Cooley has expanded its life sciences corporate partnering and licensing practice with the addition of partners Sarah Hogan and Jenna Ventorino in the Boston office and partner Stephen Abreu in the San Francisco office. The three new attorneys enhance Cooley’s established position as a leading strategic advisor across the life sciences industry. Hogan and Ventorino join from WilmerHale, and Abreu joins from Sidley Austin.
Tags: Cooley LLP | Boston | San FranciscoDallas Cruz has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s debt finance practice based in Boston. She brings extensive experience counseling clients in a range of complex finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. Cruz joins Cooley from Choate Hall & Stewart, where she represented private equity sponsors, private and public company borrowers, and financial institutions in acquisition financings, asset-based credit facilities, fund financings and workouts across industries.
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Continuing to build its Boston presence, Paul Hastings LLP today announced the addition of partner Benjamin Stein. Joining from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, where he led the corporate and business transactions practice in Boston, Stein advises public and private companies on corporate transactional matters, including registered securities offerings and private equity and debt financings.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | BostonFurther strengthening its premier global private equity practice and expanding Boston team, Paul Hastings LLP announced today that James Curley has joined the firm as a partner. Joining from Goodwin Procter LLP, Curley represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as early- and late-stage growth companies, in myriad transactions, including leveraged buyouts, add-on acquisitions and dispositions.
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Morgan Lewis welcomes Shannon Zollo, Joshua French, and Meghan Kelly to the firm’s M&A and private equity practices. The trio joins from Nutter, McClennen & Fish, where Shannon led that firm’s M&A and private equity practice. The group adds to a dynamic and growing M&A practice at Morgan Lewis, representing companies across industries in all stages of their business life cycle.
Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Rosemary Reilly has joined as a partner in the Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) practice in Sidley’s office in Boston. She joins from WilmerHale, where she spent 18 years as a partner in the corporate practice. Sidley also recently welcomed counsels Rebecca Nauta and Riley O’Brien and associate Emily Ivers to its Boston ECVC practice.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | BostonSidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Mathew Eapen has joined the Boston office as a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds practice. Prior to joining Sidley, Mr. Eapen was an Investment Funds partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | BostonMorgan Lewis continues the growth of its global tax practice with the addition of partner Tamara Shepard from DLA Piper, resident in the firm’s Boston office. Drawing on her experience in private practice and as an appellate attorney at the US Department of Justice’s Tax Division, Tamara advises on a broad range of domestic and international tax issues.
