Eversheds Sutherland Welcomes Technology, Cyber and Privacy Partner Rachel Reid in Atlanta

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Rachel M. Reid has joined as partner in the firm’s Atlanta office, where she will practice as part of its Corporate and Insurance practice groups. As a business-oriented attorney with extensive in-house experience, including as a chief privacy officer for nearly a decade, Ms. Reid will support clients in critical areas of data privacy and security, corporate governance, risk management, operations, complex commercial transactions, technology transactions and outsourcing. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Ms. Reid was most recently SVP, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Privacy Officer at Voya Financial (formerly ING US), where she joined as senior counsel in 2009. 

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Ashurst Grows London Funds Practice With New Partner Hire

Global law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Whitney Lutgen as partner in its investment funds practice based in London, as the firm continues the growth of its international funds practice in response to increasing client demand. Whitney joins from MJ Hudson where she was partner and co-head of the funds team.

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McDermott Adds Real Estate Investment Partner in Miami

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of partner Elena Otero to its Transactions Practice Group based in Miami. Elena is a real estate dealmaker and strategist serving some of Florida’s wealthiest individuals, families, family offices and investors.  Prior to joining McDermott, Otero was a partner at Holland & Knight.

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Jeff Schenk, former Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office San Jose Branch, joins Jones Day’s Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice

Jeff Schenk, former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the San Jose Branch of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, will join the Firm as a partner in the Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice. Mr. Schenk will be based in the Silicon Valley Office.

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O’Melveny Welcomes Versatile New York M&A Partner Brian F. McKenna

O’Melveny announced today that versatile M&A and private equity lawyer Brian F. McKenna has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group, further strengthening O’Melveny’s transactional capabilities in the world’s most active deal market. McKenna comes to O’Melveny from the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, where he was a member of that firm’s Corporate and Securities Group.

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