Akin Gump today announced that Andrew Sagor has joined as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Sagor’s practice focuses on leveraged finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on acquisition finance in connection with private equity transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sagor was a partner in the New York office of Baker & McKenzie LLP, where he was chair of its North America Banking & Finance Practice.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced today that Jose C. Villarreal has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property Department in Austin. He joins Baker Botts from the Austin office of Perkins Coie, which he helped open in February 2020 and where he served as the founding office Managing Partner. Before that, he was a partner at Wilson Sonsini for over 15 years.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Elio Marena as a partner in the corporate practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Milan office from Colonna Caramanti.
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Holland & Knight has ushered in a new era for its Sports and Entertainment Law practice with the hiring of Partners Keith Carroll, Anthony Mulrain and O’Kelly E. McWilliams III, along with recent lateral Partner Tyrone Thomas. The attorneys were previously partners at Mintz Levin, where Mr. Mulrain and Mr. Carroll co-chaired the firm’s Sports and Entertainment practice.
Squire Patton Boggs has hired partners Charlotte Møller, and Monika Lorenzo-Perez into its Restructuring & Insolvency Practice. They join the firm from Brown Rudnick LLP, where Ms. Møller was head of its European Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Practice Group. The new partners are accompanied by director Helena Clarke and senior associates Rebecca Terrace and Sabina Khan.
O’Melveny announced today that acclaimed energy regulatory lawyer Andrew B. Young has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner in its Project Development & Real Estate Practice Group and Energy Industry Group. Recognized as one of the nation’s top energy and regulatory lawyers by The Legal 500, Young comes to O’Melveny from the Washington, DC office of DLA Piper, where he served as a member of that firm’s Energy and Natural Resources Group.
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP continues the expansion of its global privacy and cybersecurity practice with the addition of Sarah Pearce as a partner in the firm’s London office. Pearce most recently led Paul Hastings LLP’s U.K. and European privacy and cybersecurity practice from the firm’s London and Paris offices, advising companies on data privacy and security issues in the U.K. and across Europe, including the impact of Brexit negotiations and the aftermath of the U.K.’s departure from the EU.
Nick Elwell-Sutton has joined Locke Lord’s London office as a Partner in the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Elwell-Sutton’s vast experience with all aspects of contentious, advisory and transactional employment law adds depth to Locke Lord’s growing London office. Prior to joining Locke Lord, Elwell-Sutton was a partner at Clyde & Co for 11 years.
McGuireWoods continues the expansion of its highly ranked securities and capital markets practice with the arrival of partners W. Lake Taylor Jr. and Lawton B. Way, who join the firm in Richmond, Virginia. They bring a wealth of experience representing Fortune 500 companies in debt and equity offerings, corporate governance and M&A deals. They come to McGuireWoods from Hunton Andrews Kurth.
