Latham & Watkins Adds Experienced Capital Markets Partner in London

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Shawn Anderson has re-joined the London office as a partner in the Capital Markets Practice. Anderson advises private equity sponsors, companies, and investment banks on a variety of complex, multi-jurisdictional capital markets transactions, including debt and equity offerings and acquisition financings, with a particular focus on high-yield debt securities. Anderson re-joins Latham from Kirkland & Ellis. 

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Accomplished Federal Prosecutor Joins Cooley in Chicago

Cooley’s litigation department added to its recent haul of elite, next generation partners with the arrival of Lindsay Jenkins, most recently the chief of the criminal division of the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. Jenkins will join the firm’s recently launched Chicago office as a partner focused on white collar defense, investigations and trial practice. She brings significant expertise and first-chair trial experience that will be immediately compelling to the firm’s best-in-class roster of technology and disruptive clients as they navigate a constantly evolving law enforcement and regulatory landscape. In joining Cooley, Jenkins reunites with former US Attorney’s Office colleague and now Cooley partner, Matthew Kutcher.

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McDermott Adds Capital Markets Group to New York Transactions Team

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of Ari Edelman as a partner in its Transactions Practice Group. Ari is a proven dealmaker in New York’s capital markets circle, having closed approximately 100 capital market transactions, including special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), initial public offerings (IPOs) and de-SPAC transactions, for some of the world’s most influential organizations. Edelman joins the firm from Reed Smith.

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Hogan Lovells Strengthens Corporate & Finance Practice in Frankfurt With Leading Team Hire

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has announced today that it is strengthening its Corporate practice in Frankfurt with the hire of two leading M&A specialists, Dr Christoph Naumann (joins 1 December 2021) and Dr Torsten Rosenboom (joins 1 January 2022) from Watson Farley & Williams. They will also be bringing with them a team of four associates and business lawyers.

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Latham Adds Leading Authority on Broker-Dealer Regulation to Capital Markets Practice and Financial Institutions Industry Group

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Marlon Paz, trusted advisor to leading financial institutions and an authority on broker-dealer regulation, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices as a partner in the Capital Markets Practice and the Financial Institutions Industry Group, and as a member of the Corporate Department. He joins Latham from Mayer Brown in Washington, D.C. and New York.

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Cooley Bolsters Fund Formation Group in New York

Lina Zhou has joined Cooley’s market-leading fund formation practice group as a partner in New York. Arriving from Kirkland & Ellis, where she was a partner in the investment funds practice group, Zhou has an impressive history of advising clients on fund formation transactions and significant experience counseling investment fund organizations.

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Blank Rome Welcomes Real Estate Partner in Philadelphia

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that J.J. Broderick has joined the firm’s Philadelphia office as a partner in the Real Estate practice group. With more than 30 years of experience, J.J. is the most recent high-profile addition to the real estate team, which has recently expanded with leading partners Christy L. Reuter and Sonia Kaur Bain, of counsel Kerri L. Alessi, and associate Matthew J. Crawford. J.J. joins Blank Rome from Morgan Lewis.

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