Douglas Deutsch Joins Clifford Chance’s Financial Restructuring Group

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that Douglas Deutsch has joined its Americas Financial Restructuring Group as a partner in New York. He is the second partner to join the firm this week after the former chief counsel to the chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Bob Rice, joined the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice on August 1. More >>

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Fried Frank Continues Expansion of Frankfurt Office with German Tax Partner Katrin Gänsler

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Katrin Gänsler will join as a German Tax Partner, resident in the Frankfurt office. Ms. Gänsler advises predominately international companies on general corporate tax matters, corporate reorganisations with a strong cross-border focus, M&A transactions and tax litigations. She also counsels clients on special real estate transfer tax and VAT projects. More >>

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Littler Adds Seasoned Team of 11 Employment Litigators

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has expanded its attorney ranks with the addition of 11 employment litigators throughout three of its Northeast offices. The group, which joined Littler from Locke Lord, includes shareholder Todd M. Reed in the Providence, Rhode Island, office and shareholders Gary J. Lieberman and Siobhan M. Sweeney in the Boston office, as well as eight counsel spread across the Providence, Boston and Newark, New Jersey, offices. More >>

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Leading Structured Finance Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in London

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Sanjev Warna-kula-suriya has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Warna-kula-suriya has more than 25 years’ experience advising private equity sponsors, hedge funds, commercial and investment banks and corporates on a broad range of innovative capital raising and investment transactions. More >>

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Prominent Securities Enforcement Partner Joins Cooley

Cooley is further bolstering its litigation practice with the arrival of Luke Cadigan from K&L Gates. Cadigan focuses on complex securities enforcement matters, internal investigations and regulatory compliance. He joins as a partner in Cooley’s Boston office. More >>

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Robert E. Rice Joins Clifford Chance

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance LLP today announced that Robert E. Rice has joined its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice as a partner in New York. Rice, who brings 25 years of white-collar experience in the Government and the private sector, has previously served as Chief Counsel to United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White, as Head of the Litigation and Regulatory Investigations Practice Group at a global financial institution, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. More >>

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Akerman Grows Bankruptcy & Reorganization Practice with Former Gordian Group General Counsel, Brian Gart

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the national growth of its Bankruptcy & Reorganization Practice Group with the addition of Brian Gart, a former managing director and general counsel of New York–based investment bank Gordian Group. He joins the Fort Lauderdale office and enhances the firm’s core strengths in complex restructurings and distressed M&A transactions in the financial services sector. More >>

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