Sidley is pleased to announce that Jessica Fishfeld has joined its office in Miami as a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. Ms. Fishfeld rejoins the firm from Greenberg Traurig, where she was a partner focusing on commercial litigation. She began her career as a summer associate in Sidley’s office in Chicago and then spent six years as a litigation associate.
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Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Brandon Elliott has joined the firm as a partner in the Global Corporate Group in Miami. Elliott advises institutional and private credit lenders as well as investment fund borrowers in preferred equity investments and fund financing transactions. Elliott arrives at Reed Smith from the Miami office of McDermott Will & Schulte.
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Morgan Lewis continues the strategic growth of its global labor and employment practice with the arrival of Benjamin Davis as a partner resident in the firm’s Miami office. Ben represents employers in high-stakes employment and commercial disputes in state and federal courts and before arbitral tribunals. Davis joins from Baker McKenzie.
Global law firm Reed Smith announced that Niket Rele has rejoined the firm in its Miami office as a partner in the Global Corporate Group. Rele was previously a partner at Reed Smith from 2015 to 2022. After his first stint at Reed Smith, Rele was a partner at Arnold & Porter.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. continues the strategic expansion of its Corporate Practice with the addition of William R. “Bill” Halaby III as a shareholder in the firm’s Miami office. Halaby, who joins from Morrison Foerster, represents private equity sponsors, other private companies, and public companies in a wide range of transactional matters, including leveraged buyouts, carveout transactions, spinoffs, joint ventures, growth equity investments, business combinations, and securities offerings. He advises on domestic and cross-border transactions across the leisure, life sciences, industrial, financial services, energy, technology, and consumer goods and services industries, representing both buyers and sellers.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | MiamiMorgan Lewis is deepening its private client and private fund tax practices with the additions of partner Daniel Hudson, resident in Miami, and Alexios Hadji, who returns as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Daniel joins Morgan Lewis’s private client practice—working closely with its tax practice—and arrives from Berger Singerman LLP. Alexios arrives from Dentons, rejoining the firm’s global tax practice with a focus on private funds and institutional investor tax structuring. Together, these additions advance the firm’s commitment to delivering integrated tax advice that benefits private clients, family offices, and investment managers across key financial centers and asset classes worldwide.
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | Miami | New YorkGlobal law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. has further strengthened its market-leading position in South Florida with the addition of two highly accomplished attorneys to its founding Miami office. Jay Yagoda, previously an acting deputy chief in the Appellate Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, rejoins Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the Miami Appeals & Legal Issues and Litigation practices. Yagoda will focus his practice on appellate matters and litigation support in state and federal courts nationwide, leveraging his experience at one of the country’s busiest U.S. attorney’s offices to help clients resolve complex legal issues. Melissa Groisman, formerly a partner at Greenspoon Marder, joins as of counsel in the firm’s Miami Real Estate Practice.
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to welcome litigation and employment partner Carol C. Lumpkin and litigation partner Shawn Hogue, who have joined the firm in Miami. Lumpkin and Hogue arrive from K&L Gates, Miami, where they were partners in the firm’s litigation group.
In a move that further strengthens Pillsbury’s well-established international Real Estate practice with an emphasis on global Private Capital capabilities, the firm has welcomed highly regarded dealmakers Nellie Camerik and Pejman Razavilar. The two join from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, bringing almost 60 years of combined experience and a host of strong institutional relationships with prominent capital allocators, institutional developers, family offices, and real estate sponsors nationwide.
Tags: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | MiamiSidley is pleased to announce that Enrique Conde will join as a corporate partner in the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practice in Miami. He joins from Holland & Knight, where he was a partner in the Corporate, M&A and Securities and Latin America Practice groups. Prior to Holland & Knight, he served as the Deputy General Counsel of the SoftBank Latin America Fund and as a partner in the legal team of SoftBank Group International. Mr. Conde will start at Sidley just months ahead of Sidley’s move to 830 Brickell in Miami’s Brickell Financial District to accommodate the expanding office of nearly 70 legal and business professionals. More >>
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