Addleshaw Goddard Targets Growth in City Funds Finance & Speciality Finance with London Partner Hire

Addleshaw Goddard is adding to its City funds finance and speciality finance practices with the appointment of Haynes and Boone partner Zoe Connor. Zoe advises on funds finance transactions across a range of sectors (including private equity, infrastructure, energy, real estate and credit). Her practice covers the full range of funds finance products from subscription credit/capital call facilities to hybrid and NAV facilities and general partner support and co-invest facilities. More >>

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Dentons adds former Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces the arrival of Ceasar C. Mitchell Jr. as a partner. Mitchell, who is immediate past President of the Atlanta City Council, joins the Firm’s award-winning Public Policy practice, where he will play a national leadership role in Dentons’ Local Government Solutions group, an interdisciplinary service focused on bridging the public and private sectors to solve challenges facing local and state governments across the United States. He will also devote a significant part of his practice to advising clients on a variety of real estate transactions. Aside from his time with the Atlanta City Council, Mitchell also served as Of Counsel at Dentons. More >>

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Blank Rome Expands to Chicago with Addition of Four-Partner Group

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that the Firm is expanding its national platform to Chicago, with the addition of a four-partner group. The Firm expects the new office will launch this week, upon the completion of certain regulatory requirements.The Chicago office will be led by Kenneth J. Ottaviano. Prior to joining Blank Rome, Ken served as a partner in the insolvency and restructuring group at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP where he recently served on Katten’s Board of Directors. Also joining from Katten in Chicago are Karin H. Berg, William J. Dorsey, and Paige Barr Tinkham. More >>

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Greenberg Traurig Attracts Robert C. Jones to Co-Lead Washington, D.C. Federal Government Law & Policy Practice

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has attracted Robert C. Jones as Co-Chair of the firm’s Washington, D.C. Federal Government Law & Policy Practice. Jones focuses his practice on counseling business, association, and not-for-profit clients on federal funding, legislative, regulatory, and policy matters. He joins from Alston & Bird where he was the leader of that firm’s Legislative & Public Policy Group. More >>

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Perkins Coie Adds Veteran Telecom, Media & Technology Transactions Partner in Washington, D.C.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Eric D. Greenberg has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Privacy and Mergers & Acquisitions practices as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Eric was previously a partner at Paul Hastings LLP where he practiced media and technology deals, for which he was a winner of The Financial Times’ 2016 award for innovative lawyers. More >>

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