White & Case Adds New Leading Partners to its Growing US Restructuring Practice

Global law firm White & Case LLP has added two new partners to its rapidly expanding Global Financial Restructuring and Insolvency (FRI) Practice in the US. Keith Wofford joins the Firm in New York, and Stephen Moeller-Sally joins the Firm in Boston, both from Ropes & Gray. Wofford and Moeller-Sally are predominantly creditor-side lawyers who represent leading asset managers and investment funds.

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Reed Smith Strengthens Energy Offering With Leading Oil and Gas partner

Global law firm Reed Smith today announces the hire of James Atkin as partner in its global Energy and Natural Resources Group and London office. Atkin joins from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe where he was Global Head of Oil and Gas. He was previously a partner at Vinson & Elkins for 10 years and has also worked at Baker Botts and Denton Wilde Sapte, where he qualified.

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Cozen O’Connor Continues Expansion of Commercial Litigation Practice with the Addition of Litigator Andrew W. Reinhart

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that distinguished litigator Andrew W. Reinhart, who brings more than 20 years of experience in commercial transportation litigation, will be joining the Pittsburgh Commercial Litigation Practice. Reinhart is a respected litigator and mediator, focusing on managing and leading the Union Pacific Railroad FELA work. He is the latest addition to Cozen O’Connor’s steadily growing and nationally recognized Commercial Litigation Practice. Reinhart joins the firm from Burns White LLC.

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Renowned Litigation Team Joining Cadwalader from Boies Schiller

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP announced today that nationally renowned litigator Nicholas Gravante and three market-leading partners – Philip Iovieno, Karen Dyer and Lawrence Brandman – will be joining the firm as members of the firm’s destination litigation practice. The addition of these accomplished lawyers enhances the firm’s ability to produce great results for clients in their most important matters. The team joins Cadwalader from Boies Schiller, where Gravante served as managing partner.

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Sheppard Mullin Adds Tax Partner Soyun Park in New York

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Soyun Park has joined the firm’s Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance Team and the Tax, Employee Benefits, and Trusts and Estates practice group as a partner in the New York office. Park joins from Winston & Strawn. She is the 14th partner to join Sheppard Mullin in 2020.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth Expands National Insurance Coverage Practice With Leading Insurance Recovery Partner Koorosh Talieh

Koorosh Talieh (KT), a nationally recognized trial lawyer with more than three decades of experience handling complex commercial insurance disputes, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C. KT joins the firm’s insurance coverage practice from Perkins Coie LLP, where he was a partner.

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