Perkins Coie hires 12-partner investigations and litigation team from Richards Kibbe & Orbe
16 December 2020
Perkins Coie hires 12-partner investigations and litigation team from Richards Kibbe & Orbe
Seattle-based firm boosts New York and Washington DC arms as Richards Kibbe responds with rebranding and reorganisation
Songquan Deng Perkins Coie has hired a highly rated 12-partner white collar and financial services litigation team from Richards Kibbe & Orbe. The 17-lawyer strong group is led by Lee Richards, one of his former firm’s founding partners, and David Masse – both are former Assistant US Attorneys from the Southern District of New York. The departing lawyers represent approximately one quarter of the New York-based firm, which is rebranding as Kibbe & Orbe on 1 January alongside a pledge that its remaining corporate and regulatory attorneys will ‘continue to find innovative solutions for clients structuring and transacting in high-value investments and illi