Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders has picked up five new corporate partners – two finance partners from King & Spalding’s New York and Atlanta offices and a partner each from Alston & Bird, Morris Manning & Martin and Hunton & Williams. Coming from King & Spalding and joining Troutman’s structured finance group are tax lawyer Philip Spector and corporate lawyer Craig Kline. Saba Ashraf joins the firm’s tax practice from Alston & Bird. Former Morris Manning & Martin attorney, Larry Schackelford, joins the securities and corporate governance group. Finally, Jeffery Banish joins Troutman’s employee benefits and compensation group from Hunton & Williams. Troutman Sanders now has 293 partners, almost 90 of which have been added just since the beginning of 2005.
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