Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that James “Jim” M. Cretella and Ikhwan A. Rafeek have joined the firm’s leading Finance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy group in New York. Jim and Ikhwan represent institutional and specialty lenders, banks, and commercial finance and factoring companies in a variety of asset-based lending (“ABL”), specialty finance, and corporate transactions. They join Blank Rome from Otterbourg P.C. where Jim served as chair of the firm’s banking and finance department.

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Akin announced today that Chad Nichols has rejoined the firm as a finance partner in its global market-leading special situations practice. At a time of continued growth in the market, Nichols brings deep experience acting for credit funds on many of the most prominent liability management and other special situations transactions as well as bespoke private credit and direct lending matters.

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Dechert LLP announced today the addition of Craig Cohen as partner in its global tax group, notably enhancing the firm’s tax capabilities in its structured credit and transactional practices. Mr. Cohen is based in Dechert’s New York office. Mr. Cohen joins Dechert from Millbank LLP, where he served as counsel in its tax group.

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Eversheds Sutherland is delighted to announce the addition of Emanuel Tsourounis II as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Based in New York, Mr. Tsourounis will enhance the firm’s services that advise institutional lenders on real estate debt financing and broader commercial real estate transactions. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr. Tsourounis was a New York-based partner in the real estate practice group of Cole Schotz P.C.

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Sidley is pleased to announce that David Grubman and Adam Cromie have joined Sidley’s M&A practice as partners in the New York office. Mr. Grubman joins from Jones Day, where he was M&A Chair for the Americas for the firm’s corporate practice. He will be global co-leader of Sidley’s M&A practice. Mr. Cromie joins from Simpson Thacher, where he was an M&A partner. He worked with Mr. Grubman previously for seven years.

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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Stephen “Steve” C. Koval has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group. A well-known dealmaker, Steve focuses his practice on structuring and negotiating complex business and private equity (“PE”) transactions, including public and private mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carveouts, and recapitalizations. He joins Blank Rome from Arnold & Porter where he served as partner and co-head of the firm’s global private equity practice.

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Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announced today that the Firm’s Tax Practice has added partners Julia Ushakova-Stein in San Francisco and Niki Ford in New York.

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