FBT Gibbons Adds Former In-House Construction Counsel Christopher A. Villa as Dallas Real Estate Partner

Thursday, October 29, 2026

FBT Gibbons is continuing the strategic growth of its Real Estate practice group and Dallas office with the addition of Christopher A. Villa as a partner. Villa brings a rare combination of in-house design-build experience and private-practice disputes work, further strengthening the firm’s ability to advise clients from the earliest project decisions through execution and dispute resolution as it expands its development and construction work across Texas and nationwide. Villa joins the firm from The Beck Group, where he served as senior counsel supporting the company’s construction, architecture, and design-build operations.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Adds Ryan Shores as Partner and Antitrust Group Co-Head, Strengthening Antitrust Litigation Capabilities

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that Ryan Shores has joined the Firm as a partner and co-head of its Antitrust Group, resident in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Shores brings extensive experience representing clients in high-stakes antitrust litigation, merger reviews and challenges, and government investigations. He also previously served in a senior leadership role in the U.S. Department of Justice where he oversaw the Department’s antitrust review of major online platforms. Prior to joining the firm, Shores served as an antitrust Partner in the Washington office of Cleary Gottlieb.

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Phelps Expands Tax Planning Capabilities With Nashville Partner David Gilinsky

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Phelps welcomes David Gilinsky as a partner in the law firm’s growing Nashville office. A transactional tax lawyer with extensive experience inside public companies, he adds value to each deal with practical advice for businesses. From tax planning integral to mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound investments and operations and real estate dispositions, Gilinsky strengthens the firm’s ability to support clients in structuring transactions, managing tax risk and pursuing other business endeavors.

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New Partner Matt Warenzak Brings 20 Years of Intellectual Property Experience to Saul Ewing’s Atlanta Office

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Saul Ewing LLP has expanded its Intellectual Property Practice in its Atlanta office with the hiring of Partner Matthew “Matt” Warenzak, who brings 20 years of experience helping businesses protect their intellectual property through patent litigation and prosecution and the defense of trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. Mr. Warenzak joins Saul Ewing from Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

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FBT Gibbons Adds Real Estate, Tax Partners as New York Growth Continues

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

FBT Gibbons is continuing the strategic expansion of its New York office with the addition of two partners, Seth Liebenstein and Amir-Kia Waxman, who join the firm’s Real Estate and Tax practice groups, respectively. The additions deepen two key capabilities in one of the nation’s most important commercial, financial, and real estate markets while furthering the firm’s growth in the Northeast. Both bring experience that extends beyond a single discipline or market — Liebenstein through his background on both the business and legal sides of real estate transactions and Waxman through years of multijurisdictional tax work. Liebenstein arrives from Michelman & Robinson LLP, Waxman joins the firm from Baker McKenzie.

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Corporate M&A Attorney Ken Lewis Joins Foley Hoag

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Foley Hoag announced today that Ken Lewis has joined the firm's Business Department as a partner. Lewis has more than three decades of experience advising clients in North Carolina and throughout the Southeast on a wide range of corporate, transactional, and securities matters. Lewis was with Maynard Nexsen as Shareholder and Senior Counsel for over a decade prior to joining Foley.

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Former SDNY National Security Unit Co-Chief Jason Richman Joins Bracewell as White-Collar and National Security Partner in New York

Monday, October 26, 2026

Bracewell LLP announced today that Jason Richman has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its government enforcement and investigations practice group. Richman comes to Bracewell after over a decade at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), where he most recently served as Co-Chief of the National Security and International Narcotics Unit for over three years.

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