Locke Lord Expands New York Office With Addition of Former NYDFS Assistant Counsel Jared Wilner as Insurance Regulatory and Transactional Partner

Jared Wilner has joined Locke Lord’s New York office as a Partner in the Firm’s Insurance Regulatory and Transactional Practice Group, bringing extensive experience advising insurance industry clients on a range of compliance and transactional matters. Wilner joins Locke Lord from Clyde & Co.

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Barclay Damon’s NYC Office Lands Accomplished Bankruptcy Partner From Faegre Drinker

Barclay Damon announces Keith Costa, former Faegre Drinker bankruptcy partner, has joined Barclay Damon’s growing Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Area and expanding New York City office. He is also a member of the firm’s White Collar & Government Investigations Practice Area and Health & Human Service Providers Team. While Costa’s primary office location is New York City, he will take advantage of the firm’s 14-lawyer New Haven office when needed.

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King & Spalding Bolsters Global Professional Liability & Accountant Defense Practice in D.C. and New York

King & Spalding today announced that Raphael Larson and Gary Adamson have joined the firm as partners on the Special Matters and Government Investigations team. As leading practitioners representing accounting and consulting firms and their professionals in high-stakes regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, the pair adds strength to the firm’s world-class Professional Liability practice. Larson will be based in the Washington, D.C., office and Adamson in the New York office. Larson and Adamson both join King & Spalding from McDermott Will & Emery.

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Akerman Expands Real Estate Practice Group with Partner Bruce Meyerson in New York

Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Real Estate Practice Group with partner Bruce Meyerson in New York. Meyerson represents real estate owners, developers, and lenders with interests in commercial, office, retail, mixed-use, multifamily, and industrial properties. Meyerson joins Akerman from Goulston & Storrs, P.C.

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Financial Litigation Lawyer Joseph Frank Joins New York and Miami Offices

Joseph J. Frank has joined the firm as a partner based in the firm’s New York and Miami offices. Joe most recently served as Chief Legal Officer and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.-a $20 billion global provider of software and services to the financial industry. Before SS&C, Frank was a global co-head of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice at Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was recognized as “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer for a major win in a residential mortgage-backed securities case.

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Hinshaw Adds Experienced Cyber and Privacy Partner in New York

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that Annmarie Giblin has joined the New York office as a partner in the global Insurance Services Practice Group. With an extensive background in cybersecurity and data privacy law and litigation matters, Giblin will help lead the firm’s data security and privacy practice and is spearheading the launch of the firm’s Proactive Cyber Defense practice. Formerly a senior counsel with Chubb, Giblin most recently was the founding attorney of Giblin Law PLLC.

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McDermott Bolsters Private Equity Practice with Finance Talent

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of Samantha Koplik as partner in its Transactions Practice Group based in New York. Sam is a recognized finance lawyer in the market and a trusted advisor to some of New York’s most prominent private equity firms across a broad range of financing matters. Sam joins from Dechert, where she served as a pro bono practice leader for the New York office.

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Dentons’ Venture Tech Team Continues Growth With Addition of Christopher Hagenbuch in New York

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that Christopher Hagenbuch has joined the Firm’s Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice as partner. Resident in the New York Meatpacking office, Hagenbuch represents private equity, venture capital and other institutional investors along with emerging growth tech companies in strategic transactions. Hagenbuch joins Dentons from Troutman Pepper.

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Cooley Continues Public Companies Practice Growth in New York

Jean Park has joined Cooley’s leading public companies practice group as a partner in New York. Most recently having served as a partner at Simpson Thacher, Park brings extensive experience advising companies, investment banks and investors on a broad range of transactional and general corporate and securities laws matters, with a focus on companies and investors in the technology and healthcare sectors.

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