Gersten Savage has recruited Paul A. Rachmuth to join as partner.  Rachmuth, who specializes in bankruptcy, has dumped Reed Smith for his new firm, Gersten.  Rachmuth received his LL.M. in bankruptcy from St. John’s School of Law and earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law.     

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Ex- Bear Stearns in-house lawyer has landed a place at Dechert. Ken Masotti has joined the corporate and securities group in the firm’s New York office.  Before joining Bear Stearns, Masotti was formerly at Sherman & Sterling.

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Thompson Hine has added Richard A. De Palma to its New York office. He joins as partner and member of the Business Litigation and Construction practice group.  Prior to this, Palma was with Baker & McKenzie.

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Cozen O’Connor has added M&A attorney, William Rosoff, to its New York ranks. Rosoff has had over 25 years of experience.  He joins from O’Melveny & Myers.

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Polk & Wardwell has added Michael J Crames as Senior Restructuring Counsel.  Crames is highly respected as a top bankruptcy lawyer. He joins the New York office.

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The New York office of Stroock & Stroock  & Lavan LLP has added four lawyers to its Intellectual Property group.  The partners include: Partners Joseph Diamante, Ronald M. Daignault, Kenneth L. Stein and Special Counsel Richard H. An.  All newcomers are formerly of Jenner & Block.  The group had previously joined Jenner from Jones Day.  From the mere fact that this group has made their lateral moves together, it can be assumed that they are close-knit. 

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High-yield specialist Gary Brooks has joined the New York office of Clifford Chance. Brooks, previously a partner with Cahill Gordon & Reindel, has experience in leveraged lending, debt restructuring, securities offerings and leveraged acquisition finance. He joins Clifford Chance just one week after the addition of ex- FTC general counsel William Blumenthal.

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has established a litigation practice in their US offices through the addition of three partners.  Aaron Marcu and Adam Siegel were previously with Covington & Burling in New York, while attorney Benito Romano joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Marcu was coordinator of Covington’s white collar defense group. Siegel, formerly at Convingotn, defended clients involved in government investigations.  Romano chaired the white collar defense group at Wllie Farr.  The three partners will together launch Freshfields’ complex litigation and white collar defense and investigations practice based out of New York.    

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Nathan Haynes is the latest addition to Greenberg Traurig’s New York office.  Haynes joins as shareholder in the bankruptcy practice group. He was previously with Cadwalader.  Greenberg Traurig has added immensely to its New York office in the past few months.  They have hired 13 lateral partners, prior to Haynes.

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Two bankruptcy partners departed from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft and have both joined Greenberg Traurig in the firm’s New York office. Bruce Zirinsky, previously Cadwalader’s co-chair of restructuring, left the firm just before he would have been given a spot on the management committee. Zirinsky joins with John Bae, also a bankruptcy partner.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com