Sidley is pleased to announce that Arman Zadeh has joined the firm as a partner in the Investment Funds group in Los Angeles. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds practice group.
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Jeryl A. Bowers, an M&A lawyer with more than 30 years of experience advising clients on complex transactions and commercial matters, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in Los Angeles. His arrival reflects the continued growth of the firm’s Corporate Group in the U.S. and Europe and expands its transactional capabilities in Southern California. Bowers joins Crowell from Sheppard Mullin, where he was a senior partner and former co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group.
Tags: Crowell & Moring LLP | Los AngelesSidley is pleased to announce that Justin Solomon has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. He will co-lead the Private Equity Funds group, with John Muno, in Sidley’s Investment Funds practice. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds practice group.
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Zena Ho has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Los Angeles Office and Financial Markets Practice, where she will focus on real estate finance transactions for lenders, REITs, private equity funds, and real estate companies. Ms. Ho arrives at Jones Day from McDermott Will & Schulte in Los Angeles.
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Davis Polk today announced that prominent entertainment lawyer Glen Mastroberte has joined the firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice in Los Angeles. Mr. Mastroberte represents clients in all legal and business aspects of the media, entertainment and sports industries. Mr. Mastroberte joins Davis Polk from Skadden, where he was a partner and served as head of the global Media and Entertainment practice and the Los Angeles Corporate group.
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With Los Angeles in the midst of a massive wave of infrastructure megaprojects involving the 2028 Olympic Games, Am Law 100 law firm Cozen O’Connor today announced litigator Theresa Nolan — who brings extensive experience managing technically complex multi-party litigation involving major commercial and infrastructure projects — has joined its North American Construction Law Group. Nolan, who comes to the firm from Gowling WLG in Calgary, Alberta, joins Cozen O’Connor as a member and will work out of its Los Angeles office.
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Gibson Dunn announced today that accomplished trial lawyers Kimberly Branscome, Yahonnes Cleary, and Jonathan Tam have joined the firm’s premier Mass Torts and Product Liability Practice Group as partners, with Kimberly joining as Co-Chair. The team brings significant first-chair trial experience in some of the country’s most consequential product liability and mass tort litigation, particularly in the pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer product, and industrial sectors. Kimberly and Jonathan practice in Los Angeles, and Yahonnes practices in New York. The trio come to Gibson Dunn from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Los Angeles | New YorkNima Darouian, an employment litigator with more than 15 years of experience handling sensitive employment disputes, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Group in Los Angeles. His practice focuses on wage and hour class actions and representative matters under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Darouian joins Crowell from Ballard Spahr, where he handled large wage and hour class actions and other employment litigation matters, including cases involving as many as 25,000 employees.
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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP today announced a major step forward in our global strategic plan to enhance and expand our U.S. and global private equity practice, with the appointment of four leading private equity M&A partners. Hamed Meshki, Luke Guerra, Guirgis Nasief and Y. Michael Chung, will join our Firm as partners in the Los Angeles and New York offices, adding exceptional expertise and experience advising private equity sponsors, asset managers and their portfolio companies on their most significant and complex transactions. All four partners join after departing Kirkland & Ellis.
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Akerman LLP today announced that Bruce Steinert has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in Los Angeles. A veteran debt finance lawyer, Bruce advises private equity sponsors, debt investment funds, publicly traded companies, and privately held ventures on leveraged buyout financings and a broad range of debt financing and related corporate matters. Steinert arrives from Troutman Pepper Locke LLP.
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