Trevor Hoffmann, a New York City lawyer known for his work on significant domestic and cross-border bankruptcy cases, has joined Goulston & Storrs, an Am Law 200 firm with offices in Boston, New York and Washington D.C. Hoffmann’s national practice includes the representation of debtors, creditors, acquirers and lenders in all phases of restructurings and workouts. He also has a particular focus on representing private equity firms, hedge funds and developers in acquiring distressed companies and assets both in and outside of bankruptcy. More >>

Mayer Brown announced today that Aubry Smith has joined the firm in its New York office as a partner in the Corporate & Securities practice. Mr. Smith joins from Paul Weiss. More >>

King & Spalding today announced that Timothy Fesenmyer has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in the New York office. Fesenmyer will focus on mergers and acquisitions and corporate representation for the firm’s public and private company clients. More >>

Emilie B. Cooper, an accomplished litigator with significant experience handing disputes in the real estate and hospitality arenas, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York Office. More >>

n what is a significant move for the firm’s global finance practice, Pillsbury has recruited respected leveraged finance lawyers Michael E. Michetti and Joel M. Simon as partners in New York. The pair is joining from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where they were active members of the leveraged finance practice. More >>

BakerHostetler announced today that Howard E. Cotton and Michael S. Gordon, both seasoned trial attorneys with decades of success in high-stakes commercial litigation, have joined the firm as partners based in New York. Cotton and Gordon come to BakerHostetler to continue their more than 20 years of working together as a successful litigation team. They arrive from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where Cotton previously held many leadership positions, including serving as a national co-chair of commercial litigation and on the national executive committee, compensation committee and board of directors. More >>

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to develop its reputation as the region’s go-to law firm with the strategic addition of John P. Schwartz as a shareholder to the Philadelphia office’s expanding real estate team. Schwartz, who has handled numerous complex real estate finance, joint venture and acquisition and sales transactions during tenures at Cozen O’Connor and Dechert, recently transferred that skill set to Greenberg Traurig’s Philadelphia office. His focus includes REITs, private equity real estate funds, investment banks, insurance companies and other institutional investors. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Jane Greyf has rejoined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Greyf’s practice focuses on representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies in leveraged buyouts, private M&A transactions, joint ventures, and growth equity investments. She also advises corporate clients in strategic M&A matters. Greyf joins Latham & Watkins from Goodwin Procter in New York.  More >>