Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today that the firm is continuing the expansion of its insurance and financial services practice in New York with the addition of capital markets partner Brian G. Barrett, who was most recently at Goldman Sachs as a Vice President in the Global Liquidity Products group, where he focused on financing transactions.

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The Firm recently represented Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) and MerchCap Solutions LLC (“MCS”) in the formation of Maritime Finance Company, a new specialty finance company created to lend to the maritime industry. Maritime Finance will initially be capitalized with $580 million of equity, over 45% of which has been provided by KKR and its affiliates. The balance of the capital was arranged by MCS. The transaction closed on August 19, 2013.

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Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce that Michael W. Jahnke has joined its New York office as a partner in the Business Litigation practice, which the firm has identified as a growth area for the office. Jahnke is the second partner to join the Business Litigation practice in New York this month; the firm recently hired partner Maranda Fritz, who focuses on white-collar criminal matters.

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Tracy Green Landauer has joined Riker Danzig as a partner in the Tax and Trusts & Estates Group, resident in the Firm’s New York Office.  Tracy provides personal estate planning, charitable gift planning and closely-held business succession planning to a broad range of individuals and families.  Tracy also provides ongoing and special issue representation to both new and established private foundations (individual and corporate) and public charities including arts, health, educational, community, literary, research and trade organizations.

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