Prem N. Malali has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as a partner in its New York office. He joins from Murtha Cullina, where he was a partner.
K&L Gates Continues Growth of Technology Transactions/Privacy Practice with Additions of Seattle Partner and Associate
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Whitney McCollum as a privacy partner in the technology transactions, privacy, and sourcing practice. McCollum joins the firm’s Seattle office from multinational engineering firm AECOM, where she served as vice president, assistant general counsel, and chief IP and data protection counsel. She is the latest in a series of recent additions to the firm’s technology transactions and privacy practice, including Seattle associate Jane Petoskey in August and Seattle partner Jake Bernstein in May, among others. They join more than 20 lawyers across the firm’s technology transactions practice with privacy experience, along with other privacy practitioners in K&L Gates’ litigation, financial services, and health care practices.
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Cooley Expands Public Companies Group in New York
Sarah Sellers has joined Cooley’s public companies practice group as a partner in New York. Arriving from WilmerHale, Sellers has extensive experience advising public companies on a broad range of corporate, securities, transactional and governance matters.
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Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Investigations Team Adds High-Profile Litigator in New York
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Sandeep Savla, who holds a reputation as a leading litigation and investigations lawyer in both the US and UK, has joined its New York office as a partner. Joining from Latham & Watkins, Savla is the eighth US lateral partner to join the firm’s global investigations team this year, following Tim Byrne, Celia Cohen, Tom Coulter, Jay Dewald, Chris Pelham, Julie Searle and Brian Sun.
Ian McGinley, Former SDNY Assistant US Attorney and Co-Chief of Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, Joins Akin Gump
Akin Gump today announced that Ian Patrick McGinley, former Co-Chief of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), has joined the firm as a partner in New York in its white collar defense and government investigations practice. Mr. McGinley spent the past decade as a federal prosecutor, during which time he also served as a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force.
New Shareholder Rafael A. Santos-Hernández Joins Polsinelli’s Real Estate Finance Practice
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes real estate attorney Rafael A. Santos-Hernández as shareholder in the firm’s New York office. Santos-Hernández joins the firm’s national Real Estate Finance Practice, having a deep background in representing borrowers and lenders in numerous forms of real estate finance transactions. Santos-Hernández joins the firm from Reed Smith in New York.
Greenberg Traurig Continues Expansion of Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice; Adds Brian E. Greer in New York
Citing a continued uptick in activity, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its global Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice with the addition of former Dentons partner Brian E. Greer as a shareholder in the firm’s New York office.
Latham & Watkins Expands Structured Finance Practice in Chicago
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Matthew Hays has joined the firm as a partner in the Finance Department and member of the Structured Finance Practice. Hays represents asset managers, fintech companies, and financial institutions on a variety of complex structured finance transactions across a broad range of asset classes. Hays joins Latham from Dechert LLP in Chicago.
Dentons Welcomes Sam Cullari to Federal Regulatory and Compliance Practice in Washington, DC
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that Sam Cullari has joined the Firm’s Federal Regulatory and Compliance practice. Resident in the Washington, DC, office, Cullari focuses his practice on the intersection of technology, privacy and data security. Prior to joining the firm, Cullari was privacy and regulatory Counsel in the Intellectual Property, Information and Innovation Practice Group of Reed Smith’s Litigation Department.
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Goodwin Bolsters Capital Markets Offering with Partner Jeffrey Letalien in New York
Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Jeffrey Letalien joined the firm’s Technology practice, resident in the New York office. Letalien joins from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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