Akerman today announced that Lucian (“Luke”) Murley has joined the firm as a partner in its Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice Group in Wilmington, Delaware. The addition deepens the firm’s national restructuring capabilities and reinforces its commitment to delivering sophisticated legal counsel in one of the country’s most consequential jurisdictions for complex Chapter 11 matters. Luke joins Akerman from Saul Ewing, where he represented companies and individuals in corporate restructurings and distressed acquisitions.

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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Kelly Terribile as a partner in its Corporate practice. She joins the firm’s Wilmington office from Greenberg Traurig LLP. Terribile has extensive experience advising on complex transactions involving Delaware corporations from inception to exit, including corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.

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Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Ann Kashishian to its Wilmington office as a partner in the firm’s Complex Business & Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy & Insolvency Practices. Ms. Kashishian has represented clients in complex litigation matters for over a decade. Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois, Ms. Kashishian owned and operated her own law firm for more than 6 years, where she consistently secured positive results for alternative entities, corporations, and individuals in litigation matters throughout the Delaware and federal court systems. She also has successfully represented numerous committees and individual creditors in chapter 11 and chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.

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Barnes & Thornburg has added Wali W. Rushdan II as a partner in the firm’s Wilmington office. Rushdan joins the firm’s Real Estate Department, where he focuses his practice on real estate transactional and litigation matters, land use, and construction matters. Rushdan arrives from Fox Rothschild LLP.

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Erin Fay has joined the firm as a corporate partner in the Wilmington, Delaware office, where she will be a member of the restructuring practice. Fay is the third partner to join Wilson Sonsini in Wilmington in the last seven months, reflecting the firm’s success in expanding both the scope of services it offers clients and its team in Delaware-an important location for corporate and commercial matters in the United States. Before joining Wilson Sonsini, Fay was a partner at Wilmington-based Bayard, P.A., where she was a member of that firm’s business restructuring and liquidations group. 

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Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Sean Brennecke to its Wilmington office as a partner in the firm’s Complex Business & Commercial Litigation, Corporate, and Bankruptcy & Insolvency Practices. With 17 years of experience, Mr. Brennecke represents corporations, alternative entities, and their respective directors, officers, shareholders, members, and managers in complex corporate and commercial matters. He has extensive experience litigating cases in the Court of Chancery and Superior Court of the State of Delaware, as well as in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Allurie Kephart has joined the firm’s corporate department as a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware, office. Kephart’s addition reflects the firm’s ongoing expansion in both Delaware and other markets, as well as sustained demand for transactional and corporate advisory experience from technology and life sciences clients. Most recently, Kephart was a partner at law firm Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor. 

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