Leadership

Clifford Chance: Jeff Schrepfer Joins Corporate Practice As Partner In Tokyo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Clifford Chance today announced that M&A partner Jeff Schrepfer will join the firm's Corporate practice as a partner in Tokyo. And Schrepfer brings over 20 years of experience of working in Japan on complex, cross-border M&As, spanning multiple industries, from semiconductors, energy, health and life sciences to automotives.

JWS: Tom Fotheringham Named As Partner On Energy & Resources Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Johnson Winter Slattery (JWS) announced it has appointed Tom Fotheringham as a partner in the firm’s market-leading Energy & Resources team. And he will be based in Brisbane.

Ropes & Gray: Joshua Levy Rejoining As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Ropes & Gray announced that former United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Joshua Levy will rejoin the firm on March 31 as a partner. With his case experience in health care fraud, white collar crime, public corruption, and government procurement, Levy will expand the capabilities of the firm's litigation and enforcement practice.

Norton Rose Fulbright: Adam Arnett Named As US Co-Head of Private Equity In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that private equity partner Adam Arnett has joined its growing Chicago office. Arnett will be the firm’s US Co-Head of Private Equity alongside New York partner Ward Atterbury, who also serves as its Global Head of Private Equity.

QuisLex: Sirisha Gummaregula Named As President and CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

QuisLex, an alternative legal services provider, announced the appointment of Sirisha Gummaregula as its president and chief executive officer. And this leadership transition validates the company’s continued commitment to delivering innovative legal and compliance solutions to clients around the globe.

DLA Piper: Nat Edmonds Added To White Collar, Investigations, And Government Enforcement Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

DLA Piper has welcomed Nat Edmonds as a White Collar, Investigations, and Government Enforcement Practice partner. And he will be based in the Washington, DC office.

Blank Rome: Michael F. Reeder Added As IP Litigator In Houston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Blank Rome announced that Michael F. Reeder has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation group and member of the Technology industry team. As a seasoned trial attorney and patent litigator, Reeder represents clients in all litigation phases in federal and state courts nationwide. Reeder joins Blank Rome from Cadwell Clonts Reeder & Thomas, where he was a partner and founding member.

TSG Consumer Partners: Beth Pickens Named As Head Of London Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2025

TSG Consumer Partners, a leading specialist private equity firm focused exclusively on the consumer sector, announced it has appointed Managing Director Beth Pickens as Head of its London office. In the role as Head of London, Beth will lead the team in originating new investment opportunities, structuring transactions, and managing partner companies in Europe.

Stellex Capital Management: Jason LaDuke Named As Head Of Portfolio Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2025

Stellex Capital Management, a middle-market private equity firm, is pleased to announce that Jason LaDuke has joined the firm as Head of Portfolio Operations. LaDuke has experience leading complex turnarounds and optimizing operations for middle-market investments.

Raymond James: Stuart Feld Promoted To Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2025

Raymond James announced that Stuart Feld has been promoted to Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. For this newly created leadership role, Feld serves as the firm’s principal AI architect to drive enterprise-wide innovation. And he is responsible for exploring and applying emerging technologies to enhance advisor- and client-facing services and solutions, as well as those across all the businesses’ needs.

Fort Point Capital: Andrew Les Joins As VP For Investment Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2025

Fort Point Capital - a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in service-oriented companies in the lower middle market - announced that Andrew Les joined as a Vice President on the firm’s investment team. And Andrew will focus on supporting portfolio companies and executing new investments in the business-to-business services sector.

Antin Infrastructure Partners: Guillaume Friedel And Ashkan Karimi Named As Senior Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 28, 2025

Antin Infrastructure Partners announced it is strengthening its Senior Partner ranks through the promotions of Guillaume Friedel and Ashkan Karimi, effective immediately.

Winston & Strawn: London Office Grows With Addition Of Real Estate Finance Partner Aparna Sehgal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 28, 2025

Winston & Strawn recently announced that Aparna Sehgal has joined the firm’s Transactions Department as a partner in the London office and a member of the Structured Finance Practice.

Brighton Park Capital: Jeff Surges Named As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Brighton Park Capital (BPC), an investment firm focused on entrepreneur-led growth-stage companies in software and healthcare, announced that Jeff Surges has joined the firm as a partner.

Freshfields Launches In Boston As Part Of Expansion Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Leading global law firm Freshfields announced that it is opening an office in Boston as it enters the next phase of its U.S. expansion. And Boston-based Private Capital M&A partner Matthew Goulding has joined the firm as managing partner of our new office and will lead the Boston build out.

Dentons: Alex Moezi Named As Partner In London-Based Structured Finance Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2025

Dentons announced it had welcomed experienced securitization and structured finance lawyer Alex Moezi to its Debt Capital Markets, Structured Finance, and Derivatives team in London. And Moezi joins Dentons from A&O Shearman and has a background in securitization and structured finance that covers a variety of consumer assets and trade receivables, acting for major international investment banks, private equity firms, specialist lenders, and corporates, focusing on the consumer and SME sectors.

Dentons: Aidan McCormack And Mark Deckman Joins Litigation Practice In NY

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2025

Dentons announced that Aidan M. McCormack and Mark L. Deckman have joined the Firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as partners in the New York office. And both are leading lawyers in the insurance industry with decades of experience representing insurance and financial services industry clients in a wide range of matters, including their complex exposures on the national and global level.