Global law firm Shearman & Sterling has strengthened its financial restructuring & insolvency practice with the addition of Joel Moss, who joins the firm as a partner in the New York office.

Mr. Moss comes to Shearman & Sterling from Mayer Brown LLP, where he was a partner. Prior to that, he was in-house counsel at Barclays, where he handled bankruptcy and restructuring matters for the bank in the US for a variety of internal clients, negotiating and reviewing restructuring documentation and documentation for DIP and exit financings, as well as structuring financial transactions to mitigate bankruptcy risk. Mr. Moss assisted the prime services group and other transactional areas of the bank on netting and other bankruptcy issues relating to futures, derivatives and commodities. He also was the lead lawyer in preparing the Barclays US resolution plan (“living will”) required under the Dodd-Frank Act. More >>

Simpson Thacher represented Lexington Partners L.P. (“Lexington Partners”) in the establishment of its eighth fund dedicated to acquiring interests in global private investment funds through negotiated secondary market purchases, Lexington Capital Partners VIII, L.P. (“LCP VIII”). Lexington Partners has announced that the LCP VIII investment program raised $10.1 billion of total commitments. More >>

Boies, Schiller & Flexner has added highly experienced corporate attorney Dev R. Sen as a partner in its Corporate Group in New York. Mr. Sen’s expertise in the area of corporate finance will complement the firm’s existing mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice. More >>

Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan Securities and BofA Merrill Lynch, in connection with the US$3 billion 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior debt offering of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., the seventh largest automaker in the world. The transaction closed on April 14, 2015. More >>

Archer & Greiner is pleased to announce that Ronald D. Coleman has joined the firm as a Partner, increasing the firm’s depth of experience in its established Intellectual Property practice. Mr. Coleman is a commercial litigator who focuses his practice on copyright, trademark and unfair competition. More >>

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC has added Craig B. Whitney as a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Intellectual Property Groups. Mr. Whitney joined the firm today.

“Craig Whitney is a rising star in the IP Litigation world and a perfect fit for our IP Litigation team,” said Frankfurt Kurnit Litigation Group Chair Edward H. Rosenthal. “We are thrilled that he is joining us.” More >>