Katten UK Expands Real Estate Capability With Hire of Construction Specialist Matthew Needham-Laing

Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP announced today the arrival of Matthew Needham-Laing as a partner in its Real Estate practice who will spearhead the firm’s Construction and Engineering group in the UK. His arrival follows the hiring last autumn of real estate finance, hospitality and insolvency specialist Terry Green, and real estate finance and fund specialist Michael Speranza. More >>

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Cooley Expands Private Equity Practice with World-Class Additions

Cooley is enhancing its global private equity group with the arrival of three prominent partners. Ron Hopkinson joins in New York from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where he was head of the firm’s private equity group. Eric Schwartzman joins in Palo Alto from Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Silicon Valley office. Hopkinson and Schwartzman, former partners of Latham & Watkins, worked extensively together in New York representing a myriad of private equity sponsors. In London, Stephen Rosen joins the firm from Olswang, where he was head of the private equity and venture capital group. More >>

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