Haynes Boone is delighted to welcome Partner Richard Weber as chair of the firm’s Financial Services Investigations and Enforcement Practice, bolstering the firm’s capabilities in white-collar defense, government enforcement and financial crimes compliance. Weber will be based in the firm’s New York office. Most recently, Weber was a partner and co-chair of the Financial Crimes Compliance practice at Winston & Strawn LLP and held senior executive positions at Deutsche Bank and UBS, leading anti-financial crime efforts across the Americas.

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Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Seth Ensign to the firm’s Salt Lake City office as a shareholder. Seth joins Ogletree Deakins from Fifth Partners, where he served as associate general counsel for four years.

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BakerHostetler announced today that nationally recognized trial lawyer Aric Wu has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group and as a member of the White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team in the New York office. Wu arrives at the firm from Cooley LLP.

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Gibson Dunn announced today that David L. Perechocky has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group and Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Industry Group. David has a wide-ranging real estate transactional practice counseling REITs, real estate private equity sponsors, and other real estate companies and real estate-related businesses.

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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added executive compensation lawyer Fishel Schreiber as a shareholder in its Corporate Practice. Based in New York, Schreiber joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

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Katten announced today that Loren R. Lembo has joined as a partner in the firm’s Transactional Tax Planning practice, growing the roster of talented attorneys based in the New York office. Before joining Katten, Lembo was a tax attorney at Gibson Dunn.

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Ruth Jin has joined Mintz as a Member in the firm’s Corporate Practice with a focus on investment fund formation, liquidity strategies, governance, investment transactions, and securities offerings. Prior to joining Mintz, Ruth led the Private Investment Funds Practice at Moses & Singer LLP.

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Dechert LLP has expanded its leading financial services practice in New York with the arrival of two partners, Arina Lekhel and Megha Kalbag. This strategic move significantly enhances the firm’s capabilities in private funds, rated notes, and derivatives transactions.

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