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Eudia: $105 Million (Series A) Raised To Enhance Legal Work With Augmented Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2025

Eudia, an Augmented Intelligence platform for Fortune 500 legal teams, announced the closing of its Series A funding round for up to $105 million, led by General Catalyst with participation from Floodgate, Sierra Ventures, Hakluyt Capital, Defy, Everywhere Ventures, B3 Capital, Backbone, Firsthand, and renowned angel investors Gokul Rajaram, Chris Re, Andrew Sieja, Mike Gamson, and Scott Belsky.

Dentons: Richard Hong Joins As Commercial Litigation Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Dentons announced that Richard Hong has joined the firm as a partner in its Commercial Litigation practice, based in New York. Hong brings over 17 years of experience as a senior trial lawyer for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), addressing high-stakes litigation across the banking, financial, securities, and digital assets industries.

Morrison Foerster: Dan Harris Arrives As Partner In ECVC Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Leading global law firm Morrison Foerster announced the arrival of Dan Harris as a partner in the firm’s Emerging Companies + Venture Capital (ECVC) Group, based in its San Francisco office. Harris brings nearly two decades of experience working closely with a wide range of innovative food systems and consumer technology, consumer products, software, hardware, and marketplace-based companies throughout their lifecycles.

Sidley: Jane Rheem Named As Chief Data And AI Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Sidley Austin announced that Jane Rheem has joined the firm as Chief Data & AI Officer. Across her 25-year career, she headed the data analytics and data science functions at multiple organizations. And more recently, Rheem was Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Zurich North America.

DLA Piper: Former FAA Chief Counsel Marc Nichols Named As Co-Chair Of Transportation Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

DLA Piper announced it welcome Marc Nichols, former Federal Aviation Administration Chief Counsel, as a partner and as the Co-Chair of the Transportation Practice. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, DC, office.

Kirkland & Ellis: Kemal Hawa Joins As Partner In Corporate Practice Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Kirkland & Ellis announced that Kemal Hawa has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group with a focus on digital infrastructure. Hawa counsels clients in complex transactions across the digital infrastructure and telecommunications space and has extensive experience providing advice on commercial agreements.

Milbank: Lisa Laukitis Named As Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Milbank announced that Lisa Laukitis had joined the New York office as a partner in the Financial Restructuring Group. For 25+ years, Laukitis advised clients on all aspects of corporate restructurings. And the primary focus of her work has been representing companies in connection with their out-of-court restructurings and Chapter 11 cases.

White & Case: Patrick Johnson Named As Partner In Houston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Global law firm White & Case announced it has expanded its Global Project Development and Finance Practice and Global Energy Industry Group with the addition of Patrick Johnson as a partner in Houston.

Dentons: Ahmed Butt Joins Banking & Finance Practice In The Middle East As A Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 11, 2025

Global law firm Dentons announced that Ahmed Butt has joined its Banking & Finance practice in the Middle East as a partner. And Ahmed's arrival strengthens our Middle East Banking & Finance practice with the addition of over 20 years of specialist Banking Regulations and Financial Institutions Regulatory expertise.

Hogan Lovells Expanding In Italy With Hiring Of 5 Corporate & Finance Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2025

Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced that a Corporate & Finance team will join the firm based in Milan, Italy. These are the details.

White & Case: Kevin Spencer Joins As Partner In Washington, DC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 4, 2025

White & Case has expanded its Global Commercial Litigation Practice and Global Tax Practice by adding Kevin Spencer as a partner in Washington, DC. Spencer represents multinational businesses and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and related companies in complicated tax disputes before the IRS Examination and Appeals divisions and in federal court, including the US Tax Court, District Court, Court of Federal Claims, and the US Circuit Courts of Appeals. He also has significant experience utilizing the IRS's alternative dispute resolution procedures.

Morrison Foerster: Jesse Nevarez Named As Emerging Companies Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 2, 2025

Leading global law firm Morrison Foerster announced the arrival of Jesse Nevarez as a partner in the firm’s Emerging Companies + Venture Capital (ECVC) Group, based in its New York office. And Nevarez brings over 15 years of experience advising founders, startups, VCs, underwriters, and public companies in the technology, healthcare, and life sciences sectors on various matters, including formations, pre-seed, seed, venture, and growth equity financings, M&A, capital markets, and SEC compliance.

Blank Rome: Daniel Sobol And Brandon Shemtob Joins Labor & Employment Group In Philadelphia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Blank Rome announced that Daniel J. Sobol and Brandon S. Shemtob have joined the firm’s nationally recognized Labor & Employment group in Philadelphia. And Daniel and Brandon represent national and regional employers across industries in various traditional labor, union, and employment matters. They joined Blank Rome from Stevens & Lee.

Morrison Foerster Brings In Xiaoxi Lin To Hong Kong Office As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 24, 2025

Leading global law firm Morrison Foerster announced the arrival of Xiaoxi Lin, who joins the firm as a partner in the Corporate Group based in Hong Kong. And Lin brings over 15 years’ experience to Morrison Foerster, with a private equity and M&A practice with established client relationships in the Greater China, Asia, and U.S. markets.

