King & Spalding announced today that Geoffrey M. King has joined the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group as a partner. He is based in the Chicago office. King joins the firm from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where he was a partner.
Global law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces the appointments of prominent global energy lawyer Mona Dajani and tax equity lawyer Jorge Medina as partners in the Project Development & Finance (PDF) practice, based in New York and the Bay Area, respectively. Mona will serve as Global Head of Renewables, Co-Head of Global Energy & Infrastructure (Projects), and Head of the Hydrogen and Ammonia Practice (Americas), and Jorge will serve as Head of Renewables (Americas). Mona and Jorge join Shearman & Sterling from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that Timothy Heaphy and Soumya Dayananda will join the Firm as partners in the Litigation Department, where they will be members of the Compliance, Investigations & Enforcement Practice. Tim and Soumya will be based in Willkie’s Washington, DC office.
Holland & Knight has bolstered its Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations Team as a leading practice within its highly recognized Private Wealth Services Group with the addition of Jonathan Blum as a partner in Dallas. Mr. Blum, who assists nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations with their legal matters, joins the firm from Polsinelli PC.
Orrick is proud to announce that Hagit Muriel Elul joins the international arbitration practice in New York from Hughes Hubbard, where she was co-leader of the arbitration group. Hagit focuses on international arbitration and cross-border litigation matters for life sciences, energy and infrastructure, and tech clients in fora around the world. She is the 11th partner to join Orrick’s litigation platform since the beginning of 2022 – including 9 litigators focused on life sciences. Her hire follows the announcement last week of Orrick’s combination with Buckley, a leading regulatory, enforcement and litigation firm.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Handler has joined the firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities practice group as senior counsel in the Los Angeles office. A corporate transactions pro with a focus on middle-market private businesses, Rob joins Blank Rome from Glaser Weil where he served as a partner in the Corporate and Real Estate groups.
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Partner Vivian Basdekis is the newest partner in Frost Brown Todd’s (FBT) Charleston, WV office. She is an experienced commercial litigator and trial attorney whose practice focuses on the financial services, construction, energy, and media industries.
Further expanding its market-leading Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice, Pillsbury has recruited veteran startup lawyer Matt Kirmayer as partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Kirmayer was previously a partner at Perkins Coie.
Paul Hastings LLP announced today that accomplished capital markets lawyer Steven Hsu has joined the firm as a partner in Hong Kong. Hsu arrives at the firm from the Hong Kong office of Sidley Austin LLP.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its White Collar Practice with the addition of Joel M. Cohen as a partner in New York. Cohen joins the Firm from Gibson Dunn, where he was co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group, and a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation, Class Actions and Antitrust Practice Groups.
