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Lawyer Moves
JANUARY 2013
WIncKWoRtH SHERWood StREnGtHEnS
London REaL EStatE tEaMS Law firm Winckworth Sherwood has strengthened its London Real Estate teams with the appointment of solicitors Mary Ridgeon and James Mackay.
Mary joins Winckworth Sherwood’s market- leading residential plot sales team from London law firm Prince Evans, where she was its head of low cost home ownership. She acts for a number of housing associations creating schemes for plot sales across London and the South East. Recent schemes have included major developments in tottenham Hale and around arsenal Football club’s Emirates stadium.
James joins the firm’s commercial real estate team from nabarro LLP, where he was a senior
associate. James’ clients include government bodies, local authorities, investment and pension funds and landed estates. He also has extensive experience in acting for lenders on property and corporate transactions.
Both Mary and James joined Winckworth Sherwood on 2 January 2013.
Roger Fitton, Managing Partner, Winckworth Sherwood, said: “I am delighted to see our Real Estate teams being strengthened in this way and give a warm welcome to James and Mary. the demand for our property services is growing considerably and I look forward to the contribution they will make to our continued success.”
BaKER & McKEnZIE WELcoMES cRoSS-BoRdER IP PaRtnER KEnSaKU taKaSE to tHE toKYo oFFIcE
Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) welcomes new partner Kensaku takase, a Registered Foreign Lawyer (gaikokuho jimu bengoshi) who joined the tokyo office as of January 5. Mr. takase will be working as a member of the Intellectual Property/ Information technology/ Electronic commerce (IP/It/Ec) group and will mainly be involved with cross-border IP matters, having vast experience in the field of intellectual property rights and information technology.
Mr. takase joined the Firm from the Intellectual Property group of a international law firm. He focuses his practice on intellectual property, media, and information technology laws, having assisted numerous clients with copyright and design regulations including contentious trademark issues, passing-off and unfair competition matters, large-scale trademark filing programs, international trademark portfolio management and anti-counterfeiting work. He also advises clients on copyright clearances and licensing
arrangements, and represents them in disputes relating to copyright and design infringement.
commenting on Mr. takase’s arrival to the Firm, Managing Partner of Baker & McKenzie tokyo, Yoshiaki Muto, stated, "as the number of Japanese companies expanding overseas continue to grow rapidly, establishing and efficiently managing a global intellectual property portfolio is becoming a critical part of running a business. concurrently, it becomes important for corporations to deal with intellectual property right violations which have become particularly subtle. In recent years, our clients prioritize risks surrounding cyber security, information privacy and data breaches among their top concerns. With Mr. takase joining our office, we strengthen our IP/It/Ec practice locally and globally – enhancing our offering to clients dealing with issues related to overseas expansion with our global network of 45 countries around the world.”
FoRMER oHIo SUPREME coURt JUStIcE YVEttE McGEE BRoWn to JoIn JonES daY In
coLUMBUS Jones day has announced that former ohio Supreme court Justice Yvette McGee Brown will join as a partner in the Firm's columbus office where she will be part of Jones day's Business and tort Litigation (USa) Practice. She served on the court from January 2011 through december of 2012 after a long and distinguished judicial and public service career.
"as we continue to expand our capabilities throughout the Midwest, Yvette brings a terrific judicial perspective to our world class litigation practice," said Lyle Ganske, the partner responsible for coordinating the Firm's activities in cleveland, columbus, and Pittsburgh. "Her experience will be extremely valuable to our clients dealing with disputes throughout ohio, the broader Midwest region, and around the world."
Justice McGee Brown brings experience deciding complex constitutional cases, regulatory, utility, health care and contract cases. She was first elected to the Franklin county common Pleas court, domestic Relations and Juvenile division, in 1992. She served on the common Pleas court until 2002, when she retired from the bench to create the center for child and Family advocacy at nationwide children's Hospital. the center is a nationally recognized multi-disciplinary child abuse and family violence program that co- locates prevention, assessment, treatment, research and advocacy services for children and families experiencing abuse. It redefines how hospitals, law enforcement and social welfare groups respond to children and families caught in the cycle of abuse. Justice McGee Brown also brings experience as a corporate leader, having served as a public company director for M/I Homes and on the board of Fifth third Bank of central ohio.
"Yvette's arrival is a testament to the type of lawyers we have here in columbus and throughout the Firm," said Liza Kessler, Partner- in-charge of Jones day's columbus office. "not only does she have significant judicial experience at both the trial and appellate levels, but she is also a giant in the columbus community with a well-deserved reputation for public service. Yvette is an effective advocate who can relate to and connect with judges and juries and we are very excited about the talent she brings to Jones day for our clients throughout the state of ohio and around the world."