Bracewell LLP announced today that Todd W. Eckland has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the corporate and securities group. Eckland, who was a senior partner and served for over 15 years as co-leader of the securities team at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, is reunited with former Pillsbury colleagues, Catherine Hood and J. Anthony Terrell, who respectively joined Bracewell in June and July. More >>

Amanda Kramer, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, has joined Covington’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice in New York as a partner. Ms. Kramer served for more than 11 years as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. More >>

King & Spalding today announced that Jonathan Arkins has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in its New York office. Arkins joins the firm from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer. More >>

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces the addition of Sean Grygiel as a partner in its Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice. His joining follows the addition of Rob Condon as counsel and associate Talia Tanielian. All are resident in the Firm’s NY Meatpacking office. Before joining Dentons, Grygiel was a corporate partner at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. in New York. More >>

Linklaters is pleased to announce that Jason L. Behrens and David C. Miller have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Investment Funds group. They have extensive experience representing private fund sponsors and institutional investors in connection with fund formation, the acquisition of portfolio investments and the implementation of exit strategies. The pair joins the firm from Schulte Roth & Zabel. More >>

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Matthew L. Biben has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Biben, formerly a co-lead of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s Banking Industry Group, will serve as Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Financial Institutions Practice Group and continue his financial institutions practice with a focus on complex regulatory and litigation matters. More >>

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announced that Taylor P. Fish has joined the Firm’s Matrimonial and Family Law group, further adding to the group’s significant expansion this year with the notable addition of a prominent family law team, led by partners Kristina Royce and Ashley Silberfeld, in the Los Angeles office. Taylor is based in the Firm’s New York office, which recently relocated after 40 years from the Chrysler Building to the iconic 1271 Avenue of the Americas near Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Taylor joins Blank Rome from Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP, a leading matrimonial law firm. More >>

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Natasha Romagnoli has joined the Firm as Partner in the Insurance Recovery group in the New York office. A highly skilled litigator with more than 20 years’ experience, Natasha counsels a wide breadth of clients, including corporations, investment funds, universities and high schools, religious institutions, and individuals, on issues in connection with insurance coverage claims and disputes. She joins the Firm from McKool Smith where she was a Principal.

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