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Jones Day Adds Private Funds Partner Ariele Cohen In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:19 AM

Jones Day has added Ariele L. Cohen as a partner in its Corporate Practice in New York, strengthening the firm's capabilities advising private investment funds, investment advisers and institutional investors.

DLA Piper Adds Venture Capital Partner Brittany Turner In San Francisco

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:19 AM

DLA Piper has added Brittany Turner as a Partner in its Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice in San Francisco, expanding the firm's capabilities in one of the world's largest technology and venture investment markets.

Linklaters Adds Wachtell Dealmaker Mark Gordon As Americas Managing Partner And Global M&A Co-Chair

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:51 AM

Linklaters has hired Mark Gordon from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as Managing Partner of the Americas and Co-Chair of Global M&A, marking another major senior appointment as the law firm accelerates its expansion in the U.S.

Latham & Watkins Buys Nvidia GPU Servers To Build In-House AI Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:46 AM

Latham & Watkins has purchased Nvidia GPU servers and begun developing its own in-house artificial intelligence systems, giving the law firm greater control over sensitive client data while reducing its dependence on external AI and cloud providers.

Latham & Watkins Adds Ahmed ElDessouki As IP Litigation Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:42 PM

Latham & Watkins announced that Ahmed ElDessouki has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.

Troutman Pepper Locke Adds Insurance Partner Yuliya Feldman In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:42 PM

Troutman Pepper Locke has added Yuliya Feldman as a partner in its Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice Group in New York, strengthening the firm's capabilities across insurance M&A, regulatory compliance, reinsurance and other complex transactions.

A&O Shearman Adds Anna Kertesz As Antitrust Partner In Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

A&O Shearman has added Anna Kertesz as a partner in its U.S. Antitrust practice in Washington, D.C., continuing the firm's expansion of its antitrust and M&A capabilities.

Fisher Phillips Adds 10-Attorney Labor And Employment Team In Mexico

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Fisher Phillips has expanded its Mexico operation with the addition of Partner Jaime Rodríguez Eguiarte and nine other attorneys in Mexico City, significantly increasing the size of the firm's labor and employment practice in the country.

King & Spalding Adds First-Chair Trial Lawyer Phil Bowman As Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

King & Spalding has added Phil Bowman as a partner in its Business Litigation practice group in New York, continuing a significant expansion of the firm's partnership ranks during 2026.

Harneys Adds Paul Chiellini-Morge As Corporate Partner In Luxembourg

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Harneys has strengthened its Corporate practice with the appointment of Paul Chiellini-Morge as a partner in its Luxembourg office.

Greenberg Traurig Adds Former Meta Infrastructure Counsel Rose Schlichtmann-Prince

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Greenberg Traurig has added Rose Schlichtmann-Prince as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C., and Miami offices, strengthening the firm's capabilities in digital infrastructure transactions and investments.

Mayer Brown Adds Pablo Bentes As International Trade Partner In Brussels

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Mayer Brown has expanded its International Trade practice with the addition of Pablo Bentes as a partner in Brussels, strengthening the firm's capabilities in trade dispute resolution and matters involving sovereign states.

Vanderbilt Law School Partners With AltaClaro To Bring AI-Powered DepoSim Deposition Simulator To Students

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Vanderbilt Law School has partnered with AltaClaro to bring DepoSim, an AI-powered deposition simulation platform developed in collaboration with Verbit, to students beginning in the Fall 2026 semester.

Dentons HPRP Adds Akbar Bayu, Leonardo Richo Sidabutar And Rita Mansjur As Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Dentons HPRP has expanded its partnership with Akbar Bayu and Leonardo Richo Sidabutar becoming partners and Rita Mansjur joining the firm as a Tax partner, strengthening its corporate, dispute resolution and tax capabilities in Indonesia.

Mayer Brown Names Erica Murphy Chief People And Talent Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Mayer Brown has appointed Erica Murphy as Chief People and Talent Officer, placing her in charge of the law firm's global people strategy.

