Leadership

Ropes & Gray: Paris Office Opened With 3 New Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Global law firm Ropes & Gray announced the opening of an office in Paris, France. Together with the firm’s London office, this forms a European hub for Ropes & Gray. Fabrice Cohen, Thierry Arachtingi, and Emmanuel Mimin join Ropes & Gray France AARPI as partners, with Fabrice Cohen serving as office managing partner. They are joined by a large group of counsel and associates. The team also brings extensive experience in private equity, infrastructure, banking, and finance transactions.

Clifford Chance: Joanna Nicholas Named As Partner On Global Financial Markets Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Global law firm Clifford Chance announced it has appointed Joanna Nicholas as a partner in its Global Financial Markets team as it expands its collateralized loan obligations (CLO) capability in the US.

DLA Piper: Josh Kaufman Named As Co-Chair Of Capital Markets & Public Company Advisory Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

DLA Piper has welcomed Joshua A. Kaufman as co-chair of Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory Practice based out of the firm’s New York and Miami offices.

Define Ventures: Carolyn Magill Named As Venture Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 13, 2025

Define Ventures, which is one of the largest venture capital firms focused on early-stage health tech companies, announced that Carolyn Magill, former CEO of Aetion, has joined the firm as venture partner. Magill, utilizing her 25 years of invaluable experience scaling companies and driving innovation within payer, provider, and pharmaceutical organizations, will partner with Define founders to scale their companies and become category-defining companies.

Clifford Chance: Gianluca Bacchiocchi Joins As Partner In US Energy & Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Global law firm Clifford Chance has hired Gianluca Bacchiocchi as a partner in its Global Financial Markets team as it expands its US energy and infrastructure financing offering. Bacchiocchi returns to Clifford Chance, having previously been a partner at the firm from 2015-2021.

Dentons: 34 Partners Promoted Across US Region

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Dentons announced the promotion of 34 lawyers to partner/shareholder and three to counsel across 18 offices in the firm’s US Region.

Baker McKenzie: Chris Milliken Named As Partner In Vietnam

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Baker McKenzie announced that leading transactional lawyer Chris Milliken has joined the firm as a partner, based in Ho Chi Minh City. Chris's arrival validates the continued growth of the firm's transactional team in the region, which has seen the addition of M&A partners Shirin Tang and Ang Lip Kian in Singapore, Bima Sarumpaet in its member firm, HHP Law Firm, in Indonesia and Banking & Finance partner Bryan Paisley in Sydney.

Latham & Watkins: Serena Lee Joins London Office As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Latham & Watkins announced that Serena Lee has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Transactional Tax and Investment Funds Practices. And Lee advises companies, asset managers, and financial institutions on all aspects of corporate tax, with expertise in investment fund work ranging from fund formation and management business structuring, through to structuring acquisitions and disposals of investments.

Sidley: Jason Mills And Alana Genderson Join Regulatory And Enforcement Group As Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Sidley announced that Jason Mills and Alana Genderson have joined the firm’s Regulatory and Enforcement group as partners in the Environmental practice in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., respectively. Mills and Genderson join from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, where they were co-leaders of the firm’s workplace health and safety practice.