Continuing the build-out of its global dispute capabilities, Pillsbury has recruited five additional lawyers and law clerks to support recently arrived Litigation partner Geoffrey Sant. Joining Geoffrey Sant from Dorsey & Whitney are associates Carol Lee and Michelle Ng and law clerk Fangwei Wang, as well as former Dorsey & Whitney partner Eric Epstein. The team had worked together for more than five years at Dorsey & Whitney prior to coming to Pillsbury. Rounding out the team is Yang Wang, who joins Pillsbury from China Life, where he had been Head of Litigation at the Fortune 100 company. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Ira Kustin, a highly recognized asset management lawyer, concentrating in the representation of private funds, has joined the firm as a partner in the Investment Management practice in New York from Akin Gump. Ira’s arrival represents a continuation of the firm’s recent acquisitions in, and growth of, its credit, hedge, and private equity funds practice within its market-leading Investment Management practice. More >>

Morgan Lewis has further fortified its top-tier tax practice by adding Sarah Nelson, a former Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC director, as a securitization tax partner with a particular focus on the tax aspects of structured finance transactions. More >>