DLA Piper announced today that John Beahn has joined the firm’s Telecom practice as a partner in the Washington, DC, office. The Telecom practice is part of DLA Piper’s global Intellectual Property and Technology practice. Beahn joins DLA Piper from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. More >>
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Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the hire of two insurance partners in London. Mandip Sagoo and Angus Duncan join Clyde & Co from Mayer Brown. More >>
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Baker Donelson has added Mark Kohler, a 20-year veteran of GE Capital, to its Financial Services Transactions Group. Mr. Kohler, who joins as a shareholder in the Firm’s Baltimore office, was the General Counsel Capital Markets Syndication for GE Capital Holdings, Inc. Prior to assuming that role, he held positions of growing responsibility within GE Capital as a General Counsel for GE Capital Americas, Senior Counsel for GE Commercial Equipment Financing and GE Capital Solutions, and Counsel and Region Counsel for GE Capital’s Commercial Equipment Financing division. More >>
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BakerHostetler today announced the addition of Douglas W. Greene as a partner in its national White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation practice team, where he will lead the Securities and Governance Litigation team. More >>
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International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of real estate and asset finance expert Filip Kurkowski to its finance team in Frankfurt as of February. Filip joins from Baker McKenzie where he worked since 2016. Prior to that, Filip was a member of Allen & Overy’s banking and finance practice for more than 15 years. More >>
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has strengthened its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Mattias von Buttlar as a partner in the Firm’s Frankfurt office. Von Buttlar joins White & Case from Clifford Chance. More >>
Tags: White & Case LLP | FrankfurtMayer Brown JSM announced today that Brian McKenna has joined the firm in Hong Kong as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice. Joining from Debevoise & Plimpton in Hong Kong, Mr. McKenna is a distinguished international lawyer who represents private equity sponsors, financial institutions and fund managers on corporate and investment transactions in both New York and Hong Kong across a wide range of industries, including insurance, financial services and TMT (telecommunications, media and technology). More >>
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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce Catherine McBride has joined the firm as a contentious regulatory partner in the Hong Kong office and will be a member of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice and the Financial Institutions Group. Ms. McBride is one of the most experienced contentious regulatory practitioners in Asia, and she brings expertise, insight, and solution-focused, practical advice to banking, private equity, and corporate clients in the region. She has many years of experience handling contentious matters, including regulatory proceedings, regulatory and criminal investigations, and civil claims across Asia Pacific. Most recently she served as Associate General Counsel, Head of Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement for North Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Bank based in Hong Kong. More >>
Tags: Latham & Watkins LLP | Hong KongGlobal law firm White & Case LLP continues to expand its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of Marwan Azzi as a partner in New York. Azzi will work closely with the Firm’s Global Private Equity (PE) Industry Group. More >>
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Angela Mariana (Manana) Freyre, former Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, has joined the Squire Patton Boggs Financial Services Practice as principal. More >>
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