Shearman & Sterling Further Expands Transatlantic Leveraged Finance Offering with Addition of Stephen Gruendel in New York

Monday, December 13, 2021

Global law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces the appointment of Stephen Gruendel as a Leveraged Finance partner in the Finance group, based in New York. His arrival adds to the firm’s expanding global and transatlantic leveraged finance offering. This follows the appointment of Heather Waters Borthwick in New York, Daniel Tristan in Houston, a four-partner team with leveraged finance expertise in Paris as well as Sanjeev Dhuna, Gary Hamp and Rahul Chatterji in London over the past year. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Stephen was a counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP.

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Ogletree Deakins Grows New York Office, Traditional Labor Practice

Monday, December 6, 2021

Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, welcomes Sandi Dubin to the firm’s New York office as shareholder. Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, Sandi served as in-house labor and employment counsel for New York University (NYU) for 10 years. As lead labor counsel for NYU, she has advised on all types of labor relations matters arising under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) covering multiple bargaining units, and has served as chief negotiator for NYU in collective bargaining. In addition to her experience as a chief negotiator, Sandi has represented the University in labor arbitrations and matters before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

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McDermott Adds Capital Markets Group to New York Transactions Team

Friday, December 3, 2021

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of Ari Edelman as a partner in its Transactions Practice Group. Ari is a proven dealmaker in New York’s capital markets circle, having closed approximately 100 capital market transactions, including special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), initial public offerings (IPOs) and de-SPAC transactions, for some of the world’s most influential organizations. Edelman joins the firm from Reed Smith.

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Latham Adds Leading Authority on Broker-Dealer Regulation to Capital Markets Practice and Financial Institutions Industry Group

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Marlon Paz, trusted advisor to leading financial institutions and an authority on broker-dealer regulation, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices as a partner in the Capital Markets Practice and the Financial Institutions Industry Group, and as a member of the Corporate Department. He joins Latham from Mayer Brown in Washington, D.C. and New York.

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Cooley Bolsters Fund Formation Group in New York

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Lina Zhou has joined Cooley’s market-leading fund formation practice group as a partner in New York. Arriving from Kirkland & Ellis, where she was a partner in the investment funds practice group, Zhou has an impressive history of advising clients on fund formation transactions and significant experience counseling investment fund organizations.

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Real Estate Finance Attorney Thomas L. Patalano joins Polsinelli’s Growing New York Office

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli is pleased to announce that Real Estate Finance attorney Thomas L. Patalano has joined the firm’s New York City office as a shareholder. The addition of Patalano continues the ongoing growth of Polsinelli’s national Real Estate and Financial Services Department, particularly in the New York City office, and will help service the mounting demand in the greater New York area. Polsinelli’s New York City office is proud to have grown its Construction Litigation, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Finance Practices by nearly 20 attorneys in the past year. Patalano was at Alston & Bird LLP before joining Polsinelli.

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Structured Finance Partner Christian Pugaczewski Joins Hunton Andrews Kurth in New York

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Christian Pugaczewski, a structured finance attorney with nearly two decades of experience developing innovative financial products and documenting derivative transactions, including hedging contracts for securitizations and energy project finance, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in New York. Pugaczewski joins the firm from Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was a member of that firm’s derivatives and structured products practice. 

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Akerman Continues Rapid Expansion of Tax Practice Group with Partner Philip Weingold in New York

Monday, November 29, 2021

Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has continued its rapid expansion of its Tax Practice Group with partner Philip Weingold in New York. Weingold focuses his practice on federal, state, local, and international tax and corporate matters. His arrival shortly follows the addition of Tax partners Lorie Fale in Miami and the addition of John Buckun in Chicago. Weingold joins the firm from Greenberg Traurig in New York.

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