Perkins Coie Welcomes Jacquie Duval in New York to Broaden Private Funds and Family Office Offering

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that veteran private funds and family office partner Jacquie Duval has joined the Corporate and Financial Regulation practices in New York as the chair of Private Capital and Fund Formation where she will help expand the firm’s capabilities serving private funds and family offices. Jacquie joins Perkins Coie from K&L Gates where she was a partner and a member of the Asset Management and Investment Funds and the Tax practices.

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Cooley Boosts Global Fund Formation Practice With New York Hire

Monday, June 17, 2024

Jaclyn Rabin has joined Cooley’s fund formation practice group as a partner in the New York office. She will focus on advising private equity and venture capital clients on a broad range of fund formation matters. Rabin previously was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis; she also was chief compliance officer of Thrive Capital, a New York‐based venture capital firm focused on investments in internet, software and technology-enabled companies. Most recently, Jaclyn founded New Austin Venture Advisory, a Texas‐based provider of strategic, legal and operations support for asset managers.

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King & Spalding Welcomes Return of Structured Finance Partners Martin Eid and Katie Weiss to New York Office

Monday, June 17, 2024

King & Spalding announces the return of structured finance partners Katie Weiss and Martin Eid to the firm. Eid has rejoined the firm effective immediately, and Weiss will return in the coming weeks. They join the Finance and Restructuring practice group in the New York office. Both Weiss and Eid join from Milbank. Prior to that, they were partners at King & Spalding.

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Pillsbury Adds Restructuring Partner Michael Burke in New York, Enhancing Firm’s Ability to Support Distressed Entities

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Pillsbury has successfully recruited Michael Burke—a well-established corporate restructuring lawyer with expansive knowledge of and experience working in the aviation sector—to the firm’s Chambers-ranked New York Insolvency & Restructuring group as partner. Burke joins from Sidley Austin.

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Lewis Brisbois Expands Corporate Capabilities in Washington, D.C. With New Partner Hire

Friday, June 7, 2024

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Marcantonio (“Marco”) Barnes to its Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Corporate Practice. With more than two decades of experience in business and law, Mr. Barnes focuses his practice on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, in the energy, communications technology and financial services sectors. Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois, Mr. Barnes practiced with Womble Bond Dickinson LLP where he represented public and private companies in a variety of transactions and general corporate matters. Before entering private practice, he served as in-house counsel for a large technology company.

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Paul, Weiss Adds M&A Partner in New York

Monday, May 13, 2024

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Chelsea N. Darnell has joined the firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice in the Corporate Department, resident in New York. Darnell advises public and private companies and private equity firms on M&A, corporate governance matters and activism defense issues. Darnell arrives from Kirkland & Ellis in New York.

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