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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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of partner Gary Hebert to its global Litigation Practice in Houston. Mr. Hebert joins from McGlinchey Stafford where he served clients in a wide range of litigation matters, with a special emphasis representing global automobile manufacturers, industrial, consumer products, and construction companies on single-plaintiff and class action product liability lawsuits across the United States.
King & Spalding announced today that international arbitration partner Amy Frey has rejoined its Trial and Global Disputes practice group in Paris. Frey rejoins King & Spalding from the Paris office of McDermott Will & Emery, which she joined in 2022.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Elai Katz to its Regulatory Practice Group as a partner in New York City. Elai is a highly sought-after advisor to Fortune 100 companies navigating significant antitrust hurdles. Katz arrives from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes James Wyatt to its Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources practice area. He joins K&L Gates’ London office from Avonhurst, a boutique advisory business he co-founded in 2019 after practicing in the energy and infrastructure groups in the London offices of two Magic Circle law firms.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Litigation, Aviation, and Appeals & Legal Issues practices with the addition of Andrew Barr as a shareholder in the Denver office. Barr joins the firm from Cooley LLP where he managed a large docket of civil litigation, regulatory, and arbitration matters.
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Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the hire of corporate lawyer Elias Matni as a partner in its Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Elias will be based in the firm’s Doha office and is joining Clyde & Co’s Global Corporate & Advisory practice. Elias joins Clyde & Co from K&L Gates in Doha. Prior to joining K&L Gates Elias spent over nine years at Simmons & Simmons.
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