Polsinelli Strengthens Private Equity Practice with New Shareholder David Reintjes

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes David C. Reintjes as a shareholder in the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group. Reintjes is an experienced private equity attorney with more than 25 years of experience in advising clients across the entire private fund life cycle. During his career, he has spent time in private practice and in-house counsel, including more than 15 years at TPG, a global private equity firm, where he served as its Global Chief Compliance Officer as well as General Counsel for the Asia Pacific region. Reintjes arrives at the firm from Scale LLP in Kansas City.

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McDermott Deepens Private Client Practice with Three Hires in New York and Miami

Thursday, May 11, 2023

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce three additions to its Private Client Practice Group: Partner Anita Rosenbloom and Counsel John Kiely in New York and Partner Jay Scharf in Miami. Anita, John and Jay previously worked together and bring extensive experience in helping ultra-high-net-worth clients navigate complex estate and business planning and administration matters. Anita, John and Jay join from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP where Anita served as chair of the Private Client Services Group.

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Pinsent Masons Hires Corporate Partner in Johannesburg

Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired corporate partner Lisa Botha in Johannesburg as it builds out its cross border Transactional Services team. Working with clients across the energy, infrastructure and financial services, Lisa is a South Africa and England and Wales dual qualified lawyer who has developed a practice advising clients across a broad range of corporate matters. Having previously worked for Hogan Lovells and Allen & Overy, Lisa advises on domestic South African and cross border M&A, equity capital markets, private equity, restructuring and lending matters. 

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Top Environmental Enforcement Lawyer Adam Sowatzka Joins McGuireWoods

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

McGuireWoods is bolstering its national environmental litigation and regulatory enforcement capabilities with the arrival of Atlanta partner Adam Sowatzka, a former EPA enforcement attorney who brings more than 25 years of experience handling crisis management, major environmental incident response, and civil and criminal investigations and enforcement matters spanning all areas of environmental media, including air, water and waste. Sowatzka joins McGuireWoods from King & Spalding.

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Littler Welcomes Returning Shareholder Richard Rahm in San Francisco

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Richard H. Rahm as a shareholder in its San Francisco office. Rahm, who was a Littler shareholder from 2006 to 2021, rejoins the firm from DLA Piper. He previously co-chaired Littler’s Appellate Practice Group and was a core member of its Transportation and Class Action Practice Groups.

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Prominent Commercial Litigator R. Allan Pixton Joins Quinn Emanuel in Chicago

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Adding to its growing Chicago office and strengthening its capabilities in complex multidistrict litigation and class-action defense, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP today announced that R. Allan Pixton has joined the firm as a partner, resident in Chicago. Pixton joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner. At Quinn Emanuel, Pixton will be a member of the Complex Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) and the Class Action practice groups, the firm said.

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