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Davis teams up with CAAS' Risk Management Services

Richard E. Davis, a prominent advocate of good data management practices, has taken over the directorship of Litigation Risk Management Services at Constantine & Aborn Advisory Services. Davis, whose career spans more than two decades, specializes in legal and technology matters and has amassed considerable experience while dealing with some of the country's top law firms. CAAS hopes to leverage on Davis' technological experience in order to manage litigation clients more efficiently. Davis' vast experience will complement the firm's expertise and increase their range of professional services.

CAAS provides software and hardware solutions and consultative services to law firms and corporate legal departments. The firm emphasizes aiding litigators with strategic technological backup to ensure complete success. With offices in New York and Washington DC, CAAS, a multidisciplinary consultancy firm, helps clients with its expertise and specialized skills in complex litigation issues, consulting and advisory services.

10-02-2006

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King & Spalding adds new talent to IP team

International law firm King & Spalding has added three new partners to its Atlanta office-Tony Askew, Steve Schaetzel and Jim Johnson- to join the firm's intellectual property group. This major move follows close on the heels of the firm's decision to consolidate its IP practices. The three new partners come from Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. King & Spalding intends to bank on the expertise of the three new additions to enhance its capabilities in patent litigation, particularly in the areas of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Askew, Schaetzel and Johnson are well-known patent lawyers and bring with them more than 60 years of combined experience in the sector.

Since 2004, King & Spalding's IP and life sciences practices has registered significant growth to its present strength of more than 100 attorneys and patent agents. The firm is on the lookout for more additions to its talent. With more than 800 lawyers currently practicing in its offices across the U.S. and the U.K, the firm intends to recruit more personnel with the aim to solidify its stronghold in this sector among peer groups.

09-29-2006

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Mayer Brown gives financial practices a revamp

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is in midst of revamping its finance and private equity practices. The move comes in the wake of the firm's decision to muscle-up its New York office with new leaders, after four of its partners deserted to MoFo. Apart from the new additions, senior partners in the firm have also been promoted in an attempt to restructure its present capacity.

Brian Trust, former joint-partner, has been elevated to take charge of the firm's financial restructuring and bankruptcy practice in New York. He will continue to handle complex bankruptcy reorganizations, restructuring and financing. Trust will have Hector Gonzalez and John Ferrell joining him as partners in New York. Mayer Brown is building strategies to integrate practice areas throughout its global market. With this aim, it hired Gary Jungels and Olga Loy, experts in buyout, venture and other private equity funds, as partners to lead the expansion of the firm's Chicago private equity fund formation practice.

Mayer Brown, which has offices in 13 major cities worldwide, enjoys an impressive clientele list with major blue-chip companies, financial institutions to multinational businesses. The firm's New York office started working in 1978 and more than 200 attorneys are currently engaged in offering clients advise on wide range of practices including private and project financing, securitization, bank regulation, capital markets, corporate, venture capital, M&A, leveraged leasing and restructurings, real estate, tax advice, etc.

09-29-2006

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DLA Piper boosts real estate practice in Norway

Hans Christian Brodtkorb was appointed as partner in DLA Piper's Real Estate and Construction group in Oslo. Prior to joining DLA, Brodtkorb was head of legal group at NCC Construction AS and the legal department of Veidekke ASA, two large construction companies in Norway. He has extensive expertise in areas including real estate and construction, and several civil projects.

Brodtkorb serves as a legal and strategic advisor for several companies within real estate and construction and is a member of the Norwegian Construction Law Association. DLA Piper has more than 3,200 lawyers in 61 offices in 23 countries worldwide who advises a varied clientele on various business practice sectors and hopes to invest heavily on Brodtkorb's experience to strengthen the firm's expertise in real estate and construction work.

09-28-2006

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K&LNG courts Preston for merger

Pittsburgh-based Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP and Seattle-based Preston Gates & Ellis LLP are building strategies for a possible merger. If the discussions are successful, it will create one of the largest multifaceted firms with diverse practice areas, covering all major destinations of the world. The move will generate a law firm with strength of 1,400 lawyers in 21 offices across continents. The talks which began in July would finalize by the year's end.

Since its inception in 1946, K&LNG's workforce has grown to more than 1,000 lawyers in its Pittsburgh office and its revenue touched $468.9 million in 2005. PG&E which was established in 1883 is the second largest law firm with 420 lawyers and 200 partners in 11 offices, including 226 attorneys in Seattle. Its strengths are corporate finance, intellectual property, technology law, besides M&A. The two firms are assessing each others' practice areas, especially the complementary areas of expertise and others that may tip the balance.

09-28-2006

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K&LNG ensures all lawyers are equal

Harvard Law School Women's Law Association conducted a national survey on treatment of women lawyers in many prominent U.S. law firms. Based on its outcome, two offices of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, in Washington and Pittsburgh respectively, grabbed the top position owing to its positive attitude towards women colleagues. The survey, "Presumed Equal: What America's Top Women Lawyers Really Think About Their Firms," was conducted among 105 U.S. law firms, wherein K&LNG's overall constructive attitude towards its women lawyers catapulted the firm to the 13th position nationally.

The survey, conducted with the aim to gain insight into the emerging role of women at top law firms, based its results on responses gathered from several thousands of anonymous responders. Queries were sent to women lawyers across the country on whether the firm's provided them with adequate training on various factors-like leadership, business development, part-time opportunities, personal and professional advancement, etc, besides working environment, gender equality practices, work-life balance, mentoring and diversity. The survey was also an attempt to educate wannabe lawyers on firm cultures and how to choose the best between two good firms based on the suitability of needs.

K&LNG has offices working simultaneously in the U.S. and the U.K. with a workforce of 1000 lawyers, representing a varied clientele ranging from entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 corporations globally.

09-27-2006

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Norton Rose enhances securities team

Former director at Barclays Capital, Dean Naumowicz joined Norton Rose as a partner in its international securities team in London. The move has boosted the total number of partners in the group to five in just over a year. Naumowicz, whose expertise includes derivatives, focuses on emerging markets and has advised numerous clients on OTC derivatives and structured finance transactions. He has worked on a wide range of innovative finance structures in emerging markets. Norton hopes to benefit from Naumowicz's experience in first tier institutions and his connections in emerging markets.

As Norton Rose strives to rebuild and strengthen its securitization capabilities and develop a profitable OTC derivatives practice, with Naumowicz's inclusion the firm completed four lateral hires, and is still keeping its doors open. Besides Naumowicz, the other partners in the International Securities Group are experts in derivatives and structured finance, debt capital markets, securitization, and Islamic structured finance. Norton Rose boasts of a work force of 1,000 lawyers across continents that support clients in corporate finance; financial institutions; energy and infrastructure; transport; and technology.

09-27-2006

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