Law

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Adds Adil Hussain To Expand Middle East Finance Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has added Adil Hussain to its Banking & Loan Finance practice in Dubai, expanding the firm's finance capabilities across the Middle East.

White & Case Adds Noah Carr And Gordon Palmquist As M&A Partners In Tokyo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

White & Case has added Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist as partners in Tokyo, further expanding its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and cross-border private capital capabilities in Japan.

Mayer Brown Adds Michelle Herman As Structured Finance Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Mayer Brown has added Michelle Herman as a partner in its Global Trade Finance practice in New York, expanding the firm’s structured finance capabilities.

Troutman Pepper Locke Adds Lauren Emery As Labor And Employment Partner In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Troutman Pepper Locke has added Lauren Emery as a partner in its Labor and Employment Practice Group in Chicago, strengthening the firm’s management-side labor capabilities and its presence in the market.

Latham & Watkins Adds Grace Huang And Edward Freeman As Partners In Hong Kong

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Latham & Watkins is adding Grace Huang and Edward Freeman as partners in Hong Kong, strengthening its Asian transactional platform across capital markets, public M&A and private equity.

Skadden Adds Zachary Finley As Finance Partner In Palo Alto

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Skadden has added Zachary Finley as a partner in its Finance Group in Palo Alto, strengthening the firm's West Coast financing platform and its capabilities across digital infrastructure, private credit and leveraged finance.

Mayer Brown Adds Rob Mathews, David Becker And Ben Bierwirth As Finance Partners In London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Mayer Brown has added Rob Mathews, David Becker and Ben Bierwirth as partners in its London Banking & Finance practice, significantly expanding the firm's leveraged finance, high-yield and private capital capabilities.

Kirkland Adds Prerak Shah As State Attorneys General Litigation Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2026

Kirkland & Ellis has added Prerak "Pre" Shah as a partner, strengthening its litigation capabilities involving state attorneys general investigations, enforcement actions and other complex disputes.

Paul Weiss Adds Mandeep Lotay As Head Of European Structured Finance & Securitizations In London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has announced that Mandeep Lotay will join the firm as Head of European Structured Finance & Securitizations and a partner in its Finance Group, based in London.

BakerHostetler Adds Daniel Passage As Debt Finance Of Counsel In Los Angeles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

BakerHostetler has added Daniel Passage as of counsel in its Los Angeles office, where he joins the firm’s Business Practice Group and Debt Finance team.

Weil Adds Jonathan Stott From Dechert And Michael Hanna To Expand Bay Area Private Equity Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has added Jonathan Stott and Michael Hanna as partners in its U.S. Private Equity Group in San Francisco, further expanding a California private equity platform that now includes approximately 20 partners focused on PE clients.

Foley Adds Dustin Greene From Kilpatrick Townsend To Expand Raleigh Commercial Litigation Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

Foley & Lardner has added Dustin Greene as a Partner in its Commercial Litigation Practice Group in Raleigh, strengthening the firm's North Carolina litigation capabilities as it continues investing in the regional market.

Norm Law Adds Ben Nager, Shelley Azizi, And Jack McCann As Norm Ai Client AUM Tops $35 Trillion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

Norm Law has expanded its Private Funds practice with the addition of an established Blue Sky securities filings team from Sidley Austin, adding Ben Nager as Partner, Shelley Azizi as Counsel and John "Jack" McCann as a paralegal.

Holland & Knight Adds Kristie Shu From Kirkland As Middle-Market M&A Platform Ranks No. 2

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

Holland & Knight has added Kristie Shu as a partner in its Century City office, expanding the law firm's mergers and acquisitions and private equity capabilities in Southern California.

Womble Adds Mark Eckard In Wilmington As Restructuring Demand Increases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

Womble Bond Dickinson has added Mark Eckard as a partner in its Finance, Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group in Wilmington, Delaware, strengthening its capabilities in one of the country's most important bankruptcy jurisdictions.

DLA Piper Adds Justin Simeone As Fifth Washington Investigations Partner Hire In 18 Months

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

DLA Piper has added Justin Simeone as a partner in its White Collar, Investigations and Government Enforcement practice in Washington, D.C., continuing the firm's expansion of its cross-border investigations platform.

Greenberg Traurig Adds Sheldon Hunt Laing To Private Funds Group In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 30, 2026

Greenberg Traurig has added Sheldon Hunt Laing as a shareholder in its Private Funds Group in New York, expanding the firm's capabilities across fund formation, capital structuring, and private equity.

Clifford Chance Adds Thyl Hassler As Private Capital Expansion Reaches 8 Lateral Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 30, 2026

Clifford Chance has added Thyl Hassler as a partner in Germany, strengthening the global law firm's private capital, energy and infrastructure capabilities as investor activity across the asset class continues to expand.

DLA Piper Adds Eric Bruce As Washington Investigations Team Reaches Fourth Partner Hire In 18 Months

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

DLA Piper has added veteran litigator and former federal prosecutor Eric Bruce as a partner in its White Collar Crime, Investigations and Government Enforcement practice in Washington, D.C.

Kirkland Adds Trial Lawyer Aaron Katz After 14 Trials And 18 Years At Ropes & Gray

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 29, 2026

Kirkland & Ellis has added first-chair trial lawyer Aaron Katz as a litigation partner, continuing the firm's expansion of its high-stakes litigation practice.