Eversheds Sutherland Strengthens Global Fund Formation Capabilities with Partner Ed Winters

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Ed Winters has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in New York as a partner. Mr. Winters is an accomplished attorney with nearly 20 years of experience in fund formation and related corporate matters. Admitted to practice law in both the US and the UK, he guides US and international clients through the regulatory, transactional and corporate governance challenges related to investment management, particularly in the UK/EU market, bringing valuable skills to Eversheds Sutherland’s global fund formation capabilities. Mr. Winters, who joins from NY-based Morrison Cohen, advises clients on fund formation, representing asset managers, insurers, family offices, fintech start-ups and institutional investors.

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Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Department Continues its Expansion, Landing Insurance Litigator Kimberly Petrina

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Cozen O’Connor introduced insurance litigator Kimberly Petrina — former head of North American Casualty Claims at a global specialty insurance company — as the newest member of its fast-growing Global Insurance Department. Petrina, who joins as a member, will work out of the firm’s Chicago office. She is the 16th attorney to join Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Department in 2022, which has grown to over 100 lawyers nationwide. Petrina was previously Head of North American Casualty Claims at AXIS Capital in Chicago.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Team in New York and Los Angeles

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced the arrival of a four-person insurance corporate regulatory team, comprised of partner Robert Romano, counsel Jonathan Bank and insurance specialists Al Bottalico and Stewart Keir. Joining from Locke Lord, Romano and Keir will practice in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office, and Bank and Bottalico will be based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

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Eversheds Sutherland Continues West Coast Growth with Insurance Partner Dan Brown

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that accomplished insurance attorney Dan Brown has joined the firm as a partner in the recently opened San Francisco office. Mr. Brown joins Eversheds Sutherland from McDermott Will & Emery, where he was a partner in the insurance practice, and advises clients in the insurance industry on complex regulatory and corporate issues.

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Freshfields Continues Strategic Growth With Global Restructuring Partner Hire

Monday, August 8, 2022
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) today announced that Lisa Stevens, an experienced private credit/special situations lending and restructuring practitioner, will join the firm’s Global Restructuring Group as a partner in London. Lisa is a trusted practitioner who joins Freshfields from Kirkland & Ellis. Her experience includes advising global clients on bespoke and complex special situations debt transactions.

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