Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, has expanded the national footprint of its Real Estate Finance Practice with the addition of Samuel Zylberberg in New York. He brings with him over 30 years of national experience in a broad range of real estate transactions and related areas including lending, acquisitions, sales, private equity, joint ventures, restructurings and leasing. Zylberberg joins the firm from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that three leading bankruptcy lawyers, Brett Miller, Dennis Jenkins and Todd Goren, have joined the firm’s Business Restructuring & Reorganization Department in New York as partners. The group joins from Morrison & Foerster, where Mr. Miller served as Managing Partner of the New York office and co-chair of the Distressed Real Estate Group, and Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Goren were partners.
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Rachel Gray as a partner in the firm’s New York office and a member of the Leveraged Finance team where she will play a key role in the expansion of the firm’s lender designation practice in both the mid and large cap markets. Rachel most recently served as partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced today that Jonathan Goldstein has joined its New York office as a partner in the Finance Section of the Corporate Department. Goldstein joins Baker Botts from Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York, where he was a partner in the Aviation Finance Group.
Akin Gump today announced that Brian T. Daly, a leading advisor to hedge fund managers and private equity fund sponsors, has joined the firm as a partner in its investment management practice in New York. Mr. Daly comes to Akin Gump from Schulte Roth & Zabel, where he was a partner.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its award-winning Corporate Practice with the addition of Jim Cross as shareholder in the firm’s New York office. Cross’ practice is focused on working with private equity clients, as well as public and private companies, on complex mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments and restructurings in various industries, including energy and natural resources, infrastructure, telecom, and technology. He joins the firm from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Clifford Chance adds Global Funds and Investment Management partner Susan Burkhardt in the US New York: Clifford Chance today announced that senior private funds attorney Susan Burkhardt will join the Firm’s Global Funds and Investment Management team as a partner in New York on May 1. Burkhardt comes to the firm after serving as Head of New Product Structuring in a Managing Director role at Apollo Global Management, inc.
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Paul E. Harner has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Finance & Bankruptcy practice group. Harner joins from Ballard Spahr LLP, where he led the restructuring practice in New York. Harner is the latest addition to Sheppard Mullin’s growing Finance & Bankruptcy practice, which has added nearly 20 attorneys nationwide in the last 12 months.
