Holland & Knight announced today that a significant corporate and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) group with experience in private equity has joined the firm’s office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Joining the firm are Partners Rick Bange, John Gilson, Mike Miller, Emerich Gutter and Ben Weadon. All were previously at Moore & Van Allen. They look forward to continuing to grow their team and providing excellent service to their clients.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that Liyong Xing will join the firm’s Global Funds and Investment Management team as a partner on 13 June 2022 to continue the growth of its client offering in Asia Pacific. Liyong joins from Kirkland & Ellis where she was a partner.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Hong KongAkin Gump today announced that Dasha Sobornova has joined the firm’s structured finance team as a partner in the firm’s London office. Ms. Sobornova joins Akin Gump from Mayer Brown, where she was a banking and finance partner, leading the firm’s European collateralized loan obligation (CLO) practice.
Goodwin, the global law firm serving innovators and investors, today announced that Andrew Kimball and Andrew Cheng joined the firm’s Private Equity practice as partners, resident in, respectively, the Washington, D.C. and Santa Monica offices. Prior to joining Goodwin, Mr. Cheng was a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, while Kimball comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis.
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jamie Lynn Walter has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Investment Funds Practice and member of the Corporate Department. Walter advises clients on securities regulation, compliance, and enforcement matters in connection with fund formation and the operation and management of investment advisers. She joins Latham from Kirkland & Ellis.
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Mayer Brown announced today that Benjamin Snyder joined its Banking & Finance practice as a partner in New York. He joins from King & Spalding LLP.
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Proskauer, a leading international law firm, today welcomed Adrian Cohen who joins the Firm’s Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group as a partner based in London. He joins Proskauer from Clifford Chance.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Elise Zoli has joined the firm’s energy and climate solutions (ECS) practice as a partner in the Boston office, where she will focus her practice on global strategic alliances and market-opening transactions in the clean energy, water, agriculture, and de-carbonization sectors. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Zoli was a partner at Jones Day, where she was the global head of the Future of Energy, Renewables+, and Sustainability working group.
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Leading transactional lawyer William B. Sorabella has joined Cooley’s growing mergers & acquisitions practice as a partner in New York. Arriving from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Sorabella brings additional senior depth, breadth and skill to support the ever‐increasing needs of Cooley’s M&A clients while also augmenting the firm’s private equity capabilities.
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