Katten announced today that Bryan Kotliar has joined its Insolvency and Restructuring practice as a partner in the New York office. Kotliar has represented debtors, creditors, shareholders and other parties in interest in a range of high-profile restructuring matters, including some of the largest and most heavily contested bankruptcies of the past decade, as well as prepackaged and other prearranged cases. An active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Kotliar most recently was with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and before that, Jones Day, in the New York offices of both firms. Earlier, he was at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, where he first worked with Reisman.
King & Spalding’s New York Office Adds Benefits and Compensation Partner Jeanie Cogill
King & Spalding today announced that Jeanie Cogill has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in its New York office. Ms. Cogill joins the firm from Morgan Lewis.
King & Spalding Hires Four-Partner Pharma & Healthcare Tort Trial Team in New York
King & Spalding announced that a four-partner pharma and healthcare mass tort team of Morton Dubin, John Ewald, Kristen Fournier and Kathy O’Connor is joining the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice group in New York. They were previously partners at Orrick.
Mayer Brown Adds Leading Investigations and White Collar Defense Lawyer Michael Levy as Partner in DC
Drinker Biddle Adds Corporate Restructuring Partner Laura Appleby in New York
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP today announced that Laura E. Appleby has joined the New York office as a partner in the Corporate Restructuring group. Appleby comes to the firm from Chapman and Cutler LLP.
Leading M&A Lawyer Adel Aslani-Far Joins Greenberg Traurig in New York
M. Adel Aslani-Far, widely recognized as one of the United States’ leading public company mergers and acquisitions attorneys, has joined the New York office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in the firm’s Global Corporate Practice. Aslani-Far joins from Latham & Watkins LLP, where he was a partner and former global co-chair of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.
Latham Adds Distinguished White Collar Partner in New York
Dechert Welcomes Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Partner Howard Klein in New York
Dechert LLP announced today that Howard Klein has joined the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation group as a partner based in New York. Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Klein was a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
Foley Expands Government Enforcement Practice With Addition of Lewis Zirogiannis
Foley & Lardner announced today that Lewis Zirogiannis has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Department and Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations Practice Group. Zirogiannis is resident in the firm’s San Francisco and New York City offices.
Zirogiannis comes to Foley from Reed Smith, where he was a member of the complex litigation and global regulatory enforcement practice groups. He began his legal career as a staff attorney in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and as a federal judicial law clerk in the Southern District of New York before entering private practice.
Greenberg Traurig Grows Brazil Focused Capabilities with the Addition of Giovanni Biscardi
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has increased its Brazil and cross border transaction capabilities with the addition of Giovanni Biscardi as a shareholder in the firm’s New York office and as a foreign legal consultant in the firm’s Miami office. Biscardi joins Greenberg Traurig from Carlton Fields, where he was a former member of the firm’s Board of Directors.