Global law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces Mark Shapiro will rejoin the firm as a partner, Chairman of the Financial Restructuring & Insolvency group in New York and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Most recently, Mark was a Managing Director and the Head of Restructuring at global hedge fund PointState Capital LP.
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes Shareholders Jason S. Samuels and Aaron E. Zerykier as members of the firm’s national Construction Practice and Real Estate and Financial Services Department. The duo are the first Construction Practice attorneys located in Polsinelli’s New York office. The pair join from Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Tags: Polsinelli PC | New York
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Lars Jessen, a prominent private equity lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner, based in Frankfurt/Main. He joins from Goodwin, together with Private Equity partner Martin Prokoph.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has deepened its capabilities in New Jersey with the addition of Jody E. Saltzman as a shareholder in the firm’s Real Estate Practice. Saltzman joins the firm from K&L Gates, where she was a partner.
Obrea Poindexter and Sean Ruff have joined Cooley as partners in the firm’s financial services regulatory practice group, bringing extensive experience advising clients on the complex and rapidly evolving fintech and financial services regulatory landscape. They previously served as co-chairs of Morrison & Foerster’s fintech group and are based in Washington, DC. The prominent duo has established a destination payments and lending practice. Their arrival marks the latest in a string of Cooley’s strategic additions on the East Coast, as the firm continues to bolster its capabilities across its practices.
Tags: Cooley LLP | Washington
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that Gamble T. Parks will join the firm’s Corporate & Business Department as a shareholder in its Santa Barbara office. Parks is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law by the California Board of Legal Specialization. Previously, she was a partner at Fell, Marking, Abkin, Montgomery, Granet & Raney, LLP.
Holland & Hart LLP announced John C. Anderson has returned to the firm’s Santa Fe office as a litigation partner in the Government Investigations and White Collar Defense practice. Anderson served for the past three years as the United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico. He brings substantial experience defending clients in complex civil litigation and investigations conducted by federal and state government agencies.
Gabriel Silva has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in New York, with an impressive practice that focuses on M&A and private equity in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia. In particular, Silva has significant experience in transactions in the digital infrastructure sector, such as telecommunication towers, data centers and fiber. Prior to joining the firm, Silva was previously a partner at Linklaters in New York and São Paulo.
Tags: Vinson & Elkins LLP | New York
BakerHostetler announced today that Timothy A. Worrall has joined the firm as a partner in both its Denver and San Francisco offices. Worrall joins the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Worrall comes to the firm from Polsinelli PC in Denver.
