Morrison & Foerster Strengthens Its Global Corporate Capabilities With Addition of M&A and Private Equity Partner Aly El Hamamsy in New York

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Aly El Hamamsy as a partner in its Mergers + Acquisitions and Private Equity Investments + Buyouts Groups in New York. Mr. El Hamamsy brings to the firm nearly 20 years of experience in global M&A transactions. His arrival underscores the continued expansion of the firm’s global corporate capabilities in New York. Notably, Mr. El Hamamsy is the fifth corporate partner to join the New York office since the start of 2020, following the addition of Mitchell Presser, Omar Pringle, and Leonora Shalet in 2020, as well as the addition of Larry Medvinsky earlier this year. Mr. El Hamamsy joins Morrison & Foerster from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP where he advised large, multinational corporations on a variety of complex matters, including public and private acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, joint ventures, corporate governance, and hostile takeovers. 

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Distinguished Patent Litigator Ben Hsing Joins Venable’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in New York

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Benjamin C. Hsing has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation – Life Sciences Group in the New York office. Mr. Hsing is an accomplished trial lawyer with significant experience litigating patents across a broad range of technologies, including pharmaceutical compounds and formulations, telecommunication cables, treatment methods, genetically engineered seeds, medical devices, memory chips, light switches, imaging devices, and pet products. Hsing joins from McGuireWoods LLP.

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Polsinelli Adds Real Estate Finance Shareholder Jennifer L. Garrett in New York City

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli continues to expand its national Real Estate Finance Practice with the addition of new Shareholder Jennifer L. Garrett. The firm welcomes Garrett to its New York City office, where she adds depth to Polsinelli’s robust team of financial services attorneys in the nation’s financial capital. Garrett comes to Polsinelli from Paul Hastings.

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Distinguished Securities Litigator Jason Vigna Joins Mintz

Mintz announced today that Jason C. Vigna has joined the firm as a Member in its Securities Litigation Practice in New York. Mr. Vigna represents clients in complex securities and commercial litigation, as well as corporate governance matters, in trial and appellate courts throughout the country and before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Vigna comes to Mintz from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

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Greenberg Traurig Continues to Grow Dynamic Corporate Practice in New York

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its award-winning Corporate Practice with the addition of Shaun Levor and Cynthia A. Marian as shareholders in New York. Levor joins from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Marian joins from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP, both on the heels of recent strategic additions Jim Cross and Jaclyn Ruch for our New York Corporate Practice.

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Experienced Corporate Lawyer Jason Zachary Joins Haynes and Boone

Zachary is a partner in Hayne’s and Boone’s Corporate Department and a member of the Capital Markets and Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices. Zachary will split time between the firm’s Denver and New York offices and will be an important part of the firm’s growth initiatives on the west coast. Zachary previously was a shareholder in the Denver office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP and served as senior securities counsel – securities and corporate governance at Vail Resorts, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company.

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Blank Rome Expands White Collar Team with Partner Jennifer Achilles in New York

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Jennifer L. Achilles has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigations group. Jennifer brings to the practice nearly 20 years of experience counseling companies and individuals in white collar criminal defense and regulatory enforcement matters, as well as internal investigations. Jennifer joins Blank Rome from Reed Smith LLP where she led the Global Regulatory Enforcement Group in the firm’s New York office for the past three years.

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