Paul Hastings LLP today announced that leading funds partner Joshua Cohen has joined the firm, further boosting its premier global funds platform and ability to advise the world’s leading asset managers on their most significant and complex matters. Cohen arrives at the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright.
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King & Spalding announced today that Tinos Diamantatos has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Litigation practice group. He is based in the Chicago office. Diamantatos joins King & Spalding from Morgan Lewis, where he served as managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office and co-leader of the firm’s global White Collar Litigation & Government Investigations practice.
Paul Hastings LLP today announced the addition of partner Winston Gu, further strengthening its premier ECVC practice. Joining from the Band 1 emerging companies practice at Cooley, Gu advises startups, emerging growth companies and investors throughout the full business life cycle, from formation and organizational matters through debt and equity financings, strategic transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and exits, including IPOs.
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Winston & Strawn LLP announced today the addition of David Love to the firm’s Chicago office. He joins the firm’s Transactions Department as a partner in the Finance Practice. Love comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced a powerful expansion of its business practice with the addition of an impressive group of corporate, private equity, healthcare, finance and tax lawyers who further enhance the firm’s robust transactional capabilities. Andrew Smolik and Michael Flood join Norton Rose Fulbright’s St. Louis office, as Seth Aigner, Virginia Duong and Gordon Klein arrive in Chicago. The group arrive at the firm from Polsinelli.
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Dechert welcomes more than 20 lateral partners, including a preeminent U.S. complex litigation practice and Chambers Band 1 accounting defense practice. This group is led by Mike Poulos, who most recently served as partner in charge of global strategy and a member of the executive committee at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. He will join Dechert as vice chair and global head of strategy. The new partners practice in litigation, transaction, intellectual property and employment and will be resident in Dechert’s New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices and soon-to-be-opened offices in Chicago and Dallas.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that William “Will” S. Weltman has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Business Litigation group and Food & Beverage and Technology industry teams. Will brings significant experience in complex litigation and counseling, particularly for private equity firms and their portfolio companies facing intricate and high stakes contractual, trade secret, and technology disputes. He also represents high net worth individuals and family offices in trust and estate litigation. He joins Blank Rome from Reed Smith LLP.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is pleased to announce that restructuring attorney Jeffrey Michalik has joined as a partner based in the Firm’s Chicago office. He joins Willkie from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Mark D. Passler and Ryan L. Harding have joined the firm as partners in the Intellectual Property & Technology practice group and Technology industry team. The prominent team will also establish a presence for Blank Rome in West Palm Beach, Florida. The duo joins from Akerman LLP.
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