Neal Aizenstein has joined Cooley’s mergers and acquisitions practice group in the firm’s newly launched Chicago office. Most recently serving as chair of DLA Piper’s Chicago corporate group, Aizenstein is known for his strong leadership and decades advising companies and boards of directors on high-profile transactions with public and private companies.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Cassandra G. Mott and Sarah H. Frazier have joined the firm’s Houston office as partners in its Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy practice group. Cassandra and Sarah represent financial institutions, including commercial banks and non-bank lenders, as well as borrowers, in a variety of commercial transactions. They join Blank Rome from Holland & Knight LLP and were partners at Thompson & Knight before the two firms recently combined. At Thompson & Knight, Cassandra served as the firm’s Houston office leader and finance practice leader.
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Mayer Brown announced today that Carlos Robles y Zepf has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice. Carlos, who joins the firm from DLA Piper, where he was global co-chair of the Chemicals sector and a member of the firm’s Latin America steering committee, will work out of the Frankfurt office.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Tim Byrne has joined its New York office as a partner. Joining from Shearman & Sterling, Byrne advises major financial institutions on the bank regulatory aspects of a wide range of financial products and corporate transactions.
Orrick announced today that Jessie Gaston has joined the firm as a partner in our Tax practice in Paris. She joins Orrick from Dentons.
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Leonard Lipsky has joined the firm’s Corporate practice group and Healthcare industry team as a partner in the New York office. Lipsky is the sixth healthcare partner to join this year. He joins from Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Arnold & Porter announced today that Uri Horowitz has joined the firm’s Tax practice, resident in New York. Prior to joining the firm, Horowitz was Counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
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