Corporate lawyer Alexandra Aguirre has joined Holland & Knight’s Miami office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, M&A and Securities and Latin America practice groups. Ms. Aguirre focuses her practice on international mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures and cross-border financing transactions, as well as private capital investments throughout Latin America and the United States. She previously was a partner with Morrison & Foerster.
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Michael Gnesin to its Fort Lauderdale and Chicago offices as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Securities & Corporate Finance Practices. With more than a decade of experience in the merger and acquisition space, Mr. Gnesin has represented individuals as well as domestic and international corporate clients in hundreds of commercial transactions of all sizes. Fluent in Russian and Spanish, Mr. Gnesin currently concentrates his practice in corporate law, banking and finance, employment law, and commercial real estate law. He has a strong client base in both southern Florida and Chicago, which will now benefit from the knowledge and expertise of Lewis Brisbois’ 54-office, nationwide network. Gnesin joins the firm from Kelleher + Holland, LLC.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced the addition of Tilda Shin, who has joined as a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office, where she will be a member of the Corporate & Financial Services Department. A corporate lawyer with a focus on transactions in numerous industries, Tilda is the eighth partner to join Willkie’s Los Angeles office this year. Since opening in September 2021 with three partners, the office has added close to 20 partners across various practice areas, including corporate and M&A transactions, private equity, music and entertainment, asset management, private wealth, litigation, and tax. Tilda was previously senior counsel in the Capital Markets & Corporate Department at Loeb & Loeb LLP. In addition, Tilda is a retired Certified Public Accountant in California.
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Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that En-Min Chua has joined the firm’s global finance team as a partner based in New York. She joins Dechert from UBS Securities LLC, where she worked on the structured financing desk in the investment banking division. Previously, Ms. Chua worked as a counsel in the finance group in the New York office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
Paul Hastings LLP, a global law firm advising leading financial institutions, asset managers and corporations, announced today that private equity and M&A specialist Tom Cartwright has joined the firm as a partner based in London. He joins from Morgan Lewis and adds firepower to the Firm’s fast-growing London office, which has increased revenue by 41% over the last year on the back of strong demand in its Private Equity, Finance, Structured Credit and Securities & Capital Markets practices.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | LondonWinston & Strawn LLP announced the addition of two corporate partners in the firm’s rapidly growing Miami office: Craig V. Rasile, who joins the Corporate Restructurings practice, and Nicholas E. Rodríguez, who joins the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice. Their arrival closely follows that of the initial six partners who launched the firm’s Miami office on May 19, 2022. It is expected that additional partners will be announced in the near future. Craig and Nicholas come from McDermott, Will & Emery and Jones Day, respectively.
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Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey “Jeff” Steele has joined the firm as a partner in the Transactions Practice Group in Salt Lake City. Steele is the latest addition in a long string of recent hires in the firm’s Salt Lake City office, with 14 new attorneys added just this year. Prior to joining Foley, Steele was a partner in the Salt Lake City office of a Holland & Hart LLP.
Holland & Knight announced today that the lawyers of Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP, one of the nation’s premier real estate law firms located in Los Angeles, have joined its ranks and will constitute Holland & Knight’s new Century City office. The partner group joining Holland & Knight includes Stevens Carey, John Irons, William Jackson III, David Packer, Ariel Robinson, Michael Scheinberg, Eric Shortz and Jennifer White.
