Polsinelli is pleased to announce that its Dallas office is continuing its growth momentum with the addition of Matt Smith as a shareholder in its Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Smith lands at the firm from Atwood & McCall in Dallas.
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Mayer Brown Further Strengthens Private Capital Capabilities With Appointments of Philip Butler and David Miles
Mayer Brown announced today that Philip Butler and David Miles will join the firm as partners in its global Leveraged Finance and Private Capital practice. Both join from Dechert where they co-headed the Global Leveraged Finance practice.
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Eversheds Sutherland Continues Strategic Scale Up of its Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice With Further Partner Hire
Karishma joins the global law firm’s London office from A&O Shearman, bringing with her a wealth of experience and a notable reputation in data protection and privacy law and AI. A highly regarded data and technology lawyer, Karishma provides strategic advice to clients across an array of sectors, including financial services and automotive.
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Alston & Bird Adds Financial Restructuring Partner Peter Amend in New York
Alston & Bird announced today that partner Peter Amend has joined its Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group in New York, further strengthening the firm’s handling of complex financial restructurings across its global platform. Immediate prior to joining the firm, Amend served as Special Counsel at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
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Pillsbury Expands World-Class Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Practice with Addition of Scott Perlov in San Francisco
Further expanding its market-leading Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice, which is recognized as one of the six most active in VC financings globally, Pillsbury has welcomed Corporate lawyer Scott Perlov back as a partner in its San Francisco office. Perlov began his legal career as an associate with Pillsbury in Los Angeles and rejoins the firm from Polsinelli PC.
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Reed Smith Bolsters Capital Markets Practice in New York
Reed Smith, a leading global law firm, announced today that Yuta Delarck has joined the firm as a partner and Ashley Jaber has joined as counsel in its Global Corporate Group, based in New York. Delarck joins from Greenberg Traurig LLP, Jaber arrives at the firm from Paul Hastings.
Sanctions, Export Controls, and Global Investigations Leader Michael Huneke Joins Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis continues to expand its international trade, sanctions, and global investigations capabilities with the arrival of Michael Huneke, who most recently served as co-chair of the sanctions, export controls, and anti-money laundering practice group at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, as a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
Cooley Adds Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Partner in Singapore
David He has joined Cooley as an emerging companies and venture capital partner in the firm’s Singapore office. He brings more than a decade of experience advising venture capital and private equity funds, as well as startups and technology companies across the world. During this time, he was based in New York, Silicon Valley and Asia. He arrives at Cooley from Gunderson Dettmer’s Singapore office.
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Leading Asset Management M&A Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in New York
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas Lee has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice. Lee’s practice focuses on the full spectrum of asset management M&A transactions, including control transactions, minority GP stakes transactions, and structured equity transactions. Lee joins Latham & Watkins from Fried Frank.
Tags: Latham & Watkins LLP | New YorkPillsbury Adds Jennifer Kennedy Gellie—Former DOJ Counterintelligence and Export Control Section Chief—as Partner to its Elite National Security Practice
Jennifer Kennedy Gellie, a veteran national security and white-collar enforcement attorney who most recently served as Chief of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section in the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has joined Pillsbury as a partner in its International Trade group in Washington, D.C., which is consistently ranked by Chambers and Legal 500 as among the elite practices worldwide for International Trade and National Security matters, including the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and foreign investment, customs compliance and enforcement, export controls, economic sanctions, trade remedies, trade policy, and high profile investigations.
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