Vinson & Elkins Expands Corporate Practice With Four-Partner Team in Denver and D.C.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Vinson & Elkins today announced that it has expanded its partnership, adding Keith Trammell, Chalyse Robinson and David Strong in Denver and Alex Bahn in Washington, D.C. Trammell, Robinson, and Strong will also work out of the firm’s New York office. The lawyers come to the firm from WilmerHale and work closely together representing public and private companies and private equity clients in a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisition and debt financings, capital markets transactions, SEC advisory and corporate governance matters.

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Eversheds Sutherland Expands Insurance Team With London Partner Hire

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Eversheds Sutherland has expanded its insurance team with the appointment of Helen Hallam as a partner in the firm’s London office. Helen joins the firm from Canada Life Limited, where she spent more than eight years in senior in-house roles, including as Lead Counsel advising on insurance led corporate finance transactions. During her time at Canada Life, she worked at the centre of the insurer’s bulk annuities, reinsurance and capital activity, advising on a wide range of matters including pensions risk transfer transactions, funded reinsurance and longevity risk arrangements, insurance business transfers, and related investment and capital management structures.

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Jackson Lewis Welcomes Joseph M. Wientge Jr. as Principal in St. Louis

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. is pleased to announce Joseph M. Wientge Jr. has joined the firm as a principal in its St. Louis office. He joins Jackson Lewis from Littler Mendelson, where he was a shareholder and served as co-chair of its Arbitration practice group. He has more than 20 years of experience representing employers in investigations, administrative proceedings, and state and federal litigation, with a nationally focused practice in employment arbitration.

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Pillsbury Expands its Market-Leading Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Practice with Addition of Partners Mike Flynn and Saarah Woodby in New York

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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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Nationally Recognized Commercial Litigator Joins Paul, Weiss’s Litigation Department

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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 Adds Former DOJ Antitrust Trial Attorney Julia Tarver Wood

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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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