Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. is pleased to announce Kenneth K. Suh has joined the firm as a principal in its Chicago office. He has more than a decade of experience in data privacy and cybersecurity, with a focus on artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, regulatory compliance and high-stakes litigation. Suh comes to the Firm from McDonald Hopkins LLC.
Skadden is pleased to announce that Scott Heard and Matthew Murphy have joined its market-leading Finance and Corporate Restructuring Groups, respectively, further strengthening the firm’s private credit and restructuring capabilities. Having worked together closely at another prominent global law firm, Mr. Heard and Mr. Murphy provide integrated service across complex debt financing transactions, including acquisition financings, recapitalizations, restructurings and liability management exercises. The duo arrives at the firm from Paul Hastings.
Morgan Lewis continues to deepen its national real estate platform and build on its position as a global leader in data center development, investment, and operations with the arrival of partners Nathan Fahrer and Valerie Johnston from Perkins Coie. Nathan, resident in Seattle, and Val, resident in Chicago, focus on sophisticated real estate transactions nationwide spanning acquisition, development, financing, and operations across asset classes, with significant experience in the data center sector.
Akin announced today that Christopher “Chris” Odell has joined the firm as a tax partner in Chicago, bolstering the firm’s global market‑leading tax and funds capabilities and advancing its strategic expansion in the Chicago market. Chris joins Akin from Kirkland & Ellis where he was a partner.
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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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