Orrick: Cécile Mariotti Joins Paris Team As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2025

Orrick announced that tax advisor Cécile Mariotti will join the Paris team as a partner. Mariotti advises on the tax aspects of French and international transactions, such as M&A and private equity, venture capital, restructurings, private credit and other financings. She also advises on matters involving employee stock offerings and management packages. Mariotti joins from Latham & Watkins and previously practiced with Cleary Gottlieb.

Sidley: David Grubman And Adam Cromie Named As M&A Partners In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2025

Sidley announced that David Grubman and Adam Cromie have joined Sidley’s M&A practice as partners in the New York office. Grubman joins from Jones Day, where he was M&A Chair for the Americas for the firm’s corporate practice. He will be the global co-leader of Sidley’s M&A practice. Cromie joins from Simpson Thacher, where he was an M&A partner. He had worked with Grubman for seven years.

Kirkland & Ellis: Rodney Hill Named As Tax Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2025

Kirkland & Ellis announced that Rodney Hill has joined the firm as a partner in the Tax Practice Group. Hill advises on the tax aspects of transactions, focusing on investment fund formation and mergers and acquisitions involving investment fund sponsors.

Baker McKenzie: Julia Ushakova-Stein And Niki Ford Named As Tax Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2025

Baker McKenzie announced that the firm's Tax Practice has added partners Julia Ushakova-Stein in San Francisco and Niki Ford in New York.

Dentons: Van Durrer Named As Bankruptcy Partner In LA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2025

Dentons announced that Van Durrer joined the firm as a partner in its Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy (RIB) practice. And Durrer has decades of experience advising on some of the most complex and high-profile restructuring matters domestically and globally.

Sidley: Elisabetta Righini Named As Partner In Brussels

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2025

Sidley announced that Elisabetta “Betta” Righini had joined the Brussels office as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice. She joined Latham & Watkins, where she was a partner, and before that, she held several senior positions at the European Commission.

DLA Piper: John Frantz Named As Partner In Telecom Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2025

DLA Piper announced it has welcomed John Frantz as a partner in the Telecom Practice. Based in New York, Frantz brings to the firm substantial litigation and regulatory, combined with industry business knowledge based on over two decades of leadership roles at Verizon.

Sidley Brings In M&A Partners David Grubman And Adam Cromie To New York Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2025

Sidley announced that David Grubman and Adam Cromie had joined Sidley’s M&A practice as partners in the New York office. Grubman joins from Jones Day, where he was M&A Chair for the Americas for the firm’s corporate practice. He will be the global co-leader of Sidley’s M&A practice. Cromie joins from Simpson Thacher, where he was an M&A partner. He worked with Grubman previously for seven years.

Clifford Chance: Bruce Embley Named As Private Equity Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2025

Global law firm Clifford Chance announced the appointment of leading Private Equity Partner Bruce Embley, based in London, as part of the firm's ambitious global Private Capital growth strategy. And Embley brings extensive experience advising on high-profile and complex private capital transactions for market leading clients.

Blank Rome: Stephen Koval Named As Corporate Partner In NY

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2025

Blank Rome announced that Stephen “Steve” C. Koval has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group. As a renowned dealmaker, Koval focuses his practice on structuring and negotiating complex business and private equity (PE) transactions, including public and private mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carveouts, and recapitalizations. He joined Blank Rome from Arnold & Porter, where he served as a partner and co-head of the firm’s global private equity practice.

Norton Rose Fulbright: Jamal Tuhin Named As Partner In London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2025

Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced the appointment of Jamal Tuhin as a partner in London. And Tuhin, a private equity lawyer who joins from Dechert, acts for private equity and financial sponsor clients across Europe and the US on every phase of international and domestic M&A transactions.

Morrison Foerster Names 21 New Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 12, 2025

Leading global law firm Morrison Foerster announced the election of 21 lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective earlier this year. The class of 2025 includes lawyers from 16 practice groups.

Blank Rome: Clara Feldman Named As Chair Of Luxury Brands Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 10, 2025

Blank Rome announced that Clara Feldman had joined the firm as a partner in its New York office. Feldman will chair the firm’s new Luxury Brands practice, which is comprised of Blank Rome attorneys from across the country who partner with high-end brands to provide sophisticated legal and business counsel on corporate, regulatory, and litigation matters. And Feldman, who will also be a member of the firm’s Real Estate group and industry team, joins Blank Rome from The Law Office of Clara Feldman PLLC, a boutique firm she founded in 2021.

Bowmans Hires Many Former Members Of A&O Shearman South Africa

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

African law firm Bowmans announced it welcomed most of the former A&O Shearman South Africa (AOS) members to its Cape Town and Johannesburg offices.

Braverman Greenspun Acquires Real Estate Boutique Law Firm Zingman & Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Braverman Greenspun (a leading law firm in condominium, cooperative, and real estate matters in New York for over 50 years) announced that it acquired Zingman & Associates, a real estate boutique law firm with which Braverman Greenspun has a more-than-decade-long association.

DLA Piper: Interview With Partners Matías Zegers and Charles Torres About Their Roles At The Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

DLA Piper is a global law firm helping clients achieve their goals wherever they do business. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Matías Zegers and Charles Torres, Latin America-specialized Emerging Growth and Venture Capital (EGVC) partners at DLA Piper, to learn more about their roles.