Paul Hastings Boosts Global Funds Platform With New York Partner From Band 1 Practice

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Continuing to strengthen its premier global funds platform and ability to advise the world’s leading asset managers on their most significant transactions, Paul Hastings LLP today announced that Rachel Shepardson has joined the firm as a partner in New York. Arriving from the Chambers Band 1-ranked practice at Paul, Weiss, Shepardson brings more than a decade of experience representing major fund sponsors across a variety of investment strategies, including private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure funds.

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Greenberg Traurig Continues Washington Growth; Expands State Attorneys General Practice with Former Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler as Co-Chair

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Douglas Gansler to its Washington, D.C., office as co-chair of the nationwide State Attorneys General Practice. He joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, where he led that firm’s State Attorneys General Practice. Gansler also has served as Maryland Attorney General, Special Deputy Attorney General for Pennsylvania, and President of the National Association of Attorneys General.

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Skadden Expands Private Credit and Restructuring Capabilities With Scott Heard and the Return of Matthew Murphy

Friday, March 13, 2026

Skadden is pleased to announce that Scott Heard and Matthew Murphy have joined its market-leading Finance and Corporate Restructuring Groups, respectively, further strengthening the firm’s private credit and restructuring capabilities. Having worked together closely at another prominent global law firm, Mr. Heard and Mr. Murphy provide integrated service across complex debt financing transactions, including acquisition financings, recapitalizations, restructurings and liability management exercises. The duo arrives at the firm from Paul Hastings.

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Paul Hastings Welcomes Leading Securities Litigators in San Francisco and New York

Monday, March 9, 2026

Paul Hastings today announced that leading securities litigation partners Daniel Laguardia and Patrick Hein have joined the firm in San Francisco. Laguardia, who also practices in New York, will serve as co-chair of Securities Litigation. Joining from A&O Shearman, where Laguardia previously held various leadership positions, the pair expands Paul Hastings’ Securities Litigation team in Northern California and further enhances the firm’s broader capabilities for public company clients and financial institutions.

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