Erin Simmons, who handles complex lending transactions for financial clients, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a Denver-based partner in the firm’s Finance Practice. Erin joins Haynes Boone from Davis Graham & Stubbs, where she was a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance Practice.
Signalling further growth for the firm, Paul Hastings LLP today announced that Jade-Alexandra Fearns has joined in London as a partner in its market-leading Antitrust and Competition practice. She specialises in helping clients navigate the increasingly complex antitrust and foreign investment landscape, including national security reviews, international sanctions and regulatory compliance issues. Fearns joins the firm Proskauer Rose in London.
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Mintz is pleased to announce that Michelle N. Lipkowitz has joined the Washington, DC office as a Litigation Member. She will also sit on the firm’s Equity Advisory Council, a subcommittee of the Policy Committee, which advances efforts to enhance diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Ms. Lipkowitz joins Mintz from Saul Ewing, where she most recently served as the Managing Partner of the Baltimore office, a member of the Executive Committee, and as the firmwide Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Partner.
The global law firm Jones Day announced today that Patrick Haney has joined the Firm as a partner in its Business & Tort Litigation Practice. He will be based in Jones Day’s Washington Office. Haney comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Holland & Knight has taken another step to secure its leading position among Representations and Warranties Insurance (RWI) advisory firms with the hiring of Andrew D. Shapiro and Jason S. Dubner as partners in the firm’s Chicago office. Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Dubner were previously co-chairs of the Representations and Warranties Insurance Practice Group at Porter Wright Morris & Arthur.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced the addition of Larissa Marcellino as a partner based in the New York office and member of the Private Equity Practice Group. She is part of the Asset Management Department and Corporate & Financial Services Department. She previously served as General Counsel of Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York and London-based private investment firm and longtime Willkie client.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to welcome tax partner William Freeman and project finance counsel Alex Choinski. Freeman and Choinski, who join the firm from a prominent international energy company, are based in the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices, respectively. The duo both served as counsel for ExxonMobil prior to joining the firm.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer announced today that Allison R. Liff has joined the firm’s US leveraged finance practice as a partner based in New York. Liff joins the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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National law firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Minneapolis office with the arrival of partner David Carrier. He joins from large law firm Lewis Brisbois. The firm opened its office in Minneapolis in February with a large team of product liability litigators and recently expanded its offerings with two intellectual property partners.
