Preeminent Corporate Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in New York

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Joseph Alexander has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices. Alexander represents financial and strategic investors, including private equity firms and public corporations, in connection with mergers and acquisitions and related financing matters. His deep experience spans numerous industries, including energy and infrastructure, healthcare and life sciences, retail and consumer products, and technology, among others. Alexander joins Latham from DLA Piper. 

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O’Melveny Welcomes Former New York Federal Civil Prosecutor Natasha Waglow Teleanu

Monday, January 9, 2023

O’Melveny announced today that Natasha Waglow Teleanu, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Civil Division in the Southern District of New York, has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Labor & Employment Practice Group. She will advise clients on complex labor and employment matters, including workplace investigations and employment litigation.

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Prominent Banking Partners Join Latham & Watkins in New York

Thursday, January 5, 2023

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Corey Wright and Lisa Collier have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Banking Practice. Both partners represent banks and other financial institutions in a broad range of complex leveraged finance transactions, including high-yield bond, debt and equity offerings, asset-based lending transactions, acquisition financings, and other bank loan financings. Wright and Collier join Latham & Watkins from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP.

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Former US Deputy Secretary of State and Ambassador to Russia John J. Sullivan Rejoins Mayer Brown

Thursday, January 5, 2023

Mayer Brown announced today that former Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan, who also served as the Acting Secretary of State and, most recently, as the US Ambassador to the Russian Federation, returned to the firm as a partner, resident in the Washington DC and New York offices. Ambassador Sullivan will advise clients on issues important to their business operations, including global risk, US sanctions and export controls, international trade disputes and regulation, and foreign investment.

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Greenberg Traurig’s Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Adds Life Sciences Patent Litigator Jay R. Deshmukh

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Global Law Firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expands its global Intellectual Property (IP) & Technology capabilities with the addition of Jayadeep “Jay” R. Deshmukh as a shareholder in the New York office. He joins from Kasowitz Benson Torres and previously served as senior vice president of Global IP at Ranbaxy Laboratories, an international pharmaceutical company.

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Clark Hill Combines With Larsson & Scheuritzel Expanding Firm’s Philadelphia and New York Offices

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

International law firm Clark Hill PLC announced today that the firm has combined with Philadelphia-based Larsson & Scheuritzel P.C. effective Jan. 1, 2023. The move expands Clark Hill’s presence in Philadelphia and New York and adds four lawyers from the well-regarded real estate boutique. David Larsson and Bruce Ritter join Clark Hill as Members in the Real Estate practice, Paul Scheuritzel is Senior Counsel in the Litigation practice, and Daniel Gibbon is Senior Counsel in the Corporate practice.

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ArentFox Schiff Welcomes Insurance Partner Huhnsik Chung in New York

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Huhnsik represents clients in a wide range of regulatory and transactional matters, while also resolving complex disputes that arise in the insurance industry. He advises on insurance-related matters involving formations and capitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, portfolio transfers, insurance-linked securities, investments, commutation agreements, and restructurings and receiverships. Huhnsik also advises on risk mitigation and exposures arising from transactions and investments, global licensing issues, tax matters, and representations and warranties policies on both the buy and sell side. In his dispute resolution practice, Huhnsik has served as lead counsel in more than 70 insurance, reinsurance, and commercial proceedings. Huhnsik joins ArentFox Schiff from Carlton Fields, PC, where he was a shareholder and served as co-chair of the firm’s Fintech and P&C Insurance Regulatory and Transactional Practice and the Blockchain and Digital Currency Practice. 

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