Skadden Expands Private Credit and Restructuring Capabilities With Scott Heard and the Return of Matthew Murphy

Friday, March 13, 2026

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.

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Morgan Lewis Strengthens National Real Estate and Market-Leading Data Center Capabilities with Two-Partner Team

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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.

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Paul Hastings Strengthens Global Funds Practice With Addition of Former JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management Associate General Counsel

Thursday, February 12, 2026

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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First-Chair Trial Lawyer and Former Federal Prosecutor Tinos Diamantatos Joins King & Spalding in Chicago

Monday, February 9, 2026

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. 

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Paul Hastings Continues Recent Growth of ECVC Platform With Addition of Rising Star Partner

Friday, February 6, 2026

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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Norton Rose Fulbright Expands Business Practice With Five Partners in Two Cities

Monday, February 2, 2026

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 Attracts Large Partner Group, Opening New Offices in Chicago and Dallas

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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.

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