Quinn Emanuel Adds Antitrust Litigator Catie Ventura In Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has added Catie Ventura as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office, expanding the firm's antitrust litigation and investigations capabilities.

Winston Taylor Adds Former Federal Prosecutor And SEC Enforcement Attorney John Mitchell In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Winston Taylor has added John D. Mitchell as a partner in its Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice in Chicago, strengthening the firm's litigation and government investigations platform.

Davis Polk Adds Private Equity M&A Partner Todd Kornreich In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Davis Polk has added Todd B. Kornreich as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions practice in New York, expanding the firm's private equity transactional capabilities.

Baker McKenzie Adds Dispute Resolution Partner Justin Tang In Hong Kong

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Baker McKenzie has added Justin Tang as a partner in its Dispute Resolution Practice in Hong Kong, strengthening the firm's cross-border dispute resolution and arbitration capabilities across Greater China and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

Vedder Adds Erin Weber To Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Vedder has added Erin Weber as a Shareholder in its Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits group, with Weber based in the firm's Chicago office.

Dentons Names Chad Higgins Managing Partner Of Portland Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2026

Dentons has named Chad Higgins Managing Partner of its Portland, Maine, office, succeeding Andrew Helman, who had led the office since its establishment in 2022.

Weil Adds Private Capital Partner Damian Ridealgh In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has added Damian Ridealgh as a partner in its U.S. Banking & Finance Group in New York, strengthening the firm's private capital, direct lending, capital solutions and liability management capabilities.

Lowenstein Sandler Adds Brendan Kalb And Nathan Calko To Investment Management & Private Funds Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Lowenstein Sandler has expanded its Investment Management & Private Funds Group with the additions of Brendan R. Kalb and Nachman "Nathan" Calko, bringing additional in-house asset management and private fund formation experience to the practice.

McGuireWoods Adds Insurance Recovery Partner Andrew Barrios In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

McGuireWoods has added Andrew M. Barrios as a partner in its Chicago office, continuing to expand the firm's Insurance Recovery Practice Group and strengthening its ability to represent corporate policyholders in complex coverage disputes. Barrios joins from Reed Smith and brings more than a decade of complex litigation experience.

Morgan Lewis Adds Life Sciences Transactions Partner Andres Liivak In Boston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Morgan Lewis has added Andres Liivak as a partner in its corporate and business transactions practice in Boston, further expanding the firm's global life sciences transactional capabilities.

Baker McKenzie Adds Private Equity Partner Christoph Jerger In Munich

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Baker McKenzie has added Dr. Christoph Jerger as a partner in its Transactional Practice Group in Munich, strengthening the firm's private equity and M&A capabilities in Germany and across its global platform. Jerger joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where he had practiced since 2017.

Paul Hastings Adds Capital Markets Partner Jean Park In New York And Silicon Valley

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Paul Hastings has added Jean Park as a partner in its Capital Markets practice in New York and Silicon Valley, continuing the firm's expansion across equity capital markets, public company advisory and emerging companies and venture capital.

Sidley Adds Private Equity Tax Partner Michael Alcan In Century City

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Sidley has added Michael Alcan as a partner in its Tax practice in Century City, continuing the firm's expansion of its private equity and transactional tax capabilities.

Linklaters Adds Tax Partner Marc-Olivier Roux And Team In Paris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 7, 2026

Linklaters has added Marc-Olivier Roux as a Tax partner in Paris, with a team of specialist tax lawyers joining him as the firm expands its transactional tax capabilities across private equity, infrastructure and cross-border transactions.

Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Consumer Markets Litigation Partner Jason Stiehl In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 7, 2026

Norton Rose Fulbright has added Jason Stiehl as a partner in its Product Liability and Consumer Disputes practice in Chicago, strengthening its litigation capabilities for food, beverage and other consumer markets clients.