Constangy Opens San Diego Office Adds New Attorney in New York and Northern New Jersey Offices

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, LLP is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in San Diego, furthering its California presence and extending the national labor and employment law firm’s network to 29 offices across 17 states. The first partner to join the San Diego office is Cory King, who comes to Constangy after practicing at FordHarrison and Fine, Boggs & Perkins. Constangy also welcomes a new senior associate in the New York and Northern New Jersey offices. Timothy Barbetta has joined the firm, bringing five years of experience to the team. Barbetta joins from FordHarrison.

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Freshfields Continues Strategic Growth With Addition of Leveraged Finance Partner

Thursday, August 11, 2022
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) today announced that Carol Van der Vorst, a highly experienced leveraged finance lawyer in the private equity market, will join the firm’s leveraged finance team in London as a partner. She brings significant experience, having served as a managing director in the debt underwriting group at Goldman Sachs, and more recently as a partner at Ropes & Gray

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Baker Donelson Strengthens Corporate Practice With Addition of Charles Kassouf

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Charles R. Kassouf has joined Baker Donelson as of counsel in the Firm’s Baltimore office and a member of the Corporate Group. He will leverage his experience in investment banking and finance to provide practical and professional advice to clients. Kassouf comes to the firm from Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny LLC.

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Eversheds Sutherland Strengthens Global Fund Formation Capabilities with Partner Ed Winters

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Ed Winters has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in New York as a partner. Mr. Winters is an accomplished attorney with nearly 20 years of experience in fund formation and related corporate matters. Admitted to practice law in both the US and the UK, he guides US and international clients through the regulatory, transactional and corporate governance challenges related to investment management, particularly in the UK/EU market, bringing valuable skills to Eversheds Sutherland’s global fund formation capabilities. Mr. Winters, who joins from NY-based Morrison Cohen, advises clients on fund formation, representing asset managers, insurers, family offices, fintech start-ups and institutional investors.

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Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Department Continues its Expansion, Landing Insurance Litigator Kimberly Petrina

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Cozen O’Connor introduced insurance litigator Kimberly Petrina — former head of North American Casualty Claims at a global specialty insurance company — as the newest member of its fast-growing Global Insurance Department. Petrina, who joins as a member, will work out of the firm’s Chicago office. She is the 16th attorney to join Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Department in 2022, which has grown to over 100 lawyers nationwide. Petrina was previously Head of North American Casualty Claims at AXIS Capital in Chicago.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Team in New York and Los Angeles

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced the arrival of a four-person insurance corporate regulatory team, comprised of partner Robert Romano, counsel Jonathan Bank and insurance specialists Al Bottalico and Stewart Keir. Joining from Locke Lord, Romano and Keir will practice in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office, and Bank and Bottalico will be based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

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