Leading Antitrust Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in Madrid

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that José Maria Jiménez Laiglesia has joined the Madrid office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department. Jiménez Laiglesia is widely regarded as one of Spain’s leading antitrust lawyers, with vast experience advising domestic and international companies, financial institutions, and private equity firms on a variety of competition and regulatory law matters. Jiménez Laiglesia joins Latham & Watkins from DLA Piper in Madrid. More >>

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King & Spalding Adds Amy Peters as Corporate Partner in Chicago

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

King & Spalding today announced that Amy Peters has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in the Chicago office. Peters joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis. She received her B.A. from Vanderbilt University and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.  Peters will focus on representing credit funds, banks, investors and borrowers in a variety of leveraged finance transactions, as well as recapitalizations, workouts and restructurings. More >>

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Greenberg Traurig Continues Strategic Growth of Litigation and Trial Practices, Adds J. David Bournazian in Orange County, California

Thursday, August 30, 2018

The Orange County office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added J. David Bournazian as a shareholder. He joins the firm’s Litigation, Trial, Real Estate Litigation, Construction Law, and Retail Practices. A nationally recognized trial attorney, Bournazian joins from Troutman Sanders where he was a partner. More >>

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Morgan Lewis Expands Structured Transactions Practice with New Partners in Chicago

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Morgan Lewis today expands its top-tier structured transactions capabilities with the addition of partners Jeff Weinstein and Patrick Lampe, who will be resident in Chicago. Both Mr. Weinstein and Mr. Lampe arrive from Sidley Austin LLP, and they are joined in Chicago by Philip Russell, who has been with Morgan Lewis since 2014 and is relocating from the firm’s New York office More >>

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Mayer Brown continues London Recruitment With Second Leveraged Finance Partner Appointment

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Mayer Brown announced today that it has recruited leveraged finance lawyer, Paul Tannenbaum, as a partner in the firm’s Banking & Finance practice in London. His appointment builds on Mayer Brown’s ongoing investment in its bank lending and finance capabilities and follows the recent hire of Stuart Brinkworth, who joined the London office as head of the European Leveraged Finance team in June. Paul was previously at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP More >>

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