Troutman Pepper Adds Talented Health Care Regulatory and Transactional Partner in Chicago to Powerhouse Health Sciences Department

Monday, June 27, 2022

Asher Funk, an attorney who focuses on representing health care providers in transactions, regulatory counseling, compliance matters, government investigations, and enforcement actions, has joined Troutman Pepper’s Health Sciences Transactional Practice Group in Chicago as a partner. Funk comes to the firm from Polsinelli PC, and is the sixth attorney to join the firm’s national Health Sciences Department in recent months. In April, the firm welcomed three partners to the team, data privacy Partner Jonathan Ishee and corporate Partners Geoff Starr and Abe Kwon. Lori Trujillo and Brian Wong also joined the firm as counsel in its Los Angeles and New York offices, respectively, earlier this month.

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Lewis Brisbois Enhances Corporate Securities, M&A Capabilities with New Partner Hire

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Michael Gnesin to its Fort Lauderdale and Chicago offices as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Securities & