Alston & Bird has added seasoned trial lawyers and commercial litigators Michael C. Hefter, Seth M. Cohen, and Ryan Philp as partners in the Litigation & Trial Practice Group, resident in the New York office. Michael, Seth, and Ryan join Alston & Bird from Hogan Lovells, where they had practiced together since 2017, although the team itself dates back well over a decade.
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Allen & Overy (“A&O”) today announced that Kfir Abutbul has joined the firm as Head of U.S. Energy Private Equity and a partner in its U.S. Corporate Private Equity and M&A practice. Abutbul joins from Paul Hastings, where he was Vice Chair of the Energy & Infrastructure practice and Chair of the Energy Transition team.
National law firm Wilson Elser announced today that lateral partners have recently joined the firm’s Complex Tort & General Casualty, Construction and Transportation practices in the New York office. These new partners will also bolster the firm’s Crisis Management & Emergency Response capabilities. The three-member group of Ellen Greiper, Megan Boyar and Nolan Comfort joined the firm from Lewis Brisbois, where they forged a cohesive team to serve the legal needs of major insurance carriers and national trucking and construction companies.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Geoffrey Greeves to the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice area. He joins the firm’s Washington, D.C., office from Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added two attorneys to its Health Care & FDA Practice in Philadelphia: Brad M. Rostolsky joined as a shareholder and Catherine E. David Galea joined as of counsel. Rostolsky comes to Greenberg Traurig after spending the bulk of his career at Reed Smith where Galea worked alongside him.
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Akin is pleased to announce that Max Karpel has joined the firm as a partner in its market-leading investment management practice in the New York office. Previously, Karpel was chair of Lowenstein Sandler’s emerging managers practice and co-chair of its family office practice.
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Jennifer Haworth McCandless and María Carolina Durán have joined the International Disputes Section of the Litigation Department as partner and special counsel, respectively, in Washington, D.C. They both arrive at the firm from Sidley Austin LLP.
Morgan Lewis will bolster its finance team by bringing in five partners in New York—a transactional restructuring and bankruptcy litigation team led by Richard Stern and including Michael Luskin, Stephan Hornung, Matthew O’Donnell, and Alex Talesnick. This team will further strengthen the firm’s services to financial institutions across corporate, finance, bankruptcy, litigation, and restructuring needs.
Holland & Knight has strengthened its nationally recognized Real Estate Capital Markets Group with the addition of Partner Alexander Lycoyannis in New York. Mr. Lycoyannis represents owners, developers and landlords in all phases of litigation and appellate matters before the New York City, New York State and federal courts. He was previously a partner with Rosenberg & Estis PC.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Kenneth A. Polite Jr. will be joining Sidley after serving two years as Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. In that role, he was the highest-ranking attorney in the DOJ’s Criminal Division. Mr. Polite will join Sidley on October 1, 2023, as a partner and global co-leader of the firm’s White Collar: Government Litigation and Investigations practice. He will focus on white collar criminal defense, investigation, and compliance matters.
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