Pillsbury’s premier Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice—ranked by LSEG among the Top 4 most active for VC financings and investor representation globally—has welcomed partners Mike Flynn and Saarah Woodby to its New York-based team. Flynn, who has previously served as a Pillsbury partner, and Woodby both join from McDermott Will & Schulte.
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Adam L. Hoeflich, a nationally recognized courtroom lawyer with a distinguished practice, has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. He will be joining the New York office. Hoeflich joins from prominent litigation boutique Barlit Beck LLP in Chicago.
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced that Julia Tarver Wood has joined its Antitrust and Competition practice in Washington, D.C., as a partner. Her arrival fortifies the firm’s antitrust litigation bench—particularly in high-stakes technology and financial services matters—while sharpening its complex litigation capabilities amid rising enforcement and global scrutiny. Wood arrives having served as senior litigation counsel in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where she was lead trial counsel in a major Section 2 conduct case.
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Christopher Foster has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Labor & Employment Practice. Foster will be based in the Firm’s San Francisco Office and joins the firm from McDermott, Will & Schulte.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Katarina Molnarova has joined the firm’s Global Finance practice as a partner in Sidley’s office in Washington, D.C. She was previously counsel in the Sponsor Finance practice group at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
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In a move that further strengthens the firm’s premier global funds platform and expands its broader private funds capabilities, Paul Hastings announced today the addition of elite investment funds lawyer Amanda Persaud as a partner and co-chair of Investment Funds & Private Capital, based in New York. Persuad makes the transition to Paul Hasting’s Investment Funds & Private Capital practice from Ropes & Gray.
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Orrick announced today the addition of Nicole Lopez, a preeminent authority on youth online safety policy and litigation, as a partner in San Francisco. Nicole joins the firm from Meta Platforms, where she served as Global Director of Youth Safety Policy and leader of Global Youth Litigation Strategy.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that leading international trade lawyer William (“Billy”) Phalen has joined the Firm as a partner in the Regulatory Transactions Group, based in the Boston office. Billy joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner in that firm’s International Trade & National Security Practice Group.
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP | BostonSidley is pleased to announce that Jessica Fishfeld has joined its office in Miami as a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. Ms. Fishfeld rejoins the firm from Greenberg Traurig, where she was a partner focusing on commercial litigation. She began her career as a summer associate in Sidley’s office in Chicago and then spent six years as a litigation associate.
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