Linklaters has hired Sarah Mook as a partner in the firm’s Restructuring team. Sarah joins from Goldman Sachs where she was a Managing Director based in London, having spent 12 years in the EMEA Restructuring Team. Her areas of expertise include special situations and company side advisory, financing, equity, distressed M&A and capital structure solutions. Prior to her time at Goldman Sachs, Sarah spent 14 years working as a lawyer in private practice. More >>
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Sills Cummis & Gross is pleased to announce that David B. Newman has joined the Firm’s Litigation Department in the New York office. More >>
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BakerHostetler today announced that it has added Partners Goodarz “Goody” Agahi and Ryan Gaglio and Associates Pace McCaskill and Ron Birnkrant to the firm’s Costa Mesa office. Agahi, McCaskill and Birnkrant join the firm’s Business and Corporate Group and Gaglio joins the Tax practice. The team comes to BakerHostetler from Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth. More >>
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Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Parik Dasgupta as a partner in the firm’s Global Corporate Group in New York. Dasgupta was most recently a partner in the New York office of King Wood Mallesons (KWM). The addition of Dasgupta complements Reed Smith’s addition of 50 former KWM attorneys who joined its London, Munich, Frankfurt and Paris offices in January. More >>
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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Johnny Chiu has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property (IP) practice. Johnny will be based in Perkins Coie’s Beijing office. More >>
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Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Joseph E. Lubinski has joined the firm as a partner in its Real Estate, Development & Construction (RDC) industry group. The Denver-based Lubinski has built an impressive and diverse real estate practice, specializing in the area of complex real estate financing. He regularly represents lenders and borrowers in the origination of permanent, construction and mezzanine loans, in addition to assisting clients with the acquisition, development and ultimate disposition of commercial properties. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce Robert Heller has joined the firm’s Tax Practice as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Heller was most recently a partner at Covington & Burlington LLP where he provided a broad range of tax support to the corporate group firmwide on transactions in a variety of disciplines and industries. More >>
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Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that partners Stuart Caplan and Andrew Schifrin, along with of counsel Jessica Lynch, have joined the firm’s Energy and Projects practice in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices. They previously practiced at Dentons. More >>
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McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the arrival of Ian Schwartz as a partner in the Firm’s Corporate & Transactional Practice Group in the New York office. Mr. Schwartz will be head of the Firm’s Investment Funds Practice with a focus on fund formation and a particular emphasis on the formation of private equity funds. More >>
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Dechert LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Xiao Yong and Nicholas Song have joined the firm as corporate partners alongside their team. Xiao, who will be resident in the firm’s Hong Kong office, and Song, who will work in Beijing, were most recently partners at Vinson & Elkins. More >>
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