Zena Ho has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Los Angeles Office and Financial Markets Practice, where she will focus on real estate finance transactions for lenders, REITs, private equity funds, and real estate companies. Ms. Ho arrives at Jones Day from McDermott Will & Schulte in Los Angeles.
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Squire Patton Boggs continued the expansion of its Global Public Policy Practice with the addition of Nick Rockwell and Chris K. Crawford as Principals in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
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Akin announced today that Filippo Durazzo has joined the firm as corporate partner in London, further advancing the firm’s expansion of its global private equity platform. Filippo reunites with U.S. head of private equity Gerald Brant, partners Jeffrey Kochian, London-based Jono Hamill and their team, strengthening capabilities in private equity transactions, complex mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital solutions. Durazzo arrives at the firm from Sidley Austin in London.
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Global law firm Hogan Lovells Cadwalader today announced that Paul Guan has joined the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice as a partner in Hong Kong. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Neal J. Reenan and Ian Bushner have joined the firm as partners in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York, expanding the firm’s deep private equity M&A bench. The duo arrive from global law firm Freshfields.
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon is pleased to announce that Catherine Muir has joined the firm as a partner in its Privacy & Cybersecurity practice group. Based in Washington, D.C., Muir brings significant experience advising clients on privacy and cybersecurity issues, investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, and matters involving the Federal Trade Commission. Muir joins the firm from Sidley Austin LLP.
Tags: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP | WashingtonSnell & Wilmer is pleased to announce the arrival of Anthony R. Scisciani III to the firm’s Litigation, Investigations, and Trials practice in Seattle. Tony joins from HWS Law Group, where he practiced for 24 years and served as Managing Partner since 2020.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that Michael R. Huston, Jonathan Y. Ellis and Nicholas S. Crown will join its Supreme Court & Appellate Practice as partners in the Washington, D.C. office. Each is a former Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States and together, they have argued more than 20 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Messrs. Ellis and Huston will co-head the Firm’s Supreme Court & Appellate Practice. Huston and Crown arrive from Ashurst Perkins Coie, while Ellis joins the firm from McGuireWoods.
Partner Laura L. Wallerstein has joined Shumaker in Washington DC, bringing with her more than 15 years of counsel to complex business and real estate transactions. Her addition expands the firm’s capabilities in franchise mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and real estate matters. Ms. Wallerstein comes to the firm from McDonald Hopkins LLC.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Ryan McNish has joined the firm as a partner in its Investment Funds practice group in the firm’s office in Chicago. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds Practice Group.
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