Global law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces the appointment of Shameer Shah as a Leveraged Finance partner in the Finance practice, based in London. Shameer Shah joins Shearman & Sterling from White & Case LLP.
HFW Boosts London Aviation Finance And Leasing Practice With Partner Move
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has boosted its London aviation finance and leasing team with the relocation of partner David Brotherton.
David has over 20 years’ experience advising financiers, lessors and operators on a wide range of transactions, and moves from HFW’s Singapore office, where he has been integral in building one of the top aviation finance and leasing practices in the region.
Tags: Holman Fenwick Willan LLP | London
A&O Strengthens Asia-Pacific Corporate Practice With the Appointment of Partners Gilbert Li and Iris Yeung
Allen & Overy will be expanding its Asia-Pacific Corporate practice with the appointment of partners Gilbert Li and Iris Yeung. Gilbert and Iris, who will join from Linklaters bring to A&O a strong track record and deep experience advising clients on major corporate transactions including public and private M&A, as well as a whole array of equity capital markets (ECM) transactions.
Tags: Allen & Overy LLP | Hong Kong
Troutman Pepper Adds Talented Health Care Regulatory and Transactional Partner in Chicago to Powerhouse Health Sciences Department
Asher Funk, an attorney who focuses on representing health care providers in transactions, regulatory counseling, compliance matters, government investigations, and enforcement actions, has joined Troutman Pepper’s Health Sciences Transactional Practice Group in Chicago as a partner. Funk comes to the firm from Polsinelli PC, and is the sixth attorney to join the firm’s national Health Sciences Department in recent months. In April, the firm welcomed three partners to the team, data privacy Partner Jonathan Ishee and corporate Partners Geoff Starr and Abe Kwon. Lori Trujillo and Brian Wong also joined the firm as counsel in its Los Angeles and New York offices, respectively, earlier this month.
Tags: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP | Chicago
Goodwin Continues Asia Growth With Leading Private Equity Partner Daniel Dusek in Hong Kong
Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Daniel Dusek will join the firm as partner in the global Private Equity practice, resident in the Hong Kong office. Dusek joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Hong Kong.
Latham & Watkins Further Grows Insurance Transactional Practice in New York
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Kirsten Gaeta has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and member of the Corporate Department. Gaeta advises insurance companies and financial sponsors on a wide range of corporate transactions in the insurance industry, with a particular focus on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving the insurance and financial services sectors. She joins Latham from Clifford Chance.
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Lewis Brisbois Boosts Healthcare, General Liability Capabilities in Louisiana with New Partner Hire
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Brandon Rhodes to its Lafayette, Louisiana office as a partner in the firm’s General Liability, Healthcare, Medical Malpractice, and Behavioral Health Practices. Rhodes joins the firm from Becker & Hebert, LLC.
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Debevoise Adds Erez Liebermann as Data Strategy & Security Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Erez Liebermann has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Data Strategy & Security (DSS) Group, where he will focus on leading complex, high-impact cyber-incident response matters for clients and advising on data-related regulatory requirements. Mr. Liebermann’s arrival provides a considerable increase in bandwidth for what is already one of the legal industry’s leading data practices, and which is seeing strong and growing client demand as a result of increased data breaches and enhanced regulatory scrutiny in the sector. Prior to joining Debevoise, Mr. Liebermann co-chaired the U.S. cybersecurity and privacy practice at Linklaters where he advised major companies on a broad range of data privacy and cybersecurity issues.
Tags: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | New York
Leading International Trade Partner Susan Kovarovics Joins Akin Gump
Susan Kovarovics, a leading export controls and sanctions practitioner, has joined Akin Gump as an international trade partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She joins the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she served as partner in charge of its Washington, D.C. office. While at that firm, she worked alongside Akin Gump international trade partners Kevin Wolf, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, and Mac Fadlallah, partner in charge of Akin Gump’s Dubai office.
Julien Bocobza Joins White & Case as a Partner in Tokyo
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Project Development and Finance Practice with the addition of Julien Bocobza in Tokyo. Julien joins White & Case from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a partner.
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