Regional
business
continues
to
boom
across
the
legal
profession,
with
top
Biglaw
firms
launching
new
offices
in
some
of
the
hottest
spots
around
the
country
in
the
hope
of
snatching
up
some
valued
market
share.
In
fact,
some
of
the
nation’s
largest
law
firms
are
still
eager
to
“pahk
the
car
in
Hahvahd
Yahd,”
because
as
we
enter
the
new
year,
at
least
one
firm
has
announced
its
expansion
into
Boston.
Haynes
&
Boone
recently
announced
that
it
has
opened
an
office
in
Beantown,
throwing
open
its
doors
earlier
this
week.
Taylor
Wilson,
the
firm’s
managing
partner,
said,
“We
have
long
seen
Boston
as
a
natural
complement
to
our
strengths
across
the
Northeast.”
At
the
moment,
the
Top
100
Am
Law
firm
is
stationed
in
a
temporary
space
in
One
Financial
Center,
but
come
spring,
the
firm
is
planning
to
find
a
permanent
location
in
the
same
building.
As
noted
by
the
American
Lawyer,
the
firm’s
Boston
outpost
will
focus
on
investment
management
and
regulatory
matters,
complex
business
litigation,
and
asset
securitization.
Here
are
some
additional
details
on
the
attorneys
who
will
be
working
there:
Richard
Kerr,
an
asset
management
and
investment
funds
partner
who
joined
from
K&L
Gates
in
November,
will
manage
the
office.
Additionally,
trial
partner
Dan
Rosenfeld
joined
from
Sullivan
&
Worcester
in
December,
and
K&L
Gates
associate
counsel
Donela
Qirjazi,
also
an
asset
management
and
investment
funds
lawyer,
joined
this
month
as
a
partner
in
the
new
Boston
office.Two
others
who
joined
Haynes
and
Boone
in
2025
will
also
work
out
of
the
Boston
office—litigation
partner
Lauren
Coppola
and
asset
securitization
counsel
David
Sagalyn.
Kerr,
a
Boston
native,
is
really
excited
to
be
back
in
his
hometown.
“The
thing
that
comes
across
is
sort
of
the
tremendous
culture
of
the
firm—the
desire
to
do
things
right—and
it
really
impressed
me
with
the
strategic
nature
of
looking
at
Boston,”
he
told
Am
Law.
“The
question
really
for
me
was
why
wouldn’t
I
want
to
do
this?”
Boston
is
brimming
with
wicked
business
opportunities,
so
we
wish
all
the
best
to
Haynes
and
Boone!
Haynes
and
Boone
Adds
Boston
Office
Amid
Focus
on
Northeast
Expansion
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