Sidley’s Dallas Office Welcomes Restructuring Partner Rakhee V. Patel

Sidley is pleased to announce the addition of partner Rakhee V. Patel to its Restructuring group. She joins Texas-based partners Duston McFaul and Charles Persons in Sidley’s growing global Restructuring practice, on the heels of the recently announced addition of London-based partner Kieran Sharma. Ms. Patel is a key component of Sidley’s focus on the growth of its company-side restructuring representations worldwide. Prior to joining Sidley, Ms. Patel was a partner with a national firm in their corporate restructuring and bankruptcy practice group and has more than 26-years of experience in the field. Patel arrives from Winstead PC in Dallas.

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Pillsbury Emerging Growth & Venture Capital Practice Adds to Impressive East Coast Roster with Arrival of Corporate Partner Steven D. Ryan

Steven D. Ryan, one of the DC region’s startup scene’s rising stars, is joining Pillsbury as a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Securities-Technology practice. Ryan comes to the firm from Crowell & Moring, where he served as co-leader of the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice.

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Reed Smith Expands West Coast Private Equity Practice; Adds Christopher Raidy as Partner in Orange County

Global law firm Reed Smith announced today that Christopher Raidy has joined the firm as a partner in its Global Corporate Group. Raidy, who will be based out of Reed Smith’s recently-opened Orange County office, brings to the firm a practice that focuses on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in complex debt financing transactions. He joins Reed Smith from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

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