Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Capital Markets Practice and India Country Group with the addition of Rahul Guptan as a partner in Singapore. Guptan joins White & Case from Clifford Chance, where he was a partner and co-head of the Global India Group.
Holland & Knight has added trial lawyer and commercial litigator Kenneth Racowski as a partner in its Philadelphia office. Previously, he was a shareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, where he was co-chair of the class action litigation practice.
Global law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces the appointment of Christopher Zochowski and Bradley Noojin as partners in the U.S. private equity team based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Chris and Brad were partners at Winston & Strawn LLP where Chris was co-Chair of the firm’s M&A practice and had a leading role in the firm’s SPAC and Permanent Capital Practice.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announces the arrival of Intellectual Property partner Adam Burrowbridge in the Washington, DC office. Adam joins former Wilson Sonsini colleague Doug Carsten at the Firm, further bolstering our IP litigation capabilities and expanding our east coast life sciences practice.
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, has expanded its Litigation Practice Group with Jason Heep in Dallas. Heep represents major insurance companies with significant exposure claims that pose extreme risk of loss to the company. Heep joins Akerman from Husch Blackwell LLP in Dallas.
Global law firm Ashurst has appointed Florian Drinhausen as partner in the corporate team in Germany, based in Frankfurt. Florian was previously General Counsel at Deutsche Bank, a role he has held from 2018-2020. He had worked at Deutsche Bank since 2014 in a number of senior positions including Chief Governance Office and Head of Global Governance. Prior to this, Florian was Frankfurt head of corporate at Linklaters.
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Zachary is a partner in Hayne’s and Boone’s Corporate Department and a member of the Capital Markets and Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices. Zachary will split time between the firm’s Denver and New York offices and will be an important part of the firm’s growth initiatives on the west coast. Zachary previously was a shareholder in the Denver office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP and served as senior securities counsel – securities and corporate governance at Vail Resorts, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Jennifer L. Achilles has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigations group. Jennifer brings to the practice nearly 20 years of experience counseling companies and individuals in white collar criminal defense and regulatory enforcement matters, as well as internal investigations. Jennifer joins Blank Rome from Reed Smith LLP where she led the Global Regulatory Enforcement Group in the firm’s New York office for the past three years.
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King & Spalding today announced that Timothy Hoffmann has joined the firm as a partner in the Chicago office. Hoffmann’s practice focuses on bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters. He joins the firm from Jones Day, where he represented lenders, strategic investors, debtors and various other parties in financially-distressed situations, including both in-court and out-of-court restructurings.
