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Holland & Knight adds three new partners in Florida

Holland & Knight, LLP, added three new partners: Kara L. MacCullough, Laurie Green, and Esther L. Moreno in its securities and mergers & acquisitions practices in South Florida office. The trio comes from Akerman Senterfitt, where they served as shareholders. The three new partners are veteran Securities and M&A specialists with established reputation in Florida.

The firm has significantly expanded its practice group with the new additions and also with the three lateral hires earlier this year. MacCullough who chaired that earlier firm’s securities practice group will now concentrate in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, and international corporate transactions, along with the other partner, Moreno. The duo recently served as lead counsel for SBA Communications Corporation's $1.1 billion acquisition of AAT Communications Corp. They had earlier represented public companies in connection with equity and debt offerings and debt tender offers in excess of $3.5 billion.

MacCullough and Moreno focus their practice in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions, and international corporate transactions. During the past three years, they have also represented public companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, including recently serving as lead counsel for SBA Communications Corporation's $1.1 billion acquisition of AAT Communications Corp. Green has experience from her working in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance for 11 years prior to entering private practice. She will now gain a foothold on a national platform in the new firm.

01-15-2007

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Fortune’s ‘100 Best’ lists five law firms too!

Want to know which firm will prove to be the best employer? Fortune 100 has the answer. The magazine listed the Top 100 employers to work for where five law firms were listed, unlike last year’s list, which had only California-based firm Morrison & Foerster listed. The magazine gathers nominations in addition to asking people for their opinions to ascertain who is among the Top 100 employers. Participating companies have to submit a cultural audit on items such as compensation, benefits, and diversity promotion matters within the firm. This time, Google walked away with the top rank.

All firms take these surveys very seriously because of their importance in hiring new candidates. The firms who made the list are Alston & Bird, Arnold & Porter, Nixon Peabody, Perkins Coie, and Bingham McCutchen.

Bingham McCutchen’s chief Jay Zimmerman stated that the outcome definitely has a huge bearing from the recruitment point of view and the results have boosted the firm’s morale. Bingham also makes up by recruiting women who add up to make 23 percent of the firm’s partner ranks, the highest reported in the magazine. He was in agreement to the fact that making the list is getting increasingly tough, with ace companies like Google offering their employees perks ranging from free meals to free doctors.

However, recruiters opine that though important, the list is not the only factor for retention levels. At the moment, the firms who could make the ranks are celebrating rather than calculating the effects.

01-12-2007

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Kirkland sets private equity shop in Hong Kong

International law firm Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, opened shop in Hong Kong under the guardianship of David Patrick Eich, the firm’s private equity partner from London. He will be joined by Chuan Li, a partner in the firm’s Chicago office, and Tai Hsia, senior associate from London. The firm is relying heavily on the trio’s extensive private equity experience to add muscle to its new office off shores. Besides the three seniors, the new Hong Kong team has 20 more lawyers with great deal of Asian experience and cultural links from the firm’s U.S. and European offices.

Eich is the chief architect steering the firm’s European transactional practice’s global group, which recently annexed the $10.2 billion leveraged buyout of Philips Semiconductors on behalf of a conglomerate of private equity funds. The firm is looking forward to opening a fully functional office in the Asian subcontinent owing to the growing economic transformation in the mainland as well as the firm’s existing private equity clients in the country. With the private equity practice assuming global hues, the firm’s top-tier buyout clients in Asia also expect an international level of expertise in the country.

Kirkland & Ellis’ more than 1,200 lawyers handle complex legal issues, including private equity, restructuring, tax, intellectual property, and litigation for clients all over the world. To their credit, they have represented more than 80 private equity funds in the last decade and have amassed more than $140 billion for financial sponsors.

01-12-2007

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Littler Mendelson fortifies Midwest presence

Employment and labor law pundit Littler Mendelson, P.C., is devising a merger with Cleveland-based Duvin, Cahn & Hutton, another independent firm which solely concentrates on labor and employment law. The firms are combining forces to cater to their Ohio-based business clients’ growing legal needs. Both the firms’ attorneys, advise national clients on a wide array of industries.

