Sidley is pleased to announce that David Cohen has joined the firm’s office in New York as a partner in the Global Finance practice. He was previously Managing Director, Head of Secured Capital Markets at global investment firm ATLAS SP, and has over 18 years of experience in structuring and advising on finance transactions at leading investment firms and in private practice.
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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that Michael B. Hickey will join the Firm as a partner in its New York office, further strengthening its leading Capital Markets practice. Mr. Hickey arrives from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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Mark Jansen, a Chambers Band 1-ranked trademark lawyer and brand counsel to leading technology companies, has joined Orrick as a partner. Based in New York, Mark will help shape the continued growth and evolution of Orrick’s trademark practice. He joins from Fenwick, where he practiced for 15 years and became a partner in 2021.
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Akerman announced today that June Yeum has joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group as a partner in New York, where she will serve as co-chair of the International Litigation and Arbitration Practice alongside Luis A. Perez. Her arrival strengthens the firm’s alternative dispute resolution capabilities for companies with interests in Asia, particularly its ability to serve Asia-headquartered multinational companies as Asian nations move forward with significant planned investment in the United States. Ms. Yuem arrives at Akerman from Pillsbury.
Tags: Akerman LLP | New YorkSidley is pleased to announce that Arman Zadeh has joined the firm as a partner in the Investment Funds group in Los Angeles. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds practice group.
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FBT Gibbons continues to expand its Corporate Law practice in Southern California with the addition of Bryce O. Robinson as a partner in its Newport Beach office. Robinson, a former public-company chief legal officer with more than a decade of general counsel experience, will focus on Outside General Counsel Services and middle-market M&A and corporate finance transactions, adding senior corporate capabilities as the firm grows its transactional practice in California and nationally. Robinson joins FBT Gibbons after 16 years at Advantage Solutions, most recently serving as chief legal officer and corporate secretary of the publicly traded international provider of outsourced sales and marketing solutions to consumer goods companies and retailers.
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Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Thomas Henry will join the firm as partner and co-leader of its Real Estate industry group. Bringing more than 27 years of experience representing some of the industry’s leading domestic and foreign real estate companies, funds, and institutional lenders and investors in their most complex strategic transactions. Tom will be based in Goodwin’s New York office and joins from Weil.
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McCarter & English announced today that Jay M. Pabian has joined the firm in Boston as a partner in its Trusts, Estates & Private Clients practice. Pabian arrives from Rubin and Rudman, bringing more than four decades of experience advising high-net-worth individuals, families, and owners of privately held businesses on estate planning, wealth preservation, tax strategies, and business succession planning.
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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani has welcomed six partners across its Tennessee and Florida offices. Christopher Cathey joins the Miami office, Jordan Neiderland, Allan “A.J.” Parker, and Craig Sarner join the Nashville office, Sharhonda Robinson-Edwards joins the Jacksonville office, and Scott Vincent joins the Memphis office. Their backgrounds span commercial litigation, insurance, professional liability, healthcare, construction, and general liability matters, further strengthening the firm’s litigation bench across the Southeast and nationwide.
Tags: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP | Jacksonville | Memphis | Miami | NashvilleFinance advisor William Nicholson joins Orrick’s Energy & Infrastructure team as a partner in New York. William advises sponsors, investors and lenders on project development and finance, investments (including tax equity) and project acquisitions and dispositions. He has deep experience across the renewable power, conventional power and infrastructure sectors. He is the 25th partner to join Orrick’s global Energy & Infrastructure platform since January 2025, and the firm’s 12th partner hire in New York over the same period. William joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
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