Baker McKenzie has announced the addition of Per Chilstrom and Michael Pilo to the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice in New York. Both bring considerable experience in the technology, healthcare and life sciences, and finance sectors. Their arrival bolsters Baker McKenzie’s ability to counsel clients on complex capital markets transactions, public and private offerings, and public mergers and acquisitions. The pair arrive from Fenwick & West LLP.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that restructuring attorney Allyson B. Smith has joined the Firm as a partner. She is based in Willkie’s New York office. Smith arrives at the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
A&O Shearman today announces the addition of partner Jan Sysel to lead and expand the firm’s U.S. fund finance practice, in New York. Jan’s arrival represents a major milestone in the strategic expansion of A&O Shearman’s global fund finance business with the addition of a dedicated U.S. fund finance expertise to complement the firm’s rapidly growing team in London, Continental Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. His deep expertise across the full range of fund finance products and strong market reputation will be instrumental in developing the practice. Sysel joins A&O Shearman from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.
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Proskauer announced today that Alice Blain has joined the Firm as a partner in its Private Equity Transactions Group in New York. Alice advises private equity sponsors on complex mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions and joint ventures. Blain began her legal career at Kirkland & Ellis and joins Proskauer from Paul, Weiss.
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Gibson Dunn announced today that Jamal V. Lama has rejoined the firm in its New York office, where he will serve as a partner in the Energy & Infrastructure Practice Group, working closely with the private equity and M&A teams. Formerly in-house counsel at Ares Management, Jamal is an experienced dealmaker who has advised on a broad range of complex transactions spanning mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and preferred equity and other structured financings across sectors, including digital infrastructure and energy.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | New YorkProskauer is pleased to welcome Gregory A. Morris as a partner in its Intellectual Property (IP) and Patent Law Groups in New York. Gregory brings more than two decades of experience across the full spectrum of IP matters, including Hatch-Waxman disputes and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. A seasoned trial lawyer and Ph.D. chemist, he guides pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies in complex patent litigation and helps clients secure value by providing strategic IP counseling and due diligence advice. Morris arrives at the firm from O’Melveny & Myers LLP.
Cozen O’Connor today announced renowned international taxation attorney Oz Halabi — who has structured and handled cross-border and Israel-related transactions and tax planning issues for clients in the technology, life sciences, and financial sectors — has joined its Tax and Israel practices. Halabi, who joins as a member and will work out of Cozen O’Connor’s New York City office, comes to the firm from Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Barat and was previously with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Kyra Bromley has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice. Bromley focuses on antitrust law and brings particular experience in shepherding federal filings required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Bromley joins from Debevoise & Plimpton.
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In a move that enhances and expands Pillsbury’s global Intellectual Property offering, the firm has recruited Brian Paul Gearing, Ph.D.—an IP strategist and first-chair litigator who supports both U.S. and Asian clients—as a partner in its New York, Washington, DC, and Tokyo offices. Dr. Gearing joins from Crowell & Moring LLP, where he previously served as Co-Head of the Asia Intellectual Property specialty practice.
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