Senior Justice Department Official Joins Mayer Brown as Partner

Monday, May 15, 2023

Mayer Brown announced today that Adam S. Hickey joined the firm as a partner in its Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, National Security, and Global Investigations & White Collar Defense practices. A former Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) with the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) and Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Adam will focus on cybersecurity investigations and related litigation; investigations and enforcement actions related to national security authorities like sanctions, export controls, and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA); and foreign investment security reviews (CFIUS and Team Telecom). Adam will be resident in the firm’s Washington DC and New York offices.

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In Response to Global Client Demands, Baker Botts Expands Market-Leading Energy Sector Capabilities with Seven-Lawyer Singapore Office Launch

Monday, May 15, 2023

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today it is expanding its global footprint with the opening of an office in Singapore, including the admission of three lateral energy projects and transactional partners there. Richard Guit, Daniel Reinbott and Michael Harrison have joined the firm’s Global Projects Department in Singapore. Mr. Guit has assumed the role as Partner-in-Charge of the new office, which also includes Global Projects partner Lewis Jones, who relocated from the London office of Baker Botts. In addition, the office includes two new Global Projects special counsel, Jessica Ham and Giles Ashman, who have joined with Richard, Daniel, Michael and Lewis, plus one associate. The group arrives from Ashurst.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Welcomes Jacqueline Wenchen Tang to Asia-Pacific Finance & Restructuring Group

Friday, May 12, 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that Jacqueline Wenchen Tang will be joining the firm as a partner, further strengthening our leading financing and restructuring capabilities for clients across the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. Ms. Tang will be based in the firm’s Hong Kong office, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.

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Polsinelli Strengthens Private Equity Practice with New Shareholder David Reintjes

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes David C. Reintjes as a shareholder in the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group. Reintjes is an experienced private equity attorney with more than 25 years of experience in advising clients across the entire private fund life cycle. During his career, he has spent time in private practice and in-house counsel, including more than 15 years at TPG, a global private equity firm, where he served as its Global Chief Compliance Officer as well as General Counsel for the Asia Pacific region. Reintjes arrives at the firm from Scale LLP in Kansas City.

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McDermott Deepens Private Client Practice with Three Hires in New York and Miami

Thursday, May 11, 2023

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce three additions to its Private Client Practice Group: Partner Anita Rosenbloom and Counsel John Kiely in New York and Partner Jay Scharf in Miami. Anita, John and Jay previously worked together and bring extensive experience in helping ultra-high-net-worth clients navigate complex estate and business planning and administration matters. Anita, John and Jay join from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP where Anita served as chair of the Private Client Services Group.

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Pinsent Masons Hires Corporate Partner in Johannesburg

Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired corporate partner Lisa Botha in Johannesburg as it builds out its cross border Transactional Services team. Working with clients across the energy, infrastructure and financial services, Lisa is a South Africa and England and Wales dual qualified lawyer who has developed a practice advising clients across a broad range of corporate matters. Having previously worked for Hogan Lovells and Allen & Overy, Lisa advises on domestic South African and cross border M&A, equity capital markets, private equity, restructuring and lending matters. 

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Top Environmental Enforcement Lawyer Adam Sowatzka Joins McGuireWoods

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

McGuireWoods is bolstering its national environmental litigation and regulatory enforcement capabilities with the arrival of Atlanta partner Adam Sowatzka, a former EPA enforcement attorney who brings more than 25 years of experience handling crisis management, major environmental incident response, and civil and criminal investigations and enforcement matters spanning all areas of environmental media, including air, water and waste. Sowatzka joins McGuireWoods from King & Spalding.

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