Dechert LLP announced today that Lawton Camp, a nationally recognized structured finance and securitization partner, has joined the firm’s global finance practice in New York. Mr. Camp’s arrival extends the firm’s asset class coverage into large equipment, aircraft, SBA loans, and infrastructure and further strengthens the group’s leading CLO, credit fund, ABS, and rated notes capabilities. Camp joins from Arnold & Porter, where he was partner in the Corporate and Finance Department.
Derek Pease has joined Cooley’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s fund formation practice. Pease joins Cooley from Silver Lake, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, and brings more than two decades of industry experience from several in-house and external advisory roles. With Pease’s addition, Cooley expands its private equity team, advancing its service to its sophisticated clients and its ongoing commitment to the sector.
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Continuing the strategic expansion of its Private Funds Group, international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Sara Allawi has joined the Firm as a partner based in the New York office. Joining from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Sara was a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds practice in New York.
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Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Anne Murray and Guy Singer have joined the firm’s Litigation Department as partners in its Washington, D.C. and New York offices respectively. The two bring invaluable white collar defense, corporate investigations, and compliance experience to the firm’s White Collar & Government Investigations Practice. Both are seasoned white-collar defense and compliance attorneys, who represent companies and individuals in matters involving fraud, bribery, corruption, and ethics issues. The pair arrive from McDermott.
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Morgan Lewis continues to strengthen its global litigation and labor and employment capabilities with the arrival of Shawn Regan, Torsten Kracht, and Christopher Pardo as partners in the firm’s New York, Washington, DC, and Boston offices, respectively. The trio joins from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and brings a collaborative, trial-ready team with extensive experience representing businesses in complex commercial, employment, and regulatory matters across key industries.
Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Andrew (“Andy”) Goldman and Benjamin (“Ben”) Loveland have joined the firm’s Financial Restructuring practice as partners in the New York and Boston offices, respectively. Andy will also serve as co-chair of Goodwin’s Global Financial Restructuring Group. The pair arrive from WilmerHale.
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Global law firm Clifford Chance has strengthened its corporate, private capital and M&A tax capabilities with the addition of Adriana Zhan as a partner in its Tax, Pensions and Employment (TPE) group. Based in New York, Zhan will help accelerate the firm’s strategic expansion of its transactional platform in the US market. Prior to joining the firm, Zhan served as Partner at White & Case LLP.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | New YorkMorgan Lewis is pleased to welcome a three-partner tax and transfer pricing team in New York—Julia Medynskaya, Daniel Rosen, and Brendan Sponheimer—along with Joshua Nixt, who joins as a Principal Economist. Arriving from Baker McKenzie, the group brings deep, multidisciplinary experience across tax controversy, transfer pricing, international tax planning, and cross-border M&A.
Polsinelli is pleased to announce that David J. Karp has joined the firm as a shareholder in New York and will serve as co-head of the firm’s Special Situations & Alternative Investment Practice, further advancing the firm’s strategic focus on private credit, distressed investing and complex restructuring matters. He will also lead the firm’s Distressed Debt & Claims Trading team, which provides advice in connection with U.S., European and emerging market debt, claims and complex secondary portfolio trading. Karp becomes the seventh shareholder to join Polsinelli’s New York office in the last 12 months, marking a significant period of strategic expansion for the office. Karp arrives from McDermott Will & Schulte.
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King & Spalding announced today that Daniel Nam has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group. He is based in the New York office. Nam joins King & Spalding from White & Case, where he was a partner.
