Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Sunny Singh will join the Firm’s New York office as a Partner in the Restructuring Practice to lead the Firm’s U.S. company-side restructuring team. Singh arrives at the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that Douglas W. Butler has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate & Securities group. He will be based in the Atlanta office. Butler joins Womble from Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, where he was a partner and led that firm’s Captive Management and Insurance Regulatory group.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Tax Practice with the addition of Jeffrey Davis as a partner in Washington, DC. Davis joins White & Case from Mayer Brown, where he was a partner and co-head of the firm’s renewable energy group.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP grew its Litigation Practice with the addition of Charles Markle as shareholder in the firm’s Phoenix office. Markle arrives at the firm from Fennemore Craig, PC in Phoenix.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that George Hazel will join the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. Hazel, formerly a U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland, will serve as a member of the firm’s Litigation and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups.
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Minneapolis, Minn. (March 2, 2023) – Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Frank Taylor to its Minneapolis office as a partner in the firm’s National Trial, Complex Business & Commercial Litigation, and Crisis Management Practices, among others. Mr. Taylor has served as lead trial counsel in more than 135 class actions, tried more than 350 matters in all 50 states, and defended numerous enforcement actions. Moreover, Mr. Taylor has deep and broad experience in complex financial markets litigation, regulatory investigations, securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, and unique financings. Mr. Taylor arrives at the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright.
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Squire Patton Boggs continues the expansion of its International Dispute Resolution (IDR) Practice with the appointment of Naomi Briercliffe, who joins the firm in London as a partner from Allen & Overy. Ms. Briercliffe follows Marija Šćekić who joined the London team at the end of last year.
King & Spalding announced today that Adam Baker has joined the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations team as a partner in the New York office. Baker most recently served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) in the District of New Jersey.
Vinson & Elkins announced today that Kara Kuritz has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C., adding depth to the firm’s Antitrust Transactional practice in the areas of merger control and foreign filings. Kuritz joins the firm from Goodwin Procter.
Paul Hastings LLP announced today that leading commercial and securities litigator Jennifer Conn, who has represented some of the world’s largest businesses in bet-the-company litigation, has joined the firm as a partner. She will co-chair the firm’s securities litigation practice. Joining from Gibson Dunn, Conn is this year’s second lateral litigator in New York, following the addition of Joshua Berman from White & Case earlier this week.
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