Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed two new shareholders to its growing Miami office. Joining Polsinelli from a boutique firm, but each coming with years of experience at their prior Am Law 50 firms, Albert Diaz-Silveira and Cristina Quintero are two seasoned corporate attorneys and have joined the firm’s Corporate M&A Practice Group to anchor and build out the practice in South Florida. Polsinelli has had steady growth in its nationwide Corporate M&A Practice over the past year, adding four shareholders and significantly expanding in adjacent practices such as Private Equity and Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies.
Tags: Polsinelli PC | MiamiBoies Schiller Flexner Adds Securities and Corporate Governance Litigator
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Renee Zaytsev, a trial lawyer who has handled complex corporate and commercial disputes throughout the United States, has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Renee brings deep experience in securities and shareholder litigation, and she will expand the firm’s ESG capabilities. Zaytsev arrives at the firm from Thompson Hine LLP.
Tags: Boies Schiller Flexner LLP | New YorkArentFox Schiff Welcomes Preeminent Restructuring and Bankruptcy Partner in Boston
ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce the addition of partner Todd Feinsmith to its Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring practice in the firm’s Boston office. Todd brings three decades of experience handling high-profile and sophisticated matters related to distressed mergers and acquisitions (M&A), business reorganizations, and debt restructurings. Todd joins ArentFox Schiff from Troutman Pepper, where his past roles included serving as managing partner of the firm’s Boston office and as a national co-chair of the Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice.
Tags: ArentFox Schiff LLP | BostonVinson & Elkins Adds Seasoned Tax Controversy Lawyer Stephen Josey
Stephen Josey, a former trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, joins Vinson & Elkins’ New York Office. Most recently, he was counsel at Kostelanetz LLP, where he represented taxpayers in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies on a wide range of contested tax issues.
Tags: Vinson & Elkins LLP | New YorkLeading Real Estate Lawyer Marc Lazar Joins Greenberg Traurig in Boston
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added industry veteran Marc Lazar to its Global Real Estate Practice as a shareholder in its Boston office. He joins from Goodwin Procter.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | BostonCorporate and Private Equity Attorney Robert Giacchetti Joins Holland & Knight in Boston
Holland & Knight continues to strengthen its leading Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group with the addition of Robert Giacchetti as a partner in its Boston office. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, he was a principal at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP.
Tags: Holland & Knight LLP | BostonLitigator Philip Yannella Joins Blank Rome as Partner and Co-Chair of the Privacy, Security & Data Protection Practice
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Philip “Phil” N. Yannella has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Litigation group and will serve as co-chair of the firm’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice. Phil regularly counsels clients on data privacy and cybersecurity issues relating to the use of digital information with an emphasis on litigating cyber disputes and ensuring compliance with relevant laws. He joins the firm’s Philadelphia office from Ballard Spahr where he was a partner and co-leader of the Privacy and Data Security Group.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | PhiladelphiaSquire Patton Boggs Adds M&A and Energy Expertise in Italy
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Paolo Zamberletti as partner in its Corporate Practice Group in Milan. Mr. Zamberletti is an experienced corporate lawyer active in M&A, joint venture and other commercial transactions, with a particular focus on the Italian and international energy sector. He joins from K&L Gates in Milan, where he was responsible for its Italian energy practice.
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs | Milan | New YorkMayer Brown continues West Coast expansion with litigator Sophia Mancall-Bitel
Continuing the momentum of litigator Tony Weibell’s arrival in Northern California earlier this month, Mayer Brown announces the arrival of Sophia (Sophie) Mancall-Bitel as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner in Los Angeles. Sophie joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Tags: Mayer Brown LLP | Los AngelesPowerhouse Litigation Partners Joshua Lee and Edward Casmere Join Norton Rose in Chicago
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that nationally recognized litigators Joshua Lee and Edward Casmere have joined its Chicago office as partners. They will serve as the Chicago office’s Co-Heads of Litigation and Disputes, focusing on product liability and consumer disputes as well as environmental and mass tort litigation. Lee and Casmere join from Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila, a Chicago-based litigation firm they helped form.
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