Sidley Strengthens Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure Practice Across the U.S. With Team of Four Partners

Sidley is pleased to announce that Michael Pikiel, Jr., Richard Puttré, Tom Millar, and Patrick Selinger have joined the firm’s Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure practice. Mr. Pikiel, Mr. Puttré, Mr. Millar, and Mr. Selinger join the firm’s offices in New York, Miami, Washington, D.C., and Houston, respectively. All four join from Winston Taylor LLP, where Mr. Pikiel was Co-Chair of the Project Finance practice, Co-Chair of the Energy and Infrastructure industry group, and also served on the Executive Committee. Mr. Puttré was Chair of the firm’s Projects – Latin America practice.

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Akerman Expands National Real Estate Practice with Addition of Partner Lisa S. Lim in New York

Akerman today announced that Lisa S. Lim, a veteran deal maker, has returned to the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in New York City, where she will serve as Chair of Affordable Housing Transactions. She joins one of the largest and most active real estate legal teams in the U.S., deepening the firm’s transactional and predevelopment real estate capabilities in New York. Lim arrives at Akerman from Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.

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Orrick Continues Structured Finance Buildout with New York Hire

Orrick announced today the strategic addition of Steven “Steve” Lozner as a partner in the firm’s Structured Finance team in New York. Joining from DLA Piper, Lozner brings years of highly specialized legal experience and a top-tier educational background to his focus on collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), leveraged loan warehouse facilities, and complex asset-backed securitizations (ABS).

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King & Spalding Expands Structured Finance Platform with Addition of Jonathan Ching and Andrew Kummer in New York

King & Spalding announced today that structured finance partners Jonathan Ching and Andrew Kummer have joined the firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice group. They are based in the New York office. Ching and Kummer join from McDermott Will & Schulte LLP and bring extensive experience advising financial institutions, investment managers, private credit funds, hedge funds, commodity companies and emerging technology businesses on sophisticated structured finance, derivatives, fund finance, commodities and digital asset transactions.

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