Global law firm Hogan Lovells Cadwalader announced today that Eric Fishman has joined as U.S. Sports and Entertainment Lead in New York. He joins from ArentFox Schiff, where he was the Sports Industry Group Co-Leader.
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Sidley Grows Energy and Infrastructure Practice With New Partner Sharanyaa Kruti Vasan
Sidley is pleased to announce that Sharanyaa Kruti Vasan has joined the firm’s Energy, Transportation, and Infrastructure practice as a partner. Ms. Kruti Vasan joins the firm from Milbank LLP, where she was a member of their Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, leading and executing complex transactions involving various debt facilities, tax equity, preferred equity, and tax credit transfer structures.
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Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP Welcomes Global Transport Partner Simone M. Riley to the New York Office
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (“SGR”) is pleased to announce the arrival of Partner Simone M. Riley to the firm’s New York office. Riley arrives at the firm from Vedder Price.
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Brown Rudnick Welcomes 34-Lawyer Intellectual Property Litigation Team
Brown Rudnick today announced its largest group hire in the firm’s history, bringing onboard a 34-Lawyer intellectual property litigation group to the firm and launching a Silicon Valley office. This addition is the largest group hire in Brown Rudnick’s history, and cements Brown Rudnick as a market leader in technology, life sciences, and global litigation. The team of highly accomplished IP trial litigators and patent prosecutors brings decades of experience. The team includes Silicon Valley partners Paul Andre, Lisa Kobialka, James Hannah, Kristopher Kastens, and Michael Lee, and New York partners Jonathan Caplan and Aaron Frankel. The team was previously with HSF Kramer.
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Fried Frank Expands Fund Finance Practice with Arrival of Partner Corinne Musa
Fried Frank announced today that Corinne Musa has joined the firm as a fund finance partner in New York. Corinne brings significant experience advising sponsors and alternative lenders and capital sources on the most complex, bespoke fund financing transactions in the market. Musa arrives at the firm from Akin in New York.
Tags: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | New YorkSidley Continues Global Finance Growth With Partners Brian Foster and Patrick Calves in New York
Sidley is pleased to announce that Brian Foster and Patrick Calves have joined Sidley’s office in New York as partners in the firm’s Global Finance practice. They join from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, where Mr. Foster previously served as the Co-Head of the Fund Finance practice. The team will include three counsel, Bryan Barreras, Brian Kurpis, and Susan Bumgardner, and they will be joined by six additional associates.
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Pillsbury Expands its Market-Leading Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Practice with Addition of Partners Mike Flynn and Saarah Woodby in New York
Pillsbury’s premier Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice—ranked by LSEG among the Top 4 most active for VC financings and investor representation globally—has welcomed partners Mike Flynn and Saarah Woodby to its New York-based team. Flynn, who has previously served as a Pillsbury partner, and Woodby both join from McDermott Will & Schulte.
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Nationally Recognized Commercial Litigator Joins Paul, Weiss’s Litigation Department
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Adam L. Hoeflich, a nationally recognized courtroom lawyer with a distinguished practice, has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. He will be joining the New York office. Hoeflich joins from prominent litigation boutique Barlit Beck LLP in Chicago.
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Paul Hastings Adds Prominent Funds Partner in New York
In a move that further strengthens the firm’s premier global funds platform and expands its broader private funds capabilities, Paul Hastings announced today the addition of elite investment funds lawyer Amanda Persaud as a partner and co-chair of Investment Funds & Private Capital, based in New York. Persuad makes the transition to Paul Hasting’s Investment Funds & Private Capital practice from Ropes & Gray.
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Gibson Dunn Adds Prominent High-Stakes Employment Litigator Eliza Kaiser in New York
Gibson Dunn announced today that Eliza Kaiser has joined the firm as a partner in its Labor and Employment practice in New York. She has built a premier practice advising financial services, technology, and professional services clients on high-stakes employment litigation and investigations. Most recently, Kaiser served as Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in New York.
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