Scott Mascianica, a former Assistant Regional Director for Enforcement in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Fort Worth Regional Office, has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Dallas office. Mr. Mascianica, who will practice in the firm’s Litigation Section, has extensive experience supervising, investigating and litigating some of the highest profile and first-of-their-kind SEC enforcement matters in the country.
Dentons has recruited Chris Brennan as a partner in the firm’s UK Disputes Division. A contentious regulatory specialist ranked as a ‘Leading Individual’ by Legal 500 and also recommended by Chambers, Chris joins the London office from White & Case where he has been a partner since 2018.
Tags: Dentons | London
King & Spalding today announced that Raphael Larson and Gary Adamson have joined the firm as partners on the Special Matters and Government Investigations team. As leading practitioners representing accounting and consulting firms and their professionals in high-stakes regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, the pair adds strength to the firm’s world-class Professional Liability practice. Larson will be based in the Washington, D.C., office and Adamson in the New York office. Larson and Adamson both join King & Spalding from McDermott Will & Emery.
Mayer Brown announced today that Soumitro Mukerji has joined its Banking & Finance practice as a partner in Singapore. He joins from Hogan Lovells in Singapore, and previously practiced in London at Linklaters.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the arrival of Richard Puttré as a partner to bolster the firm’s projects and infrastructure capabilities in Miami and Latin America. Puttré joins the firm from Jones Day, where he led the firm’s global projects and infrastructure practice and was a key member of the Latin America transactional team.
Tags: Hogan Lovells | Miami
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announces that Saskia Myners joins the firm as a partner in the Luxembourg office, starting today. The appointment provides a significant boost to the firm’s Corporate and M&A practice offering, with a particular focus on financial investors.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Luxembourg
Dechert LLP announced today that Clare Putnam Pozos, former First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, has joined the firm’s litigation practice as a partner in the Philadelphia office. A native Philadelphian with deep ties to the community, Ms. Pozos will represent clients in a broad range of white collar, investigations, appellate, and privacy and cybersecurity matters.
Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Real Estate Practice Group with partner Bruce Meyerson in New York. Meyerson represents real estate owners, developers, and lenders with interests in commercial, office, retail, mixed-use, multifamily, and industrial properties. Meyerson joins Akerman from Goulston & Storrs, P.C.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Dino Barajas has joined the firm as a partner in the Global Projects Department. Previously, he spent 10 years as a partner at Akin Gump.
Joseph J. Frank has joined the firm as a partner based in the firm’s New York and Miami offices. Joe most recently served as Chief Legal Officer and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.-a $20 billion global provider of software and services to the financial industry. Before SS&C, Frank was a global co-head of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice at Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was recognized as “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer for a major win in a residential mortgage-backed securities case.