Littler’s workforce grows to more than 590 lawyers in 39 offices across the country with the addition of Duvin's 47 attorneys. Littler's latest merger allows the firm to maintain its frontrunner position in the country as a firm completely devoted to representing management in employment, employee benefits, and labor law matters. With 47 attorneys, Duvin, Cahn & Hutton, is recognized for its expertise in labor and employment laws, while Littler’s 550 attorneys across the country are devoted exclusively to representing management in employment, employee benefits and labor law matters for clients that range from Fortune 500 companies to small-business owners.

Marko Mrkonich, president of Littler Mendelson, stated that both firms have great hopes to better serve their respective clients from the new association. Littler commands a heavy Midwest presence and the addition of Cleveland will enable it to better serve existing clients there. Duvin's current Cleveland office will be home to the new staff and lawyers as well as the Littler attorneys.

01-11-2007

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K&L’s Berlin march

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP opened its first Continental European office in Berlin. The new office will house 11 partners and a cache of associates. The firm will place its new partners, former Taylor Wessing employees, in the Berlin office. Taylor Wessing is an international firm of British and German origins. The move follows close on the heels of the firm’s merger in December last year.

K&L Gates’ attorneys in Germany will offer their expertise in several disciplines and industries, including corporate counseling, mergers and acquisitions, securities, private equity, real estate, media, technology, entertainment, and labor. The team will include corporate and M&A partners Rüdiger von Hülst, Eberhardt Kühne, Thomas Lappe, and Stefan Kimmel; media and entertainment partner Martin von Albrecht; real estate partners Georg Foerstner, Felix Greuner, Christoph Wagner, Christoph Mank, and Christian Hullman; and labor partner Manfred Hack.

The emerging legal needs of the firm’s British and other European clients augmented the firm’s need to expand in the European shores. The parent firm, K&L Gates comprises nearly 1,400 lawyers in 22 offices located all over the globe representing clients in capital markets, entrepreneurs, growth and middle market companies, FORTUNE 100 and FTSE 100 global corporations apart from public sector entities.

01-11-2007

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Mayer Brown forms Congressional Oversight Strategy team

International law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw created a Congressional Oversight Strategy Group, a team of attorneys and professionals that will look into the Congressional Oversight Management. This team, which will be based in Washington, DC, will have 19 members from the firm’s legislative, white-collar defense, government contracts, banking and securities, and energy practice groups. The firm has considerably been involved from time to time with key state and federal regulatory agencies’ interests.

Making the announcement of the formation, Ty Fahner, former Attorney General of Illinois and Chairman of the firm, said that this group will advise Fortune 500 clients in the United States and globally on issues projected to receive intense scrutiny by the 110th Congress. With Capitol Hill gearing up for a period of heightened regulatory and investigative activity, the firm’s team is well suited to assist clients.

Members of the Congressional Oversight Strategy Group will include a variety of key players, from prominent former secretaries and members of Congress to White House officials and top-tier attorneys. The firm’s Washington office registered 42 percent increase in attorney-strength in 2006. Mayer Brown’s 1,500 lawyers register the firm’s global position as a top drawer litigation firm.

01-10-2007

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Bumgardner law firm to go in for a new look

Ideas Squared has been enlisted by prominent personal injury law firm in North Carolina, Bumgardner, to revamp the firm’s public image and website. The move comes as a result of the firm’s intention to launch its new image in February 2007 under the URL of www.bumgardnerlawfirm.com.

Jay Joyce of Ideas Squared, a technical firm which has undertaken the assignment, stated that the law firm has been well known across North and South Carolina for their expert advice and legal practice, which spans over 37 years. He stated that the real challenge is to capture the firm’s essence and to creatively reproduce that in a novel presentation in branding and website design.

Talking about the new look, Joyce said that it will represent “strength, longevity, dependability and forward movement," for which pulsating, warm earthy hues have been put to use to promote the firm’s ethos among the new clients.

01-10-2007

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