Global law firm Clifford Chance welcomes Private Equity partner Michal Netanyahu, based in New York, further strengthening the firm’s global private capital capabilities. Joining from Freshfields, Netanyahu represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of matters including cross-border M&A, leveraged buy-outs, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, equity financings and restructurings.
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Leading global law firm, Baker McKenzie, has hired Sarah West as a partner in its Dispute Resolution team in London. Sarah, who was a Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie until 2022, joins the Firm from Google, where she is Senior Counsel, Content Defence. Her experience covers tech litigation, investigations, compliance, ethics advice. She is a subject-matter expert on the Online Safety Act and also has deep expertise in the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act and Digital Services Act across the UK and EU respectively.
Tags: Baker McKenzie | LondonBaker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, welcomes Alhassane Barry as Partner and Global Head of Mining and Metals (Non-U.S.) in its Global Projects Department in the UAE, continuing the firm’s sustained investment in energy, mining and natural resources, project development and financing across its global platform.
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Nekia Hackworth has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice. Ms. Hackworth served most recently as the Deputy Director of Enforcement in the Southeast Region for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she supervised more than 250 professionals with responsibility for SEC matters across three offices (Washington, Atlanta, and Miami) and 11 jurisdictions. She is based in the Firm’s Atlanta Office.
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Bradley expands its Public Companies team with the addition of partner Erin Reeves McGinnis to the firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group as the firm’s Atlanta office growth continues.
Morgan Lewis continues to bolster its IP litigation bench by welcoming Matthew (Matt) Rizzolo as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property (IP) practice, resident in Washington, DC. Matt’s arrival further strengthens the team’s capabilities in high-stakes IP disputes at the US International Trade Commission (ITC), district courts, and other key venues. Matt joins from Ropes & Gray, where he led the firm’s Section 337 ITC practice and represented clients in complex IP and unfair competition disputes across the United States and globally.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its strategic growth on Long Island with the addition of former Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Bagnuola as a shareholder in its Litigation Practice focused on commercial litigation, government investigations, and regulatory matters. Greenberg Traurig now has more than 30 attorneys practicing in its Long Island offices in Garden City and Bridgehampton.
Akin announced today that Sam Riesenberg has joined the firm as a tax partner in London, further strengthening Akin’s global tax offering and expanding its U.S. tax capability for sovereign and asset management clients across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Prior to joining the firm, Riesenberg served as Partner in the London office of Mayer Brown.
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Eversheds Sutherland has appointed lateral partner hire Benjamin Marché to head its Banking & Finance offering in Paris. Benjamin joins the global law firm alongside Associate Yasmina Taki, both arrive from Squire Patton Boggs.
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