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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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.

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Global 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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