Stinson Adds Two Partners to Corporate Finance Bench in DC, NYC

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Stinson LLP is pleased to announce that Kim D. Larsen and Tobias F. Ziegler have joined the firm as partners in the Corporate Finance Practice Division. Larsen joins Stinson in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, and Ziegler joins Stinson in the firm’s New York office, which recently relocated to a larger space to accommodate the firm’s growth. Prior to joining Stinson, Ziegler served as both principal and chair of Bressler, Amery & Ross P.C.’s corporate and commercial transactions practice group. Larsen served as principal at the firm.

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Restructuring Partner Ken Kansa in Chicago

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Barnes & Thornburg is pleased to welcome Ken Kansa to the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department. Kansa joins the group shortly after the firm added fellow Chicago restructuring partner Aaron Gavant in June, as well as New York restructuring partner Gregory Plotko in February. Kansa arrives at Barnes & Thornburg from Sidley Austin LLP.

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Dentons Adds to Hotel Sector Capabilities With Trio of Leading Hospitality Transactional Lawyers

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Dentons announces today the addition of partners Adam Docks, Lindsay Jewell and Jordan McCarthy to its global Hotels and Leisure practice. Docks and McCarthy will join the Chicago office, while Jewell will be based in Phoenix. This trio of hospitality transactional lawyers has a large national practice assisting clients with the acquisition, disposition, development, finance, recapitalization and formation of lodging and leisure-focused investment vehicles and businesses.

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Holland & Knight Grows Gaming Practice with Addition of Partner Timothy Lowry in Philadelphia

Monday, July 10, 2023

Holland & Knight has strengthened its nationally recognized Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group with the addition of Partner Timothy Lowry in Philadelphia. Mr. Lowry provides legal and strategic advice to domestic and multinational clients in the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industries. He was previously a partner and chair of the gaming practice at DLA Piper. Prior to that, he was senior corporate counsel at Harrah’s Entertainment from 2007 to 2009.

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Willkie Adds Broker-Dealer Regulatory Partner Brian Baltz in Washington, DC

Monday, July 10, 2023

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that broker-dealer and securities regulatory lawyer Brian Baltz has joined the Firm as a partner in the Asset Management Department, where he is a part of the Regulatory and Enforcement practice. Brian is based in Willkie’s Washington, DC office. A former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney, Brian has significant experience with regulatory issues across broker-dealer, investment adviser and bank fiduciary businesses of financial institutions.  Baltz was most recently a partner at McGuireWoods LLP.

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Trial Lawyer Mary-Olga “Mo” Lovett Joins King & Spalding in Houston

Monday, July 10, 2023

King & Spalding announced today that preeminent trial lawyer Mary-Olga “Mo” Lovett has joined the firm as a partner in its Trial and Global Disputes practice group. She is based in the firm’s Houston office. Lovett joins the firm from Greenberg Traurig, where she was a member of its Global Executive Committee and held the position of Senior Vice President.

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