Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Emily Johnson and Mark Stagliano have joined the firm as partners in the New York office. Johnson joins the Banking & Private Credit and Capital Markets practices, while Stagliano joins the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice. Johnson’s practice focuses on all financing aspects of complex corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and spin-offs, with particularly deep experience in company-side, issuer-focused financings. Stagliano’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, and company representation work, including corporate governance. The addition of these prominent partners further elevates Latham’s elite, fully integrated corporate and finance practice and marks a major expansion of the firm’s industry-leading capabilities. Johnson and Stagliano join Latham & Watkins from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Tags: Latham & Watkins LLP | New YorkMcDermott Bolsters its Market-Leading Crypto Platform With Addition of Partner Laurie Rosini
International law firm McDermott Will & Schulte today announced that money transmitter licensing lawyer Laurie Rosini has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice Group in New York, further strengthening the industry’s only crypto-exclusive team whose lawyers devote 100% of their practice to digital asset matters.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | New YorkMorgan Lewis Bolsters West Coast Litigation Team with Veteran Trial Duo
Morgan Lewis is pleased to welcome Brian Buckley and Melissa Lawton as partners in the firm’s global litigation practice, resident in Seattle and Los Angeles, respectively. Joining from Fenwick & West, Brian and Melissa enhance the firm’s litigation capabilities in key West Coast and technology markets, bringing a wide-ranging litigation background spanning intellectual property disputes, consumer class actions, securities and corporate governance matters, and high-stakes commercial litigation across a range of industries. The team will be joined by Armen Nercessian, who starts on March 2 as of counsel in San Francisco.
Greenberg Traurig Adds Private Funds Ace Jonathan Temps as Chicago Shareholder, Enhances Leading Global Real Estate Practice
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic expansion of its Private Funds Group with the addition of Jonathan Temps as a shareholder in Chicago, also enhancing its market-leading Global Real Estate Practice. Temps, who joins from Baker McKenzie, has more than two and a half decades of experience spanning private equity, investment funds, and mergers and acquisitions.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | New YorkPrivate Investment Funds Expert Joins Goodwin in New York
Goodwin today announced that Julia Kolovarsky has joined the firm’s Private Investment Funds practice as a partner in the New York office.
Husch Blackwell Adds Insolvency and Commercial Bankruptcy Partner Lucas Schneider
Willkie Adds Banking Regulatory Partner Patrick Hanchey in Dallas
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that banking and financial services regulatory lawyer Patrick R. Hanchey has joined as a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department. He is based in the Firm’s Dallas office. Patrick joins from Alston & Bird.
Nicole Daley joins White & Case as M&A partner in Boston
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and Global Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry Group with the addition of Nicole Daley as a partner in Boston. Daley joins White & Case from A&O Shearman, where she was a partner.
Tags: White & Case LLP | BostonClifford Chance adds US funds partner Christopher Phillips-Hart, further strengthening global private capital offering
Leading Nuclear Attorney Amy Roma Joins Orrick
Orrick announced today that Amy Roma, one of the most influential nuclear energy lawyers in the United States, has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C. Roma, who previously served as the Global Energy Practice Leader at Hogan Lovells, arrives at a pivotal moment as the nuclear sector undergoes a rapid global resurgence driven by AI demand and energy security priorities.
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