Emily Huggins Jones has joined Locke Lord’s Energy & Infrastructure Practice Group and Renewable Energy Section as a Partner in the Firm’s Cincinnati office. Her significant experience in maritime counseling, litigation and environmental matters will provide additional breadth to the Firm’s renewable energy practice, particularly in the burgeoning offshore wind industry. Prior to joining Locke Lord, Huggins Jones was a partner with Squire Patton Boggs in Cleveland, where she will continue to be based.
King & Spalding Adds Senior Financial Disputes and Regulatory Litigator Matthew Biben in New York
Matthew Biben, a leading litigator who focuses on banking, regulatory and enforcement matters, has joined King & Spalding as a partner in its New York office. Biben was most recently a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he was Co-Chair of its Financial Institutions Practice Group.
Winston & Strawn Augments Leveraged Finance Practice With Addition of Sanjay Thapar in New York
K&L Gates Adds Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation Partner in Washington, D.C.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Guillermo Christensen as a partner in the antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice. He joins K&L Gates from Ice Miller LLP, where he served as office managing partner in Washington, D.C.
Tags: K&L Gates LLP | New YorkGreenberg Traurig Expands Phoenix Corporate Practice with Addition of Frank M. Placenti
Global Law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Corporate Practice in Phoenix with the addition of Frank M. Placenti, who joins as a shareholder from Squire Patton Boggs LLP.
Gibson Dunn Adds Finance Partner Fred Lee in Dallas Office
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Fred Lee has joined the firm as a partner in the Dallas office. Lee, formerly a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, will continue his corporate debt finance practice at Gibson Dunn.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | DallasHogan Lovells adds space and satellite, project finance partner Alexis Sinz in D.C.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the further expansion of its Corporate & Finance practice group in the United States with the arrival of partner Alexis Sáinz as global co-leader of the Space and Satellite practice and a member of the Infrastructure, Energy, Resources & Projects practice. Sáinz joins the firm from Millbank, where she was a partner.
Tags: Hogan Lovells | WashingtonElite Restructuring Team Joins Dechert LLP
Dechert LLP announced today the lateral acquisition of a top-tier restructuring team, consisting of partners Doug Mannal and Stephen Zide. They will be the sixth and seventh partners to join the global financial restructuring practice in the past three years and are key hires in the strategic growth of the firm’s New York offering. The duo arrive from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Adds Corporate Shareholder in Tampa
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney continues its strategic growth with the addition of David T. Cellitti, shareholder in the Corporate section. Cellitti, who will be based in the Tampa office, brings more than 20 years of experience in helping clients navigate everything from middle-market mergers and acquisitions and other significant transactions, to strategic planning, compliance and day-to-day operations. For many clients, he has provided his insights while serving as outside general counsel. Cellitti joins Buchanan from Quarles & Brady LLP.