Pillsbury Adds Partner Hugh McDonald, Welcoming Fifth Insolvency Hire of 2020

Hugh McDonald, a seasoned insolvency and restructuring professional, has joined Pillsbury’s growing Insolvency & Restructuring practice. The third recent addition to the firm’s insolvency practice in New York, McDonald’s arrival follows closely on those of John Pintarelli and Patrick Fitzmaurice in August. He comes to Pillsbury from Troutman Pepper, where he practiced with the newly arrived Fitzmaurice.

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With Global Bankruptcy Filings Increasing, Cozen O’Connor Adds Eight Veteran Attorneys to its Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice

With restructurings, workouts and bankruptcies spiking in many industries throughout the United States and abroad, Cozen O’Connor today welcomed eight of the country’s leading restructuring and insolvency attorneys to its nationally recognized Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice. All eight attorneys come to the firm as members from Fox Rothschild LLP and seven — Brian L. Shaw, Ira Bodenstein, Robert M. Fishman, Peter J. Roberts, David R. Doyle, Allen J. Guon, and Mark L. Radtke — will reside in the firm’s Chicago office, while the eighth, Thomas Horan, will take up residence in Cozen O’Connor’s Wilmington, Del. office. Fishman and Shaw previously served as co-chairs of Fox Rothschild’s Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Department.

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Experienced Acquisition Finance Partner to Join Latham & Watkins in Hong Kong

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Andrew Bishop will join the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Private Equity Finance Practice. He advises private equity funds, venture funds, credit funds, and other institutional and strategic investors on a wide range of complex financings, including leveraged acquisition finance, take-private and real estate finance, debt buybacks, bank/bond transactions, bridge finance, margin loans and back-leverage financings, as well as subscription and capital call financings. Bishop joins Latham & Watkins from White & Case LLP.

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Cooley Hires Cyber/Data/Privacy Leader and Team in Europe

Prominent cyber/data/privacy lawyer Patrick Van Eecke has joined Cooley as a partner in its Brussels office. Van Eecke arrives from DLA Piper, where he was co-chair of the firm’s global data privacy and cybersecurity practice. Joining him is a multinational team of data protection professionals from France, Spain and Latvia.

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Former 21st Century Oncology Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President Joins King & Spalding’s Chicago Office

King & Spalding today announced that Amy Garrigues has joined as a partner in the firm’s Healthcare team in the Chicago office. In addition to holding senior law firm positions as a health law practitioner, Garrigues most recently has been chief legal officer and executive vice president of 21st Century Oncology, an international cancer care provider.

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Luther Strengthens its Team in Shanghai

Raymond Kok joined Luther’s Shanghai team as a Partner on 1 September 2020. Mr Kok is a German lawyer and has already worked for twelve years in Shanghai, where he most recently set up and managed the China business German law firm Schindhelm Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft MbH.

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Senate Finance Committee Chief International Trade Counsel Nasim Fussell Joins Holland & Knight

Holland & Knight announced today that Nasim Fussell has joined the firm as a partner in its International Trade Group, residing in the Washington, D.C., office. Most recently, Ms. Fussell was chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, advising Chairman Chuck Grassley, committee members and staff on international trade and customs matters.

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Seasoned Immigration Partner Ian D. Wagreich Joins Hinshaw in Chicago

Ian D. Wagreich has joined the U.S. law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment practice in Chicago. With more than 20 years of experience, Wagreich provides counsel to multinational corporations, hospitals, nonprofit institutions, universities, professional athletes, artists, musicians and entrepreneurs in all aspects of immigration and nationality law.

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