Four corporate attorneys from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe have left to join McDermott, Will & Emery. Orrick partner Ronald Goldberg, along with two associates will join the LA office. Edward Christian, a longtime collegue of Goldberg, will be a partner in the New York office. Goldberg’s specialty is corporate finance; he joined McDermott largely because some of his former partners from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld are now at McDermott’s NY office. Goldberg is bringing all of his clients to his new firm. The lateral hires were a part of the firm’s plan to expand its coporate finance practice in California.
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Gary Friedman has joined Weil Gotshal & Manges’ New York employment team as a partner. Prior to joining Weil Gotshal, Friedman was the head of employment at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. He has tried cases before the New York Stock Exchange, National Association of Securities Dealers and the American Arbitration Association. Last fall a four-partner litigation team from Mayer Brown New York also departed the firm, joining Morrison & Foerster in California.
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Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross, based in Newark, NJ, has moved its New York City office from 30 Rockefeller Plaza to One Rockefeller Plaza. The new 20,000 square foot office houses all 16 attorneys and 19 support staff on the 25th floor. This office is larger and allowed the firm the option of building new quarters from raw space. It features four conference rooms and a reception area with a hanging glass projection panel. The 165-lawyer firm also has an office in Princeton, NJ.
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White & Case has hired securities lawyer, Mariel Creo, for its New York office. Creo has an extensive background in a variety of complex corporate and finance transactions in Latin America and Europe. She also has experience in leveraged finance, private placements, high-yield bond offerings and debt restructurings, as well as private equity investment funds with Latin American investments. Creo is a valuable lateral hire for the firm, as she will help to bolster the multi-office, cross-border capabilities offered to clients. With offices in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Sao Paulo, White & Case has one of the leading Latin American law practices. Besides Creo, the firm already added eight other securities partners this year.
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