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.

Source:  www.marketwatch.com

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. 

Source:  www.marketwire.com

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.

Source:  www.legalweek.com

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.    

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

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

Flex-Time Lawyers and Working Mothers Magazine released the second annual survey Tuesday, containing the 50 best law firms for women. The survey takes many factors into account, including: work-life balance, retention of female attorneys, family accommodation, and mentoring opportunities for women. This year, the survey has had increased participation with 115 firms taking part, up from last year’s 85. Ten New York law firms made the cut, four of which are repeats from last year’s list. The survey found some interesting results: an outstanding 98 percent of the top 50 firms host networking programs for female lawyers, 68 percent provide mentoring for senior female associates and 62 percent offer management training for women attorneys. Almost all firms surveyed have some type of flexible and/or part-time work schedules, paid parental leave and outreach programs that include women attorneys who opt to stay home during their children’s formative years with help in maintaining bar association memberships and CLE credits. This survey may play an integral role of maintaining and reaching suitable working conditions for female lawyers for years to come.

Source: www.nylawyer.com

The law firm of McKee Nelson has launched a new team whose primary focus in on “covered bonds”. This type of bond is one that is sponsored by a bank, and which if defaulted, is maintained by a group of loans or receivables. Covered bonds are more common in Europe, but the US is catching up. The team is part of the structured finance practice group, and is led by Washington partner John Arnolz and New York partner Kenneth P. Martin.

Source: www.law.com