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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.

Kramer Levin: Three Lawyers Elevated To Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Kramer Levin announced the elections of Boaz I. Cohen, Nicole S. DeBare, and Sheila M. Pozon to partner positions in the firm. All three are based in New York.

Morgan Lewis Expands IP Practice In Europe With Addition Of Alexander Ritter In Munich

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Advancing Morgan Lewis’s German, European, and global IP capabilities, especially in technology and life sciences patent disputes, the law firm welcomes partner Alexander Ritter, resident in the Munich office. Coming from Baker McKenzie where he most recently chaired the German patent litigation practice, Ritter represents clients across a range of industries, including high tech, engineering, chemical, healthcare and medical device, and biotechnology.

Dentons Names Elze’t Hart As Data And Technology Partner In Amsterdam

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 5, 2025

Dentons announced it is strengthening its Intellectual Property, Data, and Technology practice by recruiting partner Elze 't Hart in the Amsterdam office. Focusing on data governance and compliance, IT contracts and technology M&A, Hart has been advising and litigating technology and data privacy for 12 years.

Mayer Brown: Chris McGarry Joins As Structured Finance Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Mayer Brown announced that Chris McGarry joined the firm as a partner in its global Structured Finance and Private Capital groups. And he joins from White & Case, where he led the firm’s European collateralized loan obligations (CLO) practice and English law securitization practice.

White & Case: Aaron Kenavan And Jamie Palmer Join As Partners In Sydney

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 4, 2025

Global law firm White & Case LLP announced it has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and its Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition of partners Aaron Kenavan and Jamie Palmer in Sydney.

White & Case: Michael Sykes Joins As Partner In Washington, DC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 3, 2025

Global law firm White & Case announced it has expanded its Global Tax Practice and its Global Energy Industry Group by adding Michael Sykes as a partner in Washington, DC.

Honigman: Richard Catalano Joins As Partner In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 31, 2024

Honigman LLP announced that it is growing its Chicago office by adding Richard “Richie” Catalano as a partner in the Transactions & Counseling Practice Group and Corporate Department. He joined the firm from Ballard Spahr.

Simpson Thacher: Bryan Robson And William Gwyn Join As Partners In London Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 31, 2024

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that Bryan Robson and William Gwyn will join the firm as Partners in the London office, where they will focus on leveraged finance matters.

Baker McKenzie Reveals 18 New North America-Based Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 27, 2024

Global law firm Baker McKenzie announced it has elected 18 new partners and two counsels in North America. And these promotions take effect on January 1, 2025.

Baker McKenzie: Sung Woo (Sean) Lim Joins JV As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 27, 2024

Baker McKenzie announced that leading international arbitration practitioner Sung Woo (Sean) Lim has joined Baker McKenzie & KL Partners Joint Venture Law Firm (Baker McKenzie KLP JV) as a partner. This hire represents the fifth addition to the Baker McKenzie KLP JV in the last year and solidifies the firm's position as the most significant international law firm in Korea by partner bench strength.

Locke Lord Brings In Nicholas Scott As Senior Counsel In Transactional & Regulatory Insurance Practice Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 26, 2024

Nicholas T. Scott has joined Locke Lord’s New York office in the Firm’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance Practice Group. Joining Locke Lord from Ambac Financial Group, Scott was critical as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer in establishing the legal platform for Ambac’s subsidiary company, Everspan Group.

Dentons Reveals Country And Office Managing Partners In Europe And Central Asia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 22, 2024

Global law firm Dentons announced the appointment of Country and Office Managing Partners across Europe and Central Asia for the three-year term starting January 1, 2025.

Dentons: Neil McKnight Named As Partner On Tax Team In London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2024

Dentons announced it has welcomed experienced corporate tax specialist Neil McKnight as a partner to its Tax team in London. And he joined the firm from Morgan Lewis, where he was a partner in the tax practice.

Sidley: Clive Gringras Joins As Partner At Commercial Litigation And Disputes Practice In London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2024

Sidley announced that Clive Gringras has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Disputes practice in London. Before joining Sidley, he was head of the Technology, Media and Telecoms practice at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang.