Vinson & Elkins today announced that Melissa Raciti-Knapp has joined the firm as a New York-based partner in the firm’s Finance practice. Raciti-Knapp joins from Freshfields, where she was head of the U.S. Energy and Infrastructure group and co-head of the firm’s Latin America practice.
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Pilar Puerto has joined Dinsmore & Shohl LLP as a partner in its Tax, Benefits and Wealth Practice, adding valuable insight and experience from her role in the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel.
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Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Nicole Aiken-Shaban has joined the firm’s Healthcare practice, Goodwin Health, as a partner in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Aiken-Shaban arrives at Goodwin from Reed Smith LLP.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce the addition of nationally recognized hospitality lawyers Jim Butler, David Sudeck, Mark Adams, Jeff Myers, and Joe Mellema as partners. The group previously practiced at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP, where Jim Butler was a founding partner and established and built its market-leading hospitality group, for which he and David most recently served as co-chairs.
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Paul Hastings LLP today announced that leading funds partner Joshua Cohen has joined the firm, further boosting its premier global funds platform and ability to advise the world’s leading asset managers on their most significant and complex matters. Cohen arrives at the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright.
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Husch Blackwell announced today that litigator Ryan Sugden has joined the firm as a partner in its Real Estate, Development, & Construction team. He is based in Denver and joins Husch Blackwell from Stinson.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that Maurio A. Fiore has joined the Firm as a partner in New York. He is a member of the Corporate & Financial Services Department and the Private Equity and M&A Practice Groups.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Schulte is pleased to announce that Caroline (Cary) Robbins has joined as a partner in the firm’s Private Client Practice Group, based in Los Angeles. Cary brings extensive experience advising ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals, families, and family offices on sophisticated estate and tax planning strategies, multigenerational wealth transfer, and fiduciary administration. She joins from Proskauer.
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Skadden has announced that highly distinguished practitioner Sophie Lamb KC will join the firm’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group in London, further reinforcing Skadden’s exceptional capabilities across high-stakes cross-border arbitrations, investment treaty disputes and complex commercial litigation. Lamb arrives at the firm from the London office of Latham & Watkins LLP.
