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PROMINENT wHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL DEFENSE LITIGATOR DANIEL RUBINSTEIN, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AUTHORITY, PAUL MCGRADY, JOIN wINSTON & STRAwN’S

GLOBAL LITIGATION PRACTICE Winston & Strawn LLP recently announced that nationally recognized criminal defense attorney Daniel D. Rubinstein, as well as noted technology, media and intellectual property litigator Paul D. McGrady, Jr., have joined its litigation practice in Chicago as partners. Rubinstein is a decorated former Assistant U.S. Attorney for both Los Angeles

SALANS HIRES NEw RUSSIA COMPETITION PRACTICE HEAD

International law firm Salans has appointed Marat Mouradov as a Partner and Head of its Russian Competition Law Practice Group. Mouradov is based in Salans’ Moscow office. Mouradov is a member of the Russian

Competition Support Association, a non-commercial partnership working to strengthen the cooperation between businesses and the Federal Antimonopoly Service. He is also adding his expertise in pri- vate equity and venture capital transactions to Salans’ M&A capabilities. Mouradov joins Salans from the Moscow office of one of the major international law firms. Mathieu Fabre-Magnan, Office Managing

Partner of Salans’ Moscow office, said: “We are delighted Marat has joined Salans to head our Competition Law Practice in Russia, which we believe he will take to a yet higher level.” With 17 lawyers, Salans’ Russian

Competition Practice Group is one of the largest in the Russian legal market. It was previously managed by Moscow Partner Mathieu Fabre-Magnan and Brussels Partner Edward Borovikov. Mouradov’s arrival signals a step forward in Salans’ progress in developing a leading Russian and EU competition law capability as part of its Global Competition Practice Group Strategy.

and Chicago, having been awarded the Department of Justice's prestigious Director's Award for Superior Performance and twice having received the Chicago Crime Commission's "Stars of Distinction" award. McGrady is a recognized authority on the law governing the intersection of information technology and intellectual property, having authored McGrady on Domain Names, the three-volume definitive treatise on domain name law, and McGrady on Social Media, both of which are published by Lexis Nexis. The World Trademark Review describes McGrady as having "established himself as "a leading expert" in the area of domain names. WTR ranks McGrady in both contentious and non-contentious work. Although concentrating their diverse practices on apparently different areas of

the law, Rubinstein and McGrady have a number of high profile clients in common and have collaborated in litigation for their shared clients with excellent results. They join Winston from Greenberg Traurig. Rubinstein's practice involves defending companies and executives and other regulatory enforcement matters, as well as handling government and corporate internal

including several large private or publicly traded corporations and investment funds.

McGrady, who will be joining the firm's

highly-ranked advertising, marketing & entertainment law practice, is a recognized legal authority on branding issues, especially as they relate to both domain names and social media.

investigations,

JAMES BERGSTROM APPOINTED AS LEGAL CEO AT OGIER

The Ogier Group have announced that James Bergstrom has been appointed as Legal Chief Executive Officer from February 2012. The Ogier Group is one of the leading providers of legal and fiduciary services and employs over 850 people across ten different jurisdictions. Nick Kershaw, who previously held both the Group Chief Executive and the Legal Chief Executive roles, has handed over the Legal Chief Executive role to James and continues as the Group Chief Executive, having been elected for a second three year term. Nick will also be returning part time to a client facing role. James joined Ogier's Cayman office in 1991 and became a partner in 1998. He was the Managing Partner of the Cayman office from 2002 to 2010 and head of Ogier’s global investment funds

team from 2006 until the end of 2010. He relocated to Hong Kong in 2011 to head up the Hong Kong office as Managing Partner, which is now the fastest growing office in the Ogier Group. James said "It’s a privilege to work

with so many gifted and talented lawyers and I am proud to be CEO of the legal team. It is an exciting time in the Ogier Group's history as we continue to develop our legal and fiduciary offerings in the Asia Pacific region and into the Eurozone when we open in Luxembourg later this year. These developments are an integral part of our strategy to provide the most innovative and comprehensive multi-jurisdictional services, through a significant presence in each of the world’s key financial markets and across all time zones."