【a delicate relationship raw 37】Thomas Reid Leaving Davis Polk to Join Comcast as Senior EVP

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Comcast Corporation

has named

Thomas Reid

as senior executive vice president,a delicate relationship raw 37 general counsel, and secretary of the company. He will join the company in April from

Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Akerman

has added

Alan Cohen, Randy Eckers, Michael Estreicher

and

Samuel Lee

as partners to join the firm’s real estate practice group. They join from

Duval Stachenfeld

. Cohen will serve as chair of the group. Special counsel

Alexander Sokoloff

also joins the new team.

Brown Rudnick

has announced that

William Baldiga

will become the firm’s chief executive officer and chairman of the management committee, effective upon the retirement of current chief executive officer

Joseph Ryan

on March 15.

Bobby Sharma

has joined

Foley & Lardner

as special adviser to its sports industry team. He currently serves as chairman of

Blue Devil Holdings

and is a partner at

GACP Sports

, positions he will continue to hold.

Venable

has hired

Patrice Stavile

as counsel in the firm’s real estate practice. Prior to joining she was general counsel to

M1 Real Estate and Façonnable USA

.

Morrison Cohen

has elected

Keith Markel

to join Jeffrey Englander as co-chair of the firm’s labor and employment law department.

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp

has added

Arina Shulga

as a partner in the firm’s corporate & business transactions department. She joins from

Ross & Shulga

, a boutique firm she co-founded. In addition,

Ignacio Celis-Aguirre

has joined the firm as an associate. She was also previously at Ross & Shulga.

Peter Gennuso

has joined

Drinker Biddle

as a partner in the firm’s corporate and securities group. He joins from

Thompson Hine

.

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