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Troutman Pepper Locke Adds Bankruptcy And Restructuring Partner Sean Higgins In Boston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:29 PM

Troutman Pepper Locke has added Sean Higgins as a partner in its Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group in Boston, expanding the firm's capabilities across commercial mortgage-backed securities special servicing, consumer financial services litigation, and broader commercial matters.

Paul Weiss Adds Capital Markets Partners Peter Byrne And Tristan VanDeventer In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2026

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has added Peter Byrne and Tristan VanDeventer as partners in its Capital Markets Group within the Corporate Department in New York.

Paul Weiss Adds Life Sciences Transactions Partner Ian Edvalson In San Francisco

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2026

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has added Ian Edvalson as a partner in its Corporate Department in San Francisco, strengthening the firm’s life sciences transactions and intellectual property capabilities. Edvalson focuses on transactions involving public and private biopharmaceutical, medical technology and other life sciences companies.

Dentons Launches Brussels Employment And Labor Practice Led By Christophe Delmarcelle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2026

Dentons has launched an Employment and Labor practice in Brussels with the addition of Christophe Delmarcelle as a partner. Delmarcelle will develop and lead the firm’s employment law offering in Belgium, expanding Dentons’ ability to advise companies on domestic and cross-border workforce matters.

Arnold & Porter Adds ITC Litigation Partner Brian Hill In Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2026

Arnold & Porter has added Brian Hill as a partner in its Intellectual Property practice in Washington, D.C., strengthening the firm’s capabilities in U.S. International Trade Commission litigation.

Sidley Adds Regulatory And Enforcement Partner James Comber In Hong Kong

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2026

Sidley has added James Comber as a partner in its Regulatory and Enforcement group in Hong Kong, strengthening the firm’s capabilities in contentious financial regulation, investigations and cross-border enforcement matters. Comber joins Sidley from Ashurst, where he was the most senior partner in the Hong Kong office’s Dispute Resolution practice.

Dentons Adds Banking And Finance Partner Martin Manduľák In Prague

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2026

Dentons has added Martin Manduľák as a partner in its Banking and Finance practice in Prague, marking his return to the global law firm after serving in a senior in-house position at J&T Banka.

Latham & Watkins Adds Sponsor-Side M&A Partner Samantha McGonigle In London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2026

Latham & Watkins has added Samantha McGonigle as a partner in its London M&A and Private Equity practices, strengthening the firm’s sponsor-side capabilities across complex leveraged buyouts and other investment transactions.

McGuireWoods Adds Energy Regulatory And Transactions Partner Mustafa Ostrander

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 4, 2026

McGuireWoods has added energy regulatory lawyer Mustafa Ostrander as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Ostrander brings more than 20 years of experience advising energy companies on federal regulatory, compliance, enforcement and transactional matters.

LexisNexis Opens Customer Innovation Lab To Accelerate Legal AI Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 4, 2026

LexisNexis Legal & Professional has opened a Customer Innovation Lab in New York City to bring legal professionals, engineers and technology collaborators together to develop and test new legal artificial intelligence capabilities.

Jones Walker Adds Environmental Litigator Emma Moppert In New Orleans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 4, 2026

Jones Walker has appointed Emma Moppert as special counsel in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and environmental litigation team.

Vector Legal Raises Seed Round To Help Handle Legal Matters

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Vector Legal has raised a seed financing round led by Base10 Partners and Y Combinator to expand its AI-native legal services and technology platform.

Arnold & Porter Adds Former Gates Foundation Deputy General Counsel Ken Miller As Seattle Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Arnold & Porter has appointed Ken Miller as a partner in the Life Sciences and Technology Transactions teams of its Corporate & Finance practice. Miller will be based in the firm’s Seattle office, which has expanded to 40 attorneys and staff since opening in July 2025.

Arnold & Porter Adds M&A And Private Equity Partner Chee-Kwan Kim In Seoul

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Arnold & Porter has appointed Chee-Kwan “CK” Kim as a partner in the M&A team of its Corporate & Finance practice. Kim will be based in the firm’s Seoul office, strengthening Arnold & Porter’s capabilities in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and Korea-originated transactions.

Cardlytics Appoints Former Iterable Executive Chris Cheng As Chief Legal Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Cardlytics has appointed Chris Cheng as chief legal officer. Cheng will join the company’s leadership team and oversee its legal and compliance organization as Cardlytics advances its purchase intelligence strategy.

Kirkland & Ellis: Dan Prieto And Amanda Rush Join As Leading Mass Tort Restructuring Lawyers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Kirkland & Ellis announced that Dan Prieto and Amanda Rush have joined the firm as partners and will be the first members of the firm's Restructuring Group based in Dallas.

DLA Piper: Kfir Abutbul, Jacob Durkin, Brady Lambeth, And Kristine Manoukian Join To Bolster Global Private Markets Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

DLA Piper announced the strategic appointment of three partners in its global Finance practice across New York and London. Partners Kfir Abutbul and Jacob Durkin join the firm's global Capital Solutions team along with Of Counsel Brady Lambeth, and Partner Kristine Manoukian joins the Restructuring practice.

Norton Rose Fulbright: John Boelter Joins As Chicago M&A Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Norton Rose Fulbright announced that John Boelter has joined the firm's Chicago office as a partner in the corporate, M&A, and securities practice, further strengthening its transactional capabilities and expanding its service for clients in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries.

Freshfields: M&A Star Keith Hallam Joins Freshfields In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Freshfields announced that Keith Hallam will join the firm's New York office as a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions and corporate practice.

Watts Law Firm Accelerates AI Transformation With Launch Of Intelligent Case Qualification Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Watts Law Firm LLP has launched an AI-powered case qualification platform built with S4 Capital's Monks Technology Services. The platform ingests claim documentation, extracts and validates data, evaluates eligibility, estimates recoverable damages, and assembles attorney-ready case files in minutes.

Kirkland: Leading Debt Finance Lawyer Kelsey Baumberger Joins

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Kirkland & Ellis has announced that Kelsey Baumberger has joined the firm as a partner in its Debt Finance Practice Group. Baumberger brings experience structuring sophisticated financing arrangements, including asset-backed securities and other tailored capital solutions.

Rossen Law Firm Adds Veteran Trial And Appellate Attorney Shlomi Presser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Rossen Law Firm has added veteran criminal defense and appellate attorney Shlomi Presser to its South Florida legal team. Presser brings more than 20 years of experience representing clients in state and federal criminal cases, including misdemeanors, serious felony prosecutions, trials and appeals.

Squire Patton Boggs Appoints New US Office And Global Practice Leaders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Squire Patton Boggs has announced leadership appointments across four U.S. offices and its global Environmental, Safety and Health Practice.

Sharon AI Appoints Melissa Anastasiou As Chief Legal Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Sharon AI Holdings has appointed Melissa Anastasiou as Chief Legal Officer as the Australian neocloud company expands its AI Cloud platform and sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Entegrata Appoints Andrew Baker As Chief AI And Data Strategy Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Entegrata has appointed Andrew Baker as Chief AI and Data Strategy Officer to lead the development of its artificial intelligence enablement strategy for law firms.

Air Appoints Anuj Vohra As General Counsel Amid National Security Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Air has appointed Anuj Vohra as General Counsel as the company expands its artificial intelligence-powered Enterprise Readiness platform across the U.S. national security market.

GA Group Acquires Family Law Litigation Support Firm Trampe Settles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Great American Holdings, operating as GA Group, has acquired Trampe Settles, a Dallas-based family law litigation support firm. GA Group is a provider of financial advisory, valuation, asset disposition, and investment banking services and is majority owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

Christopher Kercher Launches Kercher Law, A Litigation Practice Built For The AI Era

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Christopher Kercher announced the launch of Kercher Law PLLC, a litigation practice he describes as built from the ground up for the AI era, following 17 years at Quinn Emanuel, where he founded the firm's AI & Data Analytics litigation group.

Thompson Coburn Welcomes Amol Bargaje as Chief Information Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Thompson Coburn has named Amol V. Bargaje as its new Chief Information Officer. Bargaje will oversee information technology services for attorneys and business professionals across the firm's offices nationwide and will be based in Chicago.

Simpson Thacher Adds Derivatives Partner Netanya Clixby in London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has added derivatives lawyer Netanya Clixby as a partner in its European Finance and Capital Markets group, based in the firm's London office. Clixby joins from Sidley Austin.