Mayer Brown announced that Fritz Lark has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice as a partner in New York. Mr. Lark was a partner at Bracewell. More >>

Robert Evans III, who most recently served as a senior official in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, has joined Locke Lord’s New York office as a Partner in the Firm’s nationally recognized Corporate Practice Group. Evans is a veteran corporate and securities lawyer who will expand Locke Lord’s capital markets capabilities in New York and across the Firm. Evans was a Partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP for more than two decades in the firm’s capital markets practice. More >>

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Mara B. Levin has joined the Firm as Partner in the Labor & Employment and Commercial Litigation groups in the New York office. With more than 30 years of experience, Mara provides counsel to private and public companies spanning a variety of industries, including real estate, retail and apparel, food and beverage, consumer products and manufacturing, media and technology, and travel and leisure. Mara joins Blank Rome from Herrick Feinstein LLP where she was partner and co-chair of the firm’s business litigation and employment practices. More >>

Kevin Otero has joined Covington’s Tax Practice Group as a partner in New York. Before joining Covington, Otero was part of the insourced tax solutions department at PwC More >>

King & Spalding today announced that intellectual property litigators Steven Rizzi and Ramy Hanna have joined the firm as partners in its Trial and Global Disputes practice group in the New York office. More >>

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announced today that prominent financial industry litigator Douglas W. Henkin joined its Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice as a partner. Henkin’s national litigation practice includes trial, arbitration, regulatory and appellate work on federal and state court securities and complex commercial litigation. He will be resident in the Firm’s New York office. More >>

Littler, the world’s largest labor and employment firm representing management, has added Margaret L. Watson as a shareholder in its New York City office. She joins from McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP. More >>

Consistent with the firm’s established reputation as a market leader in advising the energy and financial services industries, Pillsbury has added prominent project finance partner Mona E. Dajani—one of the foremost energy and infrastructure lawyers in the world—to its New York office. Dajani comes to the firm from Baker McKenzie, where she was a partner in the New York and Chicago offices and a member of the firmwide Steering Committee for the Banking and Finance Group. More >>

Orrick announced today that Michael Masri has joined the firm as a tax partner in our New York office. Mike is a leading tax lawyer with experience in the financing, development and acquisition of energy and infrastructure projects with a particular focus on the tax incentives available for renewable energy projects. He joins Orrick from Norton Rose Fulbright. More >>

Financial services lawyer Douglas Youngman has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Youngman focuses his practice on derivatives, complex financial transactions and structured products. Most recently, he was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in New York. More >>