Leadership

HFW Expands Australian Business With Hiring Of Disputes Partner Sean Marriott In Perth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 1, 2024

Law firm HFW announced the continued expansion of its Australian business and international construction practice by hiring disputes partner Sean Marriott in Perth. Marriott specializes in construction disputes and international arbitration in the oil and gas, mining, power, renewables, and public infrastructure sectors and in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). He is admitted in Australia and England & Wales and has practiced in London and Perth. Before becoming a lawyer, Marriott had a career as an engineer. He will join HFW from Clifford Chance on 4 November 2024.

Sidley: Nima Mohebbi Joins Firm As Partner In LA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 1, 2024

Sidley announced that Nima Mohebbi has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Disputes practice in Greater Los Angeles. Before joining Sidley, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles.

White & Case Reveals 37 New Partners For 2025

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 1, 2024

White & Case promoted 37 lawyers worldwide to its partnership. This new partner class includes representatives of 11 of the firm's practices and 21 of its offices in 14 different countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions. These promotions are effective on January 1, 2025.

Realta Wealth: Abbey Eastham Named As Head Of Advisor Relations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2024

Realta Wealth, an exclusive independent wealth management firm, announced the appointment of Abbey Eastham as Head of Advisor Relations. Reporting directly to CEO Kevin Keefe, Eastham will enhance the relationship between Realta and its network of elite independent financial advisors in this newly created role.

Ropes & Gray Reveals 12 New Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2024

Global law firm Ropes & Gray recently announced that 12 of its attorneys have been named partners, effective November 1.

Agriculture Capital: Ben Vitale Named As New Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 23, 2024

Agriculture Capital (AC), a leader in regenerative agriculture investments, announced the addition of Ben Vitale as a new Partner. Vitale officially joins the team with over thirty years of executive and investment management experience in the carbon and environmental commodities markets, agriculture, infrastructure, and water sectors.

Polsinelli Onboards John M. Robert As Tax Shareholder in Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 23, 2024

Law firm Polsinelli announced it has welcomed John M. Robert as a shareholder in the Tax Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Joining from an Am Law 30 firm, Robert focuses his practice on corporate and international tax matters and has substantial experience in structuring corporate mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, spin-offs, liquidations and cross-border transfers.

Johnson Winter Slattery: Charlie Detmold Named As Partner In Melbourne Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 19, 2024

Leading independent Australian law firm Johnson Winter Slattery (JWS) announced it has appointed banking and finance expert Charlie Detmold as a partner in the firm’s Melbourne office. Charlie brings over 20 years of domestic and international experience in project finance, acquisition finance, and corporate finance, particularly in the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors.

Paul Weiss: Prem Mohan Named As Regulatory Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 19, 2024

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison announced that financial regulatory lawyer Prem Mohan, who is resident in London, will join the firm as a partner and head of European Financial Services Regulation. Mohan advises on the regulatory aspects relating to the structuring and formation of private funds and M&A and private equity transactions.

Dentons Reveals New Partners In London, Phoenix, And San Francisco

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 19, 2024

Dentons recently announced it has made several key hires. These are the details.

Ogier: Dennis Li Named As New Partner In Investments Funds Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2024

Ogier announced it has welcomed new partner Dennis Li to its investment funds practice in Hong Kong. Li’s practice focuses on fund formation and digital assets more widely. He advises investment managers and financial institutions throughout the entire lifecycle of their fund structures, from fund formation to downstream investments and divestments, ongoing maintenance and regulatory compliance, restructuring, and dissolution.

Kirkland & Ellis: Private Equity Lawyer Sebastian Pitz Joins As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2024

Kirkland & Ellis announced that private equity lawyer Sebastian Pitz will join the firm as a partner based in the Frankfurt office. Pitz advises leading global private equity firms, energy and infrastructure funds, growth funds, and financial institutions on the planning and executing of private M&A transactions, growth, minority and co-investments, public takeovers, joint ventures, disposals, and other complex transactions.

OMNY Health Names Ivy Weng As New Commercial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2024

OMNY Health, a leading healthcare ecosystem known for facilitating compliant cross-industry data sharing, recently announced the first expansion of its c-suite since 2021. Ivy Weng, MD, former Group Vice President of Life Sciences at Komodo Health, will join OMNY Health as its first Chief Commercial Officer following its most significant growth milestone yet: one billion patient encounters, impacting the care outcomes of millions of patients.

Hunton Andrews Kurth: Renewable Finance Partner Henry Jin Returns As Partner In Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2024

Henry Jin, an energy and infrastructure attorney who advises clients on renewable energy transactions, has rejoined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C. Jin started his legal career at Hunton nearly a decade ago.

Realta Wealth: Paul Tyler Named As SVP And Director Of Business Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 14, 2024

Independent wealth management firm Realta Wealth announced Paul Tyler has joined as Senior Vice President, Director of Business Development. Reporting directly to CEO Kevin Keefe, Tyler will spearhead national recruiting efforts for the firm that will focus on recruiting accomplished financial professionals currently affiliated with the largest independent platforms in the industry seeking affiliation with a firm offering a true boutique culture and bespoke service model.

Fenergo: Financial Crime Partner Michael Shepard Named To Advisory Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 11, 2024

Fenergo, a leading provider of AI-powered solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-money laundering (AML) transaction monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), announced the appointment of financial crime veteran Michael Shepard to its Growth Advisory Board. And Shepard will utilize his extensive expertise to support Fenergo’s continued U.S. expansion, enhance global AML and financial crime compliance strategies and provide strategic guidance to support growth.

Betr: Alex Kuwada Named As Head of Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2024

Betr Holdings, a leading sports gaming and media company, announced the addition of industry veteran Alex Kuwada to its executive team. Alex Kuwada, formerly the Senior Director of Growth at FanDuel, joined Betr as Head of Marketing.

Perigon Wealth Management Makes Changes To Leadership Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2024

Perigon Wealth Management - a rapidly growing independent wealth management firm with offices across the country and about $8.2 billion in client assets as of June 30, 2024 - announced it welcomed three key hires to support its continued expansion through organic growth and acquisitions.