Shariff Barakat, who brings substantial experience advising on the development, acquisition and tax equity financing of renewable energy projects, has joined Akin Gump as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s project finance & development and tax practices. Mr. Barakat was a partner at Nixon Peabody.
Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Washington
Pillsbury has recruited former federal prosecutor Kimberly D. Jaimez as a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice in Los Angeles. Jaimez was most recently an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, having served two years in the General Crimes section and five years in the Major Frauds Section. At Pillsbury, Jaimez plans to focus on corporate investigations, government enforcement, white-collar defense and general litigation.
Katten announced today that Dilen Kumar has joined the firm as a partner in its award-winning Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity practice in its Dallas office, which has seen major growth and success since opening three years ago. Prior to joining Katten, Kumar was a corporate partner at Kirkland and Ellis in the firm’s private equity and M&A practice, where he also served as a diversity and pro bono coordinator for the Dallas office and on the firm’s Pro Bono Management Committee and Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Tags: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | Dallas
Alan Tamarelli has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s life sciences corporate partnering & licensing practice in New York. Tamarelli previously served as counsel and director on the Merck & Co. life sciences transactions team, and most recently was a corporate partner in the healthcare and life sciences practice at Latham & Watkins. His arrival significantly enhances Cooley’s life sciences footprint on the East Coast.
Tags: Cooley LLP | New York
Husch Blackwell is pleased to welcome Jennifer M. Olk to the firm’s Milwaukee office as a partner in its Financial Services & Capital Markets group. Olk joins the firm from Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Scott Saks, whose legal practice focuses on securities, capital markets and corporate finance, has joined its New York office as a partner. Joining from Troutman Pepper, Saks represents US and foreign commercial and investment banks, underwriters, initial purchasers, lenders and other financial institutions as well as both US and foreign corporations.
Pillsbury is pleased to welcome Veronica Relea, a highly rated energy and infrastructure projects lawyer with particular experience in Latin America, as a partner in the firm’s global Finance practice. She joins the firm from Latham & Watkins and will be based in Pillsbury’s New York office.
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.
