London.He joins the Corporate team, where he will develop the firm’s premium, cross-border M&A offering, particularly in financial services and technology. Kurt joins from BCLP, where he managed an international practice advising corporates, funds and financial institutions on M&A, PE, joint ventures, and investments ...
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorneys Bruce Ely and Jimmy Long attended the Alabama State Bar Tax Section's annual meeting to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Alabama Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TBOR). The TBOR was a decade-long effort led by Ely, Justice Will Sellers and Hank Hutchison. The legislation, which Ely and Long co-authored, allows taxpayers to appeal Alabama Department of Revenue and most city/county tax assessments without paying disputed amounts or posting a bond ...
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Beau Byrd was quoted in the Birmingham Business Journal on his forecast for commercial real estate (CRE) loans in the new year. Byrd said his profession saw less activity in the space recently, but that could change. “I think overall our group has been down,” he said. “And traditional commercial real estate lending was down ...
China
Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce that Mr. Liang (Alex) Tao has recently joined the firm's Hong Kong office as a partner. The addition of Mr. Liang (Alex) Tao will further strengthen and enhance Han Kun's international capital markets capabilities.Alex's practice covers a full spectrum of international capital markets transactions, including high-yield, investment-grade and convertible bond offerings and initial public offerings in the United States and Hong Kong ...
England
Shoosmiths today announces that the firm has brought in a six-person intellectual property (IP) team, led by partners Dominic Farnsworth and Leigh Smith, who are set to add strength and depth to the firm’s market-leading IP capability, as well as add new high-profile clients in the technology, financial services and consumer brands sectors ...
New York, USA
On December 31, 2024, Patterson Belknap obtained a significant victory for our client Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in a products liability case concerning cosmetic talc ...
China
As the new year begins, Han Kun Law Offices is pleased to announce the 2025 promotion of new partners. These new partners are based across Han Kun's offices, covering practice areas such as private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and overseas securities issuances and listings, investment funds/asset management, foreign direct investment, outbound investment, corporate compliance, antitrust/competition, employment, and dispute resolution ...
China
On December 30, 2024, renowned legal directory GCPROFILE announced its inaugural "Power List: Employer of Choice" list. Han Kun was named to the list, owing to its outstanding performance and well-established reputation among clients.Adhering to a people-oriented philosophy, Han Kun treasures talent as the firm's most valuable asset and is committed to creating an efficient, transparent, and professional working environment to foster the growth of young associates ...
Alabama, USA
Bradley attorney Brian Hayles was quoted in Law360 on notable cases in North Carolina to watch for in 2025. One of the cases Hayles highlighted is Racing LLC et al. v. National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Hayles explained that “the outcome of the antitrust claims against NASCAR will be interesting no matter how the case shakes out because of the size of the racing entity's business and its history of acquiring smaller outfits ...