Dechert LLP today announced the hire of veteran NY trial lawyer Randy Mastro, further bolstering the firm’s ability to handle high-stakes disputes, multi-jurisdictional investigations and regulatory enforcement actions for its corporate clients. Immediately before joining Dechert, he served as First Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor of New York City, and he previously served in government as Deputy Mayor for Operations under a different New York City mayor and as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.

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Akin announced today that Professor Kabir Duggal and Felipe Nazar Pagani have joined the firm as international arbitration partners in its New York office. Duggal and Nazar Pagani are the latest additions to the firm’s growing International Arbitration Group, with Akin recently having added Mark Clarke and Jonathan Brierley in London and Shane Jury in Dubai. Duggal joins Akin from Arnold & Porter, and Nazar Pagani joins from Perez-Llorca.

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Global law firm Clifford Chance welcomes Private Equity partner Michal Netanyahu, based in New York, further strengthening the firm’s global private capital capabilities. Joining from Freshfields, Netanyahu represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of matters including cross-border M&A, leveraged buy-outs, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, equity financings and restructurings.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Schulte announced that Emily Chen has joined the firm as a partner in New York. A seasoned commercial litigator with deep antitrust experience, Emily represents organizations in complex, high-stakes commercial disputes and internal investigations, with a focus on class action litigation and securities enforcement matters. She joins from Kirkland & Ellis.

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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that former Assistant United States Attorney Negar Tekeei has joined the firm as a partner and global co-lead for the Corporate Crime & Investigations Practice.

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