Paul Hastings Boosts Global Funds Platform With New York Partner From Band 1 Practice

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Continuing to strengthen its premier global funds platform and ability to advise the world’s leading asset managers on their most significant transactions, Paul Hastings LLP today announced that Rachel Shepardson has joined the firm as a partner in New York. Arriving from the Chambers Band 1-ranked practice at Paul, Weiss, Shepardson brings more than a decade of experience representing major fund sponsors across a variety of investment strategies, including private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure funds.

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Skadden Welcomes Partners Archis Parasharami, Daniel Jones and Kevin Ranlett, Expanding Capabilities in Consumer Class Actions, Multidistrict Litigation and Mass Arbitration

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Skadden is pleased to welcome Archis Parasharami as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Palo Alto offices. Mr. Parasharami joins Skadden from Mayer Brown LLP, where he served as co-head of its Washington, D.C. litigation and dispute resolution practice and co-leader of its class action practice. With two decades of experience managing complex litigation, he will play a pivotal role in expanding Skadden’s leading class action defense, multidistrict litigation and mass arbitration capabilities. He will be joined in Washington, D.C. by Daniel Jones and Kevin Ranlett, who are also joining the firm as partners and previously worked with Mr. Parasharami at Mayer Brown LLP.

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Greenberg Traurig Continues Washington Growth; Expands State Attorneys General Practice with Former Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler as Co-Chair

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Douglas Gansler to its Washington, D.C., office as co-chair of the nationwide State Attorneys General Practice. He joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, where he led that firm’s State Attorneys General Practice. Gansler also has served as Maryland Attorney General, Special Deputy Attorney General for Pennsylvania, and President of the National Association of Attorneys General.

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Marcus Childress, Former Senior Advisor to U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Joins Akin as Co-Head of Congressional Investigations Practice

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Akin announced today that Marcus Childress—former senior advisor and special counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee—has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. as a partner and co-head of the congressional investigations practice. Abigail (Abby) Kohlman, a congressional investigations partner who previously served as chief of staff and special counsel to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Legislative Affairs, has also been named a co-head of the group. Childress and Kohlman expand Akin’s premier platform for guiding clients through the escalating convergence of congressional inquiries, parallel DOJ investigations and high‑stakes civil litigation.

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Paul, Weiss Adds Energy and Infrastructure M&A Partner in Houston

Friday, March 20, 2026

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Jennifer Gasser has joined the firm in Houston as a partner in the M&A Group within the Corporate Department. Gasser advises private equity sponsors and public companies in the energy and infrastructure industries on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures.

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Pillsbury Expands its Market-Leading Insurance Recovery Team with Addition of Litigator Kirsten C. Jackson in Los Angeles

Thursday, March 19, 2026

irsten C. Jackson, a complex commercial litigator who represents policyholders in a wide range of insurance recovery matters, has joined Pillsbury’s nationally ranked Insurance Recovery & Advisory practice as a partner in Los Angeles. Jackson, who is recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” in the Legal 500:US guide and was named a 2023 Law360 Insurance Rising Star, comes to the firm from Latham & Watkins.

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Nichola Foley joins Jones Day’s London Office as partner in Financial Markets Practice

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Nichola Foley has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Financial Markets Practice. She is based in the Firm’s London Office. Ms. Foley advises clients on a wide range of international banking and finance matters, including leveraged finance, acquisition finance and trade and asset finance, with particular experience in NAV facilities, subscription facilities, hybrid facilities and other fund financing transactions across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America. Foley arrives at Jones Day from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

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