Law Firm Hirings, Firings and Promotions

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has added Alasdair Balfour as a partner in its antitrust practice in London. He most recently was a partner at Olswang LLP and prior to that spent 10 years with Freshfields. Balfour’s practice has a particular focus on merger control and cartel work…

Chadbourne & Parke added Lori S. Hoberman as a corporate partner in its newly-formed emerging company/venture capital team. Hoberman previously was with Fish & Richardson. Her practice focuses on venture capital, private equity and general counseling for emerging and later-state publicly-traded companies…

Corporate and civil defense litigation firm Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog has added two partners to its corporate and civil defense litigation firm. They are Katherine Hilkey-Boyatt and Dawn Lane. Boyatt’s practice focuses on medical malpractice and professional negligence and Lane defends employers and insurance companies for CSH…

Crowell & Moring has added partner Mark A. Egert to its New York office.  Egert, who joins the firms’ corporate and financial services group, has spent 15 years as in-house counsel.

Litigator Rudy Perrino has joined Fulbright & Jaworski from Dole Food Company, where he served as director of litigation since 2004.  Perrino bring experience in handling “bet-the-company” cases, particularly those involving cross-border and international mass tort claims.