Atlanta
- Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker gets restructuring partner John Douglas and counsel Chris Daniel from Alston & Bird.
Boston
- Foley Hoag gets mergers and acquisitions and private equity partner Douglas A. Zingale from Greenberg Traurig.
- LeClair Ryan launches a Boston office with ten lawyers Donovan Hatem.
Charlotte
- Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman get financial services partner Kent from Helms Mulliss & Wicker of Charlotte.
- Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal gets litigation partner Jonathan A. Vogel. Mr. Vogel was previously a former assistant U.S. attorney at the Western District of North Carolina, and also served as deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Education.
Chicago
- Reed Smith gets tax, wealth planning and benefits partner Mary C. Downie from Jenner & Block, and of-counsel Judith Rea Heck from The Northern Trust Co. of Chicago.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Duane Morris opens offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Houston
- Porter & Hedges gets energy and real estate partner Greg Barker from Fulbright & Jaworski.
London
- Eversheds gets India specialist Gauri Advani from Denton Wilde Sapte.
New York
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld gets tax partner Geoffrey E. Secol from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy where Mr. Secol was a counsel.
- Crowell & Moring gets tax partner Viva Hammer from the U.S. Treasury Department.
- Dorsey & Whitney gets litigation partner Steven R. Schoenfeld from Torys.
- Heller Ehrman gets intellectual-property litigation partner Joy Arnold from King & Spalding.
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel gets environmental partner Charles S. Warren from Bryan Cave. Mr Warren, who will become chairman of the firm's environmental group is a former regional administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Loeb & Loeb gets corporate partner Stephen Cohen from Morgan Lewis where Mr. Cohen was a senior counsel.
- Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw gets corporate partner Sterling M. Dorish from King & Spalding, where Mr. Dorish was an associate. Mr. Dorish had been previously associated with Mayer Brown’s Chicago and London offices.
- Reed Smith gets bankruptcy partner Edward J. Estrada from LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, where Mr. Estrada was an associate.
- Shearman & Sterling gets back tax partner Tammy P. Bieber. She was formerly senior adviser to the chief accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Rome
- Lovells gets competition partner Gianluca Belotti from SJ Berwin and corporate partner Paolo Tannoni from E&Y Law.
Stamford, CT
- McCarter & English gets insurance coverage partner Joseph J. Cherico from Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker.
Washington, DC
- Dewey Ballantine gets intellectual property litigation partners Dirk D. Thomas, Robert A. Auchter and Kenneth A. Freeling from Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi.
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton get litigation partners Christopher S. Huther and Megan H. Troy from Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis.
