Morgan Lewis today welcomes employee benefits partner Daniel R. Salemi, who assists clients throughout the United States in virtually all economic sectors. Mr. Salemi, who arrives from a Chicago labor and employment law firm, will be resident in Morgan Lewis’s Chicago office. More >>

Mayer Brown announced today that leading finance lawyer Matthew D. O’Meara has joined the firm in Chicago as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice, where he will serve as the head of the firm’s global Private Credit group. Previously, Mr. O’Meara was a partner at Jones Day. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Scott Kapp has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in Chicago. Kapp joins DLA Piper from Dentons US LLP. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of seven partners to its corporate and tax practice in the Chicago office. The group joins from Jenner & Block LLP and brings significant experience in the areas of private equity, M&A, fund formation, investment fund management, and tax. More >>

Morgan Lewis today continues expanding its top-ranked global tax practice with the addition of Matthew S. Mock as a partner focusing on state and local tax (SALT) litigation and planning. At Morgan Lewis, Mr. Mock reunites with a trio of tax partners from his former firm—Joshua S. Richardson, Adam P. Beckerink, and Michael Liu, who joined the firm earlier this month—as well as the tax leader of their former firm, Thomas V. Linguanti, who joined Morgan Lewis last year along with veteran tax controversy partner Jenny A. Austin, of counsel Nelson C. Yates II, and associate Jason Dimopoulos. Associate Kensington Wolgamott also joins the firm today. The entire group of nine tax lawyers is resident in the firm’s Chicago office. More >>

Morgan Lewis today continued expanding its market-leading tax practice, welcoming a broad-based three-partner tax team—Joshua Richardson, Adam Beckerink, and Michael Liu—that will assist US and global clients operating in the aftermath of historic changes in US tax laws and brings significant experience in multistate and local tax planning. More >>

Mayer Brown announced today that Ameer Ahmad, a highly regarded M&A and capital markets lawyer, has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice as a partner in Chicago. Previously, Mr. Ahmad was a partner at Greenberg Traurig. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce Jeffrey Dobosh has returned to the firm as a partner in the Chicago office. Jeff is a corporate lawyer focusing on private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, incentive equity matters, and general corporate counseling. He was previously with Winston for more than 10 years, most recently serving as Executive Vice President & General Counsel for Winston client MacLean-Fogg Company. More >>