Attorney Nick Leibham has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s Public Policy & Regulation Practice Group. Mr. Leibham formerly practiced at K&L Gates for a dozen years, where he was a partner in the firm’s law and policy group and co-headed the emerging technologies and innovation practice for the federal marketplace. He will split his time between Holland & Knight’s Washington, D.C., and Orange County, California, offices.
Naeun Rim’s extensive experience leading high-stakes civil and criminal trials adds to the firm’s national litigation capabilities. Rim comes to the firm from Bird Marella in Los Angeles.
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Craig L. Godshall as a partner in the firm’s New York office and as a member of the firm’s Corporate Practice. Godshall joins the firm from Dechert LLP.
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Global law firm K&L Gates has grown its labour, employment and workplace safety team in Sydney with the addition of partner Stephen Hardy, who joins from Baker McKenzie.
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Aly El Hamamsy as a partner in its Mergers + Acquisitions and Private Equity Investments + Buyouts Groups in New York. Mr. El Hamamsy brings to the firm nearly 20 years of experience in global M&A transactions. His arrival underscores the continued expansion of the firm’s global corporate capabilities in New York. Notably, Mr. El Hamamsy is the fifth corporate partner to join the New York office since the start of 2020, following the addition of Mitchell Presser, Omar Pringle, and Leonora Shalet in 2020, as well as the addition of Larry Medvinsky earlier this year. Mr. El Hamamsy joins Morrison & Foerster from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP where he advised large, multinational corporations on a variety of complex matters, including public and private acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, joint ventures, corporate governance, and hostile takeovers.
McGuireWoods continues to expand its global derivatives and structured finance capabilities with the arrival of partner Charles Wakiwaka, who joins the firm’s highly ranked securities and capital markets practice in London. Wakiwaka joins McGuireWoods from Clifford Chance, where he was a senior derivatives lawyer.
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Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Arman Oruc has joined the firm as partner in the Antitrust and Competition practice, resident in the Los Angeles office. His appointment follows the recent arrival of antitrust partner Andy Lacy in April. Mr. Oruc comes to Goodwin from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Elisabethann Wright has joined Cooley in Brussels as a partner in the firm’s growing business litigation and healthcare regulatory practice groups. Wright arrives from Hogan Lovells, where she co-led its European Union life sciences regulatory practice. She has more than 35 years of experience in private practice and international governmental organizations, including as a référandaire (law clerk) at the European Court of Justice and a senior legal officer at the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority.
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Allen & Overy today announced that Gordon Mak and Stanimir (Stan) Kostov have joined as partners in A&O’s U.S. Leveraged Finance practice, based in New York. Gordon and Stan join A&O from White & Case LLP, where they worked in the firms’ Debt Finance and Private Credit & Direct Lending practices, respectively.
