Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced it has expanded its international private equity and finance platforms with the addition of market-leading attorney Andres Mena, who has joined the Firm as a partner and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Finance Practice. He is based in Willkie’s New York office. Mr. Mena was previously a partner at Paul Hastings LLP and at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
As part of the continuing expansion of its technology practice in California, O’Melveny announced today that top Capital Markets lawyer E. Ryan Coombs will join the firm as a partner in its San Francisco office this month. Coombs, who comes to O’Melveny from Simpson Thacher’s Palo Alto office, specializes in capital markets transactions for technology companies.
Dechert LLP announced today that Kevin Kay has joined the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation group as a partner based in New York. Kay comes to the firm from Reed Smith in New York.
Vinson & Elkins continues its strategic growth in London with the addition of Peita Menon as a partner in its global tax practice. Menon will lead the firm’s London and EMEA tax practice, advising domestic and international clients in transactional matters across a wide range of industries. Menon joins Vinson & Elkins from White & Case where he lead the U.K. tax practice and co-led the EMEA tax practice.
Sabrina Conyers, a nationally recognized corporate tax lawyer with more than 17 years of experience advising clients on domestic and international tax matters, has joined McGuireWoods’ Tax & Employee Benefits Department as a partner in the firm’s Charlotte office. Conyers joins McGuireWoods from the Charlotte office of Nelson Mullins, where she was a partner in the tax and benefits practice. She previously was a senior manager at a Big Four accounting firm.
International law firm Bird & Bird today grows its Dispute Resolution practice with the appointment of Julie Cheeseman as a partner in Sydney. Julie joins the firm from Ashurst where she has been special counsel since 2018.
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Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Rachel Frankeny joined the Private Equity practice as partner, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. Frankeny joins the firm from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Jason Vollbracht has joined the Firm as a partner in the global Tax practice, based in Weil’s Silicon Valley office. Jason joins Weil from the San Francisco office of Deloitte, where he was a principal.
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Houston – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Brian Kilmer as a partner in the restructuring and insolvency practice. He joins the firm’s Houston office from Kilmer Crosby & Quadros PLLC, a boutique firm he co-founded.
