Leadership

McDermott: Alex Jupp Named As Partner In London Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 4, 2025

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced it has welcomed Alex Jupp as a partner in its London office, where Alex will join as UK head of Tax. Jupp brings extensive experience in all aspects of UK and cross-border tax matters impacting mergers and acquisitions, structuring for joint ventures, planning, and audit interactions, enhancing McDermott’s capabilities.

DLA Piper: Mike Walsh Named As Partner In National Security And Global Trade Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 4, 2025

DLA Piper announced it has welcomed Mike Walsh as a partner in the National Security and Global Trade Practice. In this role, Walsh will advise clients on navigating the dynamic international trade and tariff environment. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, DC, office and will support the Regulatory and Government Affairs Practice.

LPL Onboards $450 Million Team Horizon Capital Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

LPL Financial announced that eight financial advisors with Horizon Capital Advisors have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and custodial platforms. And they reported serving approximately $450 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets and join LPL from Osaic.

Law Firms Phelps And Beggs & Lane To Combine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

Phelps announced that on May 1, 2025, it will combine with Beggs & Lane, the oldest law firm in Pensacola, Florida. Operating as Phelps, this combination will expand the super-regional law firm to over 425 lawyers in 17 offices.

Raymond James Onboards $740 Million Alaska-Based Advisor Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

Raymond James recently brought in a team of five financial advisors to Raymond James & Associates (RJA) – the firm's employee advisor channel – in Juneau, Alaska as announced by Dominic Prioli, Central regional director for RJA.

LPL Brings In $600 MIllion FA Austin Greer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

LPL Financial announced that financial advisor Austin Greer, CRPS, has joined LPL’s employee advisor channel Linsco by LPL Financial, to launch Oxford Oaks Capital of LPL Financial. And he reported serving approximately $600 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets and joins LPL from UBS.

Israel Secondary Fund: Ophir Reshef Named As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 3, 2025

Ophir Reshef was appointed a partner at Israel Secondary Fund (ISF), joining Dror Glass, Nir Linchevski, and Eva Hubsman. Reshef brings diverse experience as an investor, tech executive, entrepreneur, and consultant.

Blank Rome: Shane Pennington Named As Partner In Business Litigation And Appellate Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 2, 2025

Blank Rome announced that Shane Pennington has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Business Litigation group and member of the Appellate Litigation practice and Cannabis and Life Sciences industry teams. And a leading trial attorney, he focuses his practice on federal appeals and challenges to federal agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

Akin: Alexander Malahias To Co-Lead Launch Of Riyadh Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 28, 2025

Akin announced that Alexander Malahias has joined its corporate practice to co-lead the launch of the firm’s office in Riyadh expected later this year. And Malahias will be based in Akin’s Abu Dhabi office until the firm receives its final approvals on its application for a license to operate in Saudi Arabia.

Dentons Combining With Griffiths & Partners In Turks and Caicos And Pisut In Thailand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2025

Dentons announced its intention to combine with a couple of law firms. This includes Griffiths & Partners in Turks and Caicos Islands and Pisut in Thailand.

TPG: Jennifer Chu Named As Chief Legal Officer And General Counsel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2025

Global alternative asset management firm announced that Jennifer Chu has been named as a Partner, Chief Legal Officer, and General Counsel of TPG, effective March 31. Chu will be succeeding Bradford Berenson, who will continue at TPG for a period of time as a Senior Advisor before retiring from the firm at year-end.

White & Case: Xavier Hubert Named As A Partner In Paris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2025

Global law firm White & Case announced it has expanded its Global White Collar Practice with the addition of Xavier Hubert as a partner in Paris.

Axinn: Joseph Micallef Named As Partner In IP Practice In Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2025

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider announced that veteran intellectual property trial lawyer Joseph Micallef has joined its Intellectual Property practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office.

Dentons: J. Trumon Phillips Named As Partner In Miami-Based Litigation Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2025

Dentons announced that J. Trumon Phillips joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation practice in the Miami office. He joins several of his former colleagues, who also recently made the move to Dentons, further strengthening the firm’s bench of experienced litigators and supporting the global insurance team. Plus, Phillips’ extensive experience in the courtroom and managing high-stakes commercial, insurance, and class action disputes will be an invaluable asset to clients facing complex, high-stakes litigation across industries.

Jones Day: Frank Voon Joins As Corporate Partner In Hong Kong

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Frank Voon has joined Jones Day as a partner in the Corporate Practice based in the firm's Hong Kong Office.

Paul Hastings: John F. Murphy III Joins As Partner In Structured Credit Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

Paul Hastings announced that structured credit lawyer John F. Murphy III has joined the firm as a partner in New York.

JAB: New Strategy And Team Structure Implemented

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

JAB announced it has strengthened and reorganized its team to support its strategic transformation, building on the firm’s success in pet insurance with the addition of a global life insurance platform. And with its commitment to consumer goods and services, this new strategy will further diversify JAB’s portfolio and position the investment firm for sustainable long-term growth.

DLA Piper: Chris Jessup Named As Partner In Litigation And Regulatory Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

DLA Piper announced the appointment of Chris Jessup as a partner in the firm’s litigation and regulatory practice, which specialises in financial services regulation.

Clifford Chance: Bryan Luchs Named As Partner In Corporate M&A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Global law firm Clifford Chance announced it hired partner Bryan Luchs, expanding its Corporate M&A practice and capability in the health and life sciences sector.

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.