King & Spalding announced today that antitrust litigator Ross Elfand has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Litigation practice group. Elfand is based in the firm’s New York office. Elfand joins King & Spalding from White & Case, where he was a partner.

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, the global litigation powerhouse, today announced that Stephen E. Frank has joined the firm as a partner, resident in the firm’s Boston and New York City offices. A veteran financial crimes prosecutor who served in the Department of Justice for nearly 17 years, Frank joins the firm from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, where he spearheaded the growth of one of the premier white collar units in the country.

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Gillian Emmett Moldowan has joined the Firm’s New York office as a Partner in the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice. Moldowan arrives at Simpson Thacher from A&O Shearman.

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Kristen Mathews joins Cooley’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s global cyber/data/privacy group and litigation department. A pioneer in the privacy and cybersecurity fields, Mathews is a trusted advocate and adviser across the full spectrum of the most complex privacy and cybersecurity issues – including treatment of personal and experiential information about individuals, cybersecurity preparedness and data breach incident response. Her practice also meets the convergence of privacy issues, artificial intelligence, brain tech, and the ethical ramifications of the use of AI and other new technologies. Mathews joins Cooley from Morrison & Foerster.

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Vinson & Elkins today announced that Jason Halper and Sara (Bussiere) Brauerman have joined the firm as New York-based partners in the firm’s Litigation Practice. The lawyers join from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where Halper was co-chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Group, head of the Corporate and Financial Services Litigation Practice, co-chair of the ESG Practice, and a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

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Morgan Lewis’s market-leading structured transactions practice is further expanding its capabilities with the arrival of veteran lawyer David Sylofski as a partner in New York. David arrives from Sidley Austin LLP where he co-led its residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) team.

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Faegre Drinker announced today that Craig Heeren, a former deputy chief of the National Security and Cybercrime Section for the Eastern District of New York, has joined Faegre Drinker’s litigation group as a partner in the New York office.

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Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Ryan Kim has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. Ryan will be heading Gibson Dunn’s private credit efforts. Dunn arrives at the firm from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

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