Brendan joins the business from Dentons, and he specialises in advising lenders, borrowers and private equity sponsors. His practice covers local, UK and international real estate finance (including real estate investment and development senior and mezzanine finance deals), as well as asset-backed and energy & infrastructure transactions including the financing of data centres, capacity market and smart meter assets. More >>
Tags: DWF LLP | London
The global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) today announced that Benjamin Saul has joined the firm as a partner in the Banking Practice. Saul will reside in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and was formerly a partner at White & Case. More >>
Tags: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | Washington
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Brian Parness has joined the Firm as a partner. He is part of Weil’s global Private Equity practice and is based in the Firm’s New York office. More >>
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP | New York
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce a significant expansion of its Investigations + White Collar Defense and Corporate Governance practices with the additions of Dr. Roland Steinmeyer and Mr. Patrick Späth from WilmerHale in Berlin, who join the firm as partners. More >>
Tags: Morrison & Foerster LLP | Berlin
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Janell M. Ahnert as a shareholder in its Birmingham, Ala., office. She joins from Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. More >>
Tags: Littler Mendelson P.C. | Birmingham
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes James C. “Jay” Morris as a partner in the St. Louis office. Morris joins the firm in the construction, professional liability defense, insurance, maritime, commercial litigation, and trucking & transportation practice groups. Mr. Morris was previously with a regional litigation firm and practiced out of a St. Louis office. More >>
Tags: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP | St. Louis
Winston & Strawn LLP has announced that Khoon Jin (KJ) Tan has joined the firm’s Transactions Department in Hong Kong. KJ’s practice focuses on initial public offerings (IPOs) and compliance and will expand Winston’s capital markets and finance capabilities, specifically in Hong Kong, and across Asia and will attract companies for listing in the U.S. More >>
Tags: Winston & Strawn LLP | Hong KongMorrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Jina Choi has joined the firm in the San Francisco office as a partner in its Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White–Collar Defense group. Ms. Choi spent the last 16 years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she was head of the SEC’s San Francisco Regional Office for five years and developed a reputation for her work on high-profile, complex, and novel enforcement actions. More >>
Tags: Morrison & Foerster LLP | San Francisco
Holland & Knight announced today that Ryan M. Leaderman has joined its Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s West Coast Land Use and Environmental Practice Group. Mr. Leaderman focuses on obtaining and negotiating land use entitlements for complex land use planning and mixed-use developments and securing project approvals for all types of major developments in Southern California. He also represents clients in all aspects of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), including CEQA litigation. Most recently, he was a partner at DLA Piper in Los Angeles. More >>
Tags: Holland & Knight LLP | Los Angeles
Aaron Lindstrom, the former solicitor general for the state of Michigan, has joined Barnes & Thornburg in Grand Rapids.
Lindstrom, who is of counsel in the firm’s Litigation Department, served as Michigan’s solicitor general for five years, where he represented the state and its agencies and oversaw appellate matters for the Michigan Department of Attorney General. He represented the state before the Michigan Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court and before other state and federal courts.
Tags: Barnes & Thornburg LLP | Grand Rapids