King & Spalding has recruited Jeffrey D. Pawlitz as a partner to its Financial Restructuring practice in New York. Pawlitz was previously a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago. More >>

The international law firm Bryan Cave LLP today announced that Andrew Schoulder has joined the firm as a partner in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Group. Schoulder will reside in the New York office. More >>

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Jason C. Vigna has joined the firm as a partner in its Securities Litigation and Enforcement practice in New York. Vigna represents clients in complex securities, commercial and corporate governance matters in trial and appellate courts across the country and before the Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. More >>

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Vanessa Spiro as a finance partner in the Pittsburgh and New York offices. Spiro practiced most recently in the New York office of Jones Day. More >>

Vedder Price is pleased to announce that Blythe E. Lovinger has joined the firm as a Shareholder in the Labor and Employment (L&E) group in the New York office. More >>

Eugene R. Licker—a well-known litigator who focuses on consumer finance cases, securities litigation and enforcement, and white-collar defense—has joined Ballard Spahr in the firm’s New York office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that commercial litigator James (Jim) Sottile has joined the Firm’s Business & Tort Litigation Practice as a partner in its New York Office. More >>

King & Spalding has recruited Jeffrey A. Misher as a partner to its Global Finance practice in New York. Misher will focus on advising U.S. and international banks and financial institutions on a selection of structured finance and leveraged finance matters. Misher joins from Kaye Scholer and follows on from last month’s recruitment of Terry D. Novetsky in New York. More >>

Arlo Devlin-Brown, most recently the Chief of the Public Corruption Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and one of its top securities fraud prosecutors, will join Covington as a partner in its white collar defense and investigations practice. He will be resident in the firm’s New York office. More >>