Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Maria Efaplomatidis to its New York office as a partner in the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Ms. Efaplomatidis brings to Lewis Brisbois two decades of experience counseling domestic and foreign insurance carriers on issues including data privacy and cybersecurity claims. Efaplomatidis joins the firm from Mendes & Mount LLP in New York.
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Global law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces the appointment of Rahul Chatterji as a Leveraged Finance partner in the Finance practice, based in London. This follows the appointment of Sanjeev Dhuna and Gary Hamp in London and Heather Water Borthwick in New York. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling Rahul was a Special Counsel at Milbank LLP.
Mintz announced today that high technology patent attorney Frank Gerratana has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Division in the Boston office as a Member. He was previously a Principal at the intellectual property boutique Fish & Richardson.
Seyfarth announced today the arrival of partner Lauren Parris Watts to its Labor & Employment department in Seattle. Parris Watts was most recently a partner at Seattle law firm Helsell Fetterman.
Antony Single has joined Pillsbury’s top-ranked Asset Finance team as a partner in London. He comes to Pillsbury from Clifford Chance, where he was a partner and helped establish the firm’s asset finance practice in the Middle East.
Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Matthew Gruenberg joined the Private Equity practice as partner, resident in the New York office. Prior to joining the firm, Gruenberg was a partner in the New York office of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
Davis Polk today announced that Paul Marquardt, a leading economic sanctions and national security lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in the Financial Institutions Group in Washington DC.
Ryan Jackson has joined Holland & Knight’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group. He was formerly a partner with Kirkland & Ellis.
Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, has expanded its Franchise and Licensing Practice with Dale Alexandra Cohen in New York. Cohen joins the firm from Kaufmann Gildin & Robbins LLP in New York.
Barnes & Thornburg has added eight prominent lawyers, consultants and staff in Delaware, including partners Thomas McGonigle, Shawn Tucker and Michael Maimone. Top level government relations consultants, Mary Kate McLaughlin and Doug Gramiak, are also joining the firm, along with Michael DeNote as of counsel, Sawyer Traver as an associate and Whitney Potts as a paralegal. Joining from Faegre Drinker, the group collectively brings decades of experience and a deep understanding of Delaware’s critical role in corporate law, business disputes, and financial services, along with public policy and political issues. McGonigle is the partner-in-charge of the Delaware office and will participate on the firm management committee.
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