Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable Moves

Abu Dhabi

• Allen & Overy gets corporate partners Ibrahim Mubaydeen and Francois Duquette from Simmons & Simmons.

Beijing

• DLA Piper gets corporate partner Steven Liu from Heller .

Boston

• Nixon Peabody gets government investigations and white collar defense partners Mark D. Seltzer and Brian French, together with four associates from Holland & Knight.

Chicago

• Baker & McKenzie gets investigations and business crimes partner Robert W. Tarun from Latham & Watkins (where he was the co-head of that practice); and corporate and securities partner Addison Braendel from Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw.

Dallas

• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher gets intellectual property partner Mark N. Reiter from Jones Day.

London

• Covington & Burling gets litigation (policyholder coverage) partner Roger Enock and mergers and acquisitions partner Martin from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
• Howrey gets antitrust partner Tom McQuail from Lovells.

Munich

• Latham & Watkins gets finance partner Andreas Diem from Shearman & Sterling, and private equity partner Volkmar Bruckner from Dechert.

Madrid

• Latham & Watkins gets administrative law partner Antonio Morales from Lovells.

New York

• Baker & McKenzie gets banking, finance and major projects partner ta Dinlenc from Bingham McCutchen, where he was a counsel.
• Dewey Ballantine gets antitrust and trade regulation counsel James F. Lerner from Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
• DLA Piper gets corporate partner Christopher C. Paci from King & Spalding.
• Jones Day gets corporate partner Vanessa Spiro from King & Spalding.
• Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw gets tax partner Richard Leavy from McDermott Will & Emery.
• McDermott Will & Emery gets intellectual property, media and technology partner Michael Shanahan from Brown Rudnick.
• Pepper Hamilton gets securitization counsel Joseph F. Voyticky from Allen & Overy.
• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman gets energy partner Barry Gassman from Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw.
• Squire Sanders & Dempsey gets litigation partners Richard Mattiaccio, Steven Skulnik and Victor Genecin from Pavia & Harcourt, where Mr. Mattiaccio was the former chair of that firm’s litigation and arbitration practice.

Washington, DC

• Dewey Ballantine gets IP litigation partners Dirk Thomas (who will co-chair the firmwide IP litigation group), Robert Auchter and Kenneth Freeling from Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi.

Warsaw, Poland

• DLA Piper has opened a new office in Warsaw, Poland, headed by corporate and asset restructuring partner Krzysztof Wlater, together with energy partners Pawell Grzejszczak and Michael Zieniewski.

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