Leadership

Jones Day Adds Cybersecurity And AI Litigator Alexander Southwell As New York Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Jones Day has added Alexander H. Southwell as a partner in its global Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection Practice in New York, expanding the firm's capabilities across cybersecurity litigation, privacy, artificial intelligence, digital assets and regulatory investigations.

Steptoe Adds Former DOJ And Morgan Stanley Attorney Della Sentilles To Expand Financial Crime And Enforcement Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Steptoe has added Della Sentilles as a partner in its Investigations, White-Collar Defense & Compliance group in New York, strengthening the law firm's capabilities across financial crime, government enforcement and corporate compliance.

Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Eight-Lawyer New York Real Estate Team Led By David Szeker, Darwin Huang And Matt McElroy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Norton Rose Fulbright has added an eight-lawyer real estate team in New York led by partners David Szeker, Darwin Huang and Matt McElroy, significantly expanding the firm's capabilities across real estate transactions, financing, litigation, restructuring and distressed situations.

Latham & Watkins Adds Ryan Plasky As Partner To Expand Fund Finance And Private Credit Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Latham & Watkins has added Ryan Plasky as a partner in its Banking & Private Credit Practice in Washington, D.C., strengthening the firm's fund finance capabilities as private capital managers increasingly use more complex financing structures.

Stifel Adds Chris Morrison, Matt Scott And Arianne Perry To Expand East Coast Venture Banking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Stifel Financial has hired Chris Morrison, Matt Scott and Arianne Perry as managing directors as the financial services firm expands its Venture Banking and Venture Capital Coverage operations across New York and Boston.

Vector Capital Appoints Former Vista And TPG Executive Kiran Rao To Lead AI-Era Value Creation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Vector Capital has appointed Kiran Rao as Managing Director and Head of Value Creation as the private equity firm strengthens its operating capabilities around artificial intelligence and technology-company transformation. Rao will also serve on Vector's Management Committee.

Brown Brothers Harriman Names Kevin Stone Managing Partner And CEO, Succeeding William Tyree

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Brown Brothers Harriman has named longtime partner and Chief Financial Officer Kevin W. Stone as its next Managing Partner, positioning the 208-year-old private financial services firm for a leadership transition at the start of 2027.

SuperOps Adds Smita Hashim, Kenneth Gonzalez And Yogesh Ranjan To Leadership Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

SuperOps has added three senior leaders across product, industry engagement and strategy as the autonomous endpoint management company expands its AI-native platform for enterprise IT teams.

Berkshire Hathaway Names Howard Buffett As Chairman As Warren Buffett Becomes Chairman Emeritus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway has named Howard Buffett chairman as Warren Buffett steps down from the role and becomes chairman emeritus, effective immediately, according to Reuters. The change marks another major step in Berkshire's long-planned leadership succession following Warren Buffett's departure as chief executive earlier in 2026.

QT Imaging Appoints Dr. Mark Winkler Chief Medical Officer To Accelerate Clinical Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

QT Imaging Holdings has appointed veteran radiologist and healthcare entrepreneur Dr. Mark L. Winkler as Chief Medical Officer as the medical device company works to expand clinical adoption of its radiation-free Breast Acoustic CT technology.

Sanctuary Wealth Adds Harry Drozdowski, Reilly Cornell And Kelly LaPalio To Expand Estate Planning, M&A And Advisor Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Sanctuary Wealth, a hybrid registered investment advisor that provides wealth management solutions and platform services to independent advisory firms, has appointed three senior leaders as it expands its capabilities across estate planning, mergers and acquisitions, and advisor growth marketing.

Babst Calland Adds Sarah Czypinski As Senior Counsel In Pittsburgh Litigation Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Babst Calland, a law firm focused on environmental, energy, corporate and other business matters, has added Sarah M. Czypinski as Senior Counsel in its Litigation Group in Pittsburgh.

Cerenome Appoints Samantha Fowlkes As Vice President And Head Of Commercial Sales For CNSide Diagnostics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Cerenome has appointed Samantha Fowlkes as Vice President and Head of Commercial Sales for CNSide Diagnostics, its wholly owned central nervous system oncology diagnostics subsidiary, as the company works to expand adoption of the CNSide platform among physicians, health systems and pathology organizations.

Patriot Hydro Appoints Nathan Dixon CEO, Matt Stanley COO, And Daniel Yang CFO And Chief Commercial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Patriot Hydro, an LS Power portfolio company that owns and operates 39 hydroelectric power generation projects totaling 311 megawatts across 10 states, has appointed a dedicated executive leadership team to oversee operations and support the company's next phase of growth. Nathan Dixon will serve as Chief Executive Officer, Matt Stanley as Chief Operating Officer, and Daniel Yang as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Commercial Officer.

Taktile Appoints Former Databricks Engineer James Broadhead As First CTO Amid Global AI Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Taktile, an AI-powered decisioning platform for banks and insurers, has appointed former Databricks engineer James Broadhead as its first Chief Technology Officer as the company expands its engineering organization and global footprint.

BRG Adds Former Saks Global CEO Marc Metrick As Managing Director To Corporate Finance Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

BRG has appointed former Saks Global CEO Marc Metrick as Managing Director in its Corporate Finance practice, adding more than 30 years of retail, operational, financial and transformation experience to the firm's New York office.

Casepoint Appoints Former ATF Chief Privacy Officer Varun Bisht Vice President Of Governance And Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Casepoint, a provider of eDiscovery, legal hold, FOIA, investigations and compliance technology, has appointed Varun Bisht as Vice President of Governance and Compliance as the company expands its work with government agencies and highly regulated enterprises.

McGuireWoods Adds Former Boeing Product Liability Leaders Allison Kendrick And David Lassen To Seattle Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

McGuireWoods has expanded its Seattle litigation practice with the addition of former Boeing product liability lawyers Allison Kendrick and David Lassen, bringing decades of aviation, aerospace and complex commercial litigation experience to the firm's growing West Coast platform.