Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that a team of secondaries lawyers led by partner Krishna Skandakumar and including partner Natalia Kubik are joining the firm in the Investment Management and Private Fund Transactions Groups. Mr. Skandakumar is also named Co-Chair of the Debevoise Private Fund Transactions Group. Prior to joining Debevoise, Mr. Skandakumar and Ms. Kubik were partners in the New York office of Goodwin Procter LLP.
Alston & Bird announced today that Chaim Stern has joined its Federal & International Tax Group as a partner in New York, bringing extensive experience advising investment firms on the tax aspects of fund formation, structuring, and transactions. Stern arrives at the firm from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Todd Trattner has joined the firm’s Bay Area offices as a partner in the Emerging Companies & Growth Practice. Trattner’s practice focuses on representing both investors and financiers, as well as sponsors and companies, in royalty financings and monetizations, licensing and collaborations, and other strategic partnerships within the life sciences and technology sectors. Trattner joins from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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Saul Ewing LLP has added two partners to its Pittsburgh office with the hiring of T. Patrick Martin, a former federal public corruption and white-collar prosecutor who represents clients facing government scrutiny, and Julia Varholla, a trusts and estates attorney with more than 20 years of experience.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Matthew Podolsky has joined the firm as a partner in its White Collar Defense and Investigations practice and its Commercial Litigation and Disputes practice in New York. He joins Sidley after a distinguished career as a federal prosecutor, most recently serving as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY).
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King & Spalding announced today that Kim Prior has joined the firm’s Financial Services industry team and Finance and Restructuring practice group as a partner. She is based in the firm’s New York office. Prior joins King & Spalding from Winston & Strawn, where she was a partner and served as co-chair of the Digital Assets group.
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Vinson & Elkins today announced that Tigist Kassahun has joined the firm as a Corporate partner. She will start in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office before soon transitioning her practice to New York. Kassahun joins Vinson & Elkins from Debevoise & Plimpton, where she was a counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions practices.
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With an eye toward growing innovative technology in the Life Sciences & Medical Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Space realms, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Dr. John E. Wehrli as shareholder in the San Diego office. He joins the firm from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and previously was an equity partner at Jones Day and Latham & Watkins, and started his law firm career at Cooley.
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Jonathan Vance has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a Partner in the Firm’s Finance & Restructuring group in Dallas, the international law firm announced today. He comes to Dorsey from K&L Gates LLP, where he was a partner.
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