Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, today announced that Matthew Levitt has joined the firm’s Antitrust Practice as a Partner. Mr. Levitt, recognized as one of the leading competition lawyers in Europe by Chambers and other publications, will be based in the Brussels office, where he will strengthen an already highly acclaimed antitrust team on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr. Levitt joins Baker Botts from Hogan Lovells where he served as the Brussels Office Managing Partner. More >>
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Morgan Lewis Stamford today announces that Guan Feng Chen will join the firm as a finance partner resident in Singapore focusing on complex cross-border financings and private corporate debt restructurings. He will arrive from White & Case, where he is co-leader of the Asia banking and restructuring practice. More >>
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Katie Knue has joined Varnum’s Corporate Practice Team. She will be based in the firm’s Grand Rapids office.
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Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of corporate partner Mörk Murdock. Mr. Murdock is a leading US lawyer who joins the firm after 14 years at Davis Polk, where he previously led the Japan M&A practice in Tokyo. More >>
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Kfir Abutbul, a highly-regarded private equity lawyer, previously with Willkie Farr, has joined the firm as a partner in the Firm’s Private Equity and Energy Practices in Houston. His arrival builds on the strength of the firm’s practice strength in Private Equity/M&A and energy. More >>
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BakerHostetler announced today that Roger Brown – former sector leader for banking and capital markets clients in Ernst & Young LLP’s international tax and financial services practice, and former special counsel to the associate chief counsel of the IRS – will join the Washington, DC office as a partner in the firm’s international tax practice. More >>
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International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of projects partner Matthew Wood. Initially based in Abu Dhabi before relocating to London, Matthew will also lead the firm’s African project finance practice. Matthew joins from White & Case in Abu Dhabi where he has been a partner since 2015. More >>
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Mayer Brown announced today that Phyllis Korff has joined the firm as a Capital Markets partner in New York. More >>
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Prominent corporate/financial services lawyer Paul M. Aguggia has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Aguggia was chairman and chief executive officer of publicly held Clifton Bancorp Inc. from January 2014 until its merger with Kearny Financial Corp., on whose board of directors he served until October 2018. Previously, he was chairman of the international law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. More >>
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