Former SEC Trial Lawyer Haima Marlier Joins Morrison & Foerster as a Partner in New York

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Haima Marlier has joined the firm in its New York office as a partner in its Securities Litigation, Securities Enforcement, and Investigations + White-Collar Defense Groups. Ms. Marlier joins Morrison & Foerster from the Enforcement Division of the New York office of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). During her nine-year tenure at the SEC, most recently as Senior Trial Counsel, Ms. Marlier served as lead trial counsel on a number of prominent enforcement litigations and investigations. She represented the SEC in enforcement actions brought against financial service providers, issuers, and individuals in U.S. federal and administrative courts. Ms. Marlier also investigated a wide array of matters, including disclosure failures related to financial results and internal controls, offering frauds, data breaches, and insider trading. While at the SEC, she worked closely with U.S. federal prosecutors and the SEC’s specialized units focused on complex financial instruments and market abuse.

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Dean Nordlinger Joins Blank Rome as Corporate Partner in D.C.

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Dean S. Nordlinger has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a Partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group, which welcomed Partner Stacy H. Louizos earlier this week in the New York office. Dean brings more than 20 years of experience representing privately held and closely held companies of all sizes, private equity firms, and entrepreneurs from a broad range of industries. Dean joins from Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., where he served as principal.

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Katten Expands Bankruptcy Practice in New York

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.

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Mayer Brown Adds Leading Investigations and White Collar Defense Lawyer Michael Levy as Partner in DC

Mayer Brown has continued the expansion of its investigations and enforcement capabilities with the arrival of seasoned trial lawyer Michael Levy, who joins the firm as a partner in the global White Collar Defense & Compliance, Congressional Investigations & Crisis Management and Regulatory & Investigations practice groups in Washington DC. Mr. Levy joins from Paul Hastings.

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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.

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Latham Adds Distinguished White Collar Partner in New York

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Robert H. Hotz Jr. has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department and member of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice. Hotz is a seasoned litigator and trial lawyer who has broad experience advising clients on matters related to alleged securities and commodities fraud/insider trading, improper accounting and disclosures, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, and sanctions. Hotz joins Latham from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in New York.

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