Morgan Lewis Adds Three Partner Corporate Restructuring, Transactional Finance Team

Morgan Lewis announced today that three veteran finance lawyers are reuniting as partners at the global law firm. Joining from Bracewell, Kurt Mayr and Jennifer Feldsher focus on corporate restructuring. Joining from Proskauer, Kristen Campana focuses on transactional finance with significant restructuring experience. All three once practiced together at Bracewell. Several members of their team will be joining the firm. More >>

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Kennedys Grows Presence in Portugal With Merger

We are pleased to announce that we have grown our presence in Portugal by merging with boutique Portuguese firm N. Maldonado Sousa & Associados. The merged firm will move into our existing Lisbon office in the centre of the city. Nuno Maldonado Sousa, the sole partner of N. Maldonado Sousa & Associados, joins us as a partner along with two associates, Gabriela Rei and Carla Almeida Cruz. More >>

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Former Acting ICE Director and Team Join Nixon Peabody, Form New Practice with Homeland Security Focus

John Sandweg, former acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and former acting General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has joined Nixon Peabody together with his legal team. The Washington, DC-based team will spearhead the firm’s new Cross-Border Risks team. John comes to Nixon Peabody from Frontier Solutions, the investigatory, compliance, due diligence, and crisis management firm he founded in 2015. More >>

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Blank Rome Welcomes Experienced Tax and Real Estate Finance Partner in Washington, D.C.

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Cynthia Langelier Paine has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Tax, Benefits, and Private Client group in the Washington, D.C., office. Cynthia focuses her practice on commercial real estate matters in addition to affordable housing, economic development, and subsidized transactions. Previously, Cynthia was special counsel in Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP’s real estate practice. More >>

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Marques Peterson Joins Pillsbury’s Government Contracts & Disputes Practice in DC

Marques Peterson, a well-regarded government contracts lawyer with a focus on international government contracts and the defense sector, has joined Pillsbury as a partner in the firm’s award-winning Government Contracts & Disputes practice. He joins from Vedder Price P.C., where he was a shareholder, and will reside in the firm’s Washington, DC office. More >>

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