Michael Black has joined Cooley’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s fund formation practice, further strengthening Cooley’s private equity fund capabilities to meet the evolving needs of its growing client base. Joining Cooley from Kirkland & Ellis, Black deepens Cooley’s capabilities serving emerging and established sponsors in the middle markets.
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As part of its ongoing expansion in South Florida, international law firm Cozen O’Connor welcomes startup attorney Mark Kahn to its Corporate Practice Group. With billions of dollars in transactions under his belt, Kahn serves as outside general counsel to a range of startups in connection with equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), employee equity grants, and corporate governance matters. He joins Cozen O’Connor as a member and will work out of its Miami office. Kahn is the sixth new member to join Cozen O’Connor in South Florida, following James J. Duffy, Adam K. Hodges, Andrew M. Lowenstein, and David I. Spector, who joined the Commercial Litigation group in March; and Raphael (Raffi) Rosenzweig, who joined the Corporate practice in June. Kahn comes to the firm from Sheppard and focuses his practice on startups, growth-stage companies, and venture capital investors. He provides legal and strategic guidance to clients in a variety of industries on venture capital, growth equity, and other complex commercial transactions.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Michael Alcan has joined the firm’s Tax practice as a partner in Sidley’s office in Century City. He was previously a Tax partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Bond, Schoeneck & King (Bond) is pleased to announce that Christopher Chase has joined the firm as senior counsel in its Albany office and as a member of the firm’s health care and long-term care practice groups.
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Honigman LLP announced today that Seth Darmstadter joined the firm as a partner in the Private Equity Litigation Practice Group of the Litigation Department. Seth comes to Honigman from Raines Feldman Littrell, where he was co-chair of its Litigation Department and managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office.
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Buchalter is pleased to announce that Drew Greene has joined the firm as a Partner in the Litigation Practice Group in the Atlanta office. Greene arrives from Chamberlain Hrdlicka.
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Claudia Vetesi, a Chambers-ranked litigator handling consumer class actions and other complex litigations across a variety of industries, has joined Pillsbury’s San Francisco office as partner. She comes to the firm from Morrison & Foerster LLP.
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Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. announced Melissa B. Kurtzman has joined the firm’s Philadelphia office as a principal. Melissa joins the firm from Littler Mendelson P.C. and brings more than 30 years of experience representing employers in a range of employee benefits matters.
Tags: Jackson Lewis P.C. | PhiladelphiaDan Monger has joined Troutman Pepper Locke’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in the firm’s Boston office. He brings a national practice spanning more than 40 states. Monger joins Troutman Pepper Locke from ArentFox Schiff, where he advised investment funds and REITs, private equity, commercial developers, Fortune 500 corporations, national retailers, and commercial lenders across the full spectrum of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, finance, and development.
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