Winston Taylor announced today the addition of Christopher Pristouris, previously at Kirkland & Ellis, as a partner in the firm’s Private Capital & Funds Practice in New York.
Tags: New YorkSullivan & Cromwell Adds Capital Markets and Corporate Governance Partner Joze Vranicar
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced today that Joze Vranicar will join the Firm as a partner in its Capital Markets Group, based in New York. Immediately prior to joining the firm, Mr. Vranicar serves as Counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
Tags: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | New YorkSidley 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.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | Houston | Miami | New York | WashingtonAkerman 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.
Tags: Akerman LLP | New YorkDebevoise Strengthens AI Capabilities with Addition of Mari Grace and Kendall Howell as Counsel
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announces that Mari Grace and Kendall Howell are joining the firm’s Data Strategy & Security practice, based in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices, respectively. Prior to joining Debevoise, Ms. Grace and Mr. Howell practiced at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
Tags: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | New York | WashingtonOrrick 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).
Tags: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | New YorkRestructuring & Insolvency Practice continues expansion at Squire Patton Boggs
Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs has strengthened its Restructuring & Insolvency Practice with the addition of Oksana Lashko as a partner in its New York office and National Co-Chair of the firm’s Creditors’ Committee Practice. Lashko joins the firm from Morrison & Foerster.
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs | New YorkSidley Adds Life Sciences Transactions Partner Jiqiang (JQ) Lin in New York
Sidley is pleased to announce that Jiqiang (JQ) Lin has joined Sidley’s office in New York as a partner in the firm’s Life Sciences Transactions practice. Dr. Lin joins from Cooley LLP.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | New YorkDebevoise Strengthens Private Funds Platform with Addition of Karen Chao
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that Karen Chao has joined the firm as a partner in its Investment Management Group in New York. Prior to joining Debevoise, Ms. Chao was a partner in the New York office of Weil.
Tags: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | New YorkKing & 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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