Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Dominika J. Batten has joined the Reno-Tahoe office as counsel in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, Batten was an associate attorney at Littler Mendelson, P.C. in Reno, where she represented employers in employment litigation and agency proceedings.
Tags: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. | Reno
King & Spalding announced today that structured finance partners Jonathan Ching and Andrew Kummer have joined the firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice group. They are based in the New York office. Ching and Kummer join from McDermott Will & Schulte LLP and bring extensive experience advising financial institutions, investment managers, private credit funds, hedge funds, commodity companies and emerging technology businesses on sophisticated structured finance, derivatives, fund finance, commodities and digital asset transactions.
Tags: King & Spalding LLP | New York
Global law firm Hogan Lovells Cadwalader announced today that Eric Fishman has joined as U.S. Sports and Entertainment Lead in New York. He joins from ArentFox Schiff, where he was the Sports Industry Group Co-Leader.
Tags: Hogan Lovells | New York
BCLP announced that Rafi Azim-Khan will join its Global Technology, Commercial & Data practice as a partner and has also been appointed global co-leader of the firm’s Digital Transformation and Emerging Technology offering. Working regularly across Europe and Silicon Valley, Rafi will be based in both the London and San Francisco offices and will collaborate closely with the firm’s Intellectual Property practice and Sports, Media and Entertainment sector group. Prior to joining BCLP, Azin-Khan led the Digital Law practice at Crowell, handling AI, emerging tech, autonomous vehicles, data privacy and adtech matters, and was co-Chair of the firm’s Global Advertising & Media practice.
Tags: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | San Francisco
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is pleased to announce the opening of its San Antonio, Texas office, expanding the firm’s statewide platform and further establishing its presence across four major metropolitan markets, Austin, Dallas, Houston, and now San Antonio. Led by Office Managing Partner Christopher Ege, the office sits at the center of one of the fastest-growing economies in the country, reflecting GRSM’s continued investment in high-growth markets and its commitment to aligning office expansion with client demand.
Tags: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP | San AntonioSnell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Kendall M. Lovell has joined the San Diego office as counsel in the Litigation, Investigations, and Trials Practice Group.
Tags: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. | San Diego
Sidley is pleased to announce that Sharanyaa Kruti Vasan has joined the firm’s Energy, Transportation, and Infrastructure practice as a partner. Ms. Kruti Vasan joins the firm from Milbank LLP, where she was a member of their Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, leading and executing complex transactions involving various debt facilities, tax equity, preferred equity, and tax credit transfer structures.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | New York
Munger, Tolles & Olson is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Dyer has rejoined the firm as of counsel in its Los Angeles office. Elizabeth brings extensive experience counseling employers on complex workplace and employment law matters, with significant in-house experience advising leading technology companies on a broad range of employment issues. Most recently, Elizabeth served as senior employment counsel at OpenAI, following her tenure as employment counsel at Block.
Tags: Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP | Los Angeles
Kirkland & Ellis announced today that first-chair trial lawyer Andrew LeGrand has joined the Firm as a litigation partner. He joins Kirkland from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he was a partner.
Tags: Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Dallas
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that Karen Chao has joined the firm as a partner in its Investment Management Group in New York. Prior to joining Debevoise, Ms. Chao was a partner in the New York office of Weil.
Tags: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | New York