Paul Hastings LLP today announced the continued expansion of its market-leading global M&A and private equity platform and Texas footprint with the addition of energy lawyer Peter Hays as a partner in Houston. Joining from King & Spalding, Hays has had a career-long focus on onshore and offshore energy and a practice spanning both domestic and international markets.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added executive compensation lawyer Fishel Schreiber as a shareholder in its Corporate Practice. Based in New York, Schreiber joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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King & Spalding announced today that Matthew D. McGill has joined the firm’s International Disputes practice group as a partner. McGill is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. McGill joins King & Spalding from Gibson Dunn, where he was a partner and co-chair of the firm’s Judgment and Arbitral Award Enforcement and Betting and Gaming practice groups.
Tags: King & Spalding LLP | WashingtonGlobal law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Public Finance & Infrastructure and Government Law & Policy practices with the addition of Kostas Poulakidas as a shareholder in its Chicago office. He joins the firm from Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.
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Katten announced today that Loren R. Lembo has joined as a partner in the firm’s Transactional Tax Planning practice, growing the roster of talented attorneys based in the New York office. Before joining Katten, Lembo was a tax attorney at Gibson Dunn.
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Ruth Jin has joined Mintz as a Member in the firm’s Corporate Practice with a focus on investment fund formation, liquidity strategies, governance, investment transactions, and securities offerings. Prior to joining Mintz, Ruth led the Private Investment Funds Practice at Moses & Singer LLP.
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Dechert LLP has expanded its leading financial services practice in New York with the arrival of two partners, Arina Lekhel and Megha Kalbag. This strategic move significantly enhances the firm’s capabilities in private funds, rated notes, and derivatives transactions.
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Akerman is pleased to announce that Mel M.C. Cole, who is based in San Francisco, has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group. Mel will be working remotely from San Francisco and assigned to our Los Angeles office. With a distinguished career in employment law, Mel brings extensive experience in class action and PAGA-only matters, as well as expertise in independent contract misclassification, particularly within the gig economy. Mel joins from Seyfarth Shaw LLP and her addition to Akerman marks a significant step in the firm’s strategic growth in California.
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Bradley has added prominent corporate partner Viking W. Tao to its Corporate & Securities Practice Group in Dallas. The arrival of Ms. Tao continues the growth of the firm’s Dallas office, which now boasts more than 60 attorneys and has more than tripled in size since its launch in 2019. Ms. Tao comes to the firm from Polsinelli PC in Dallas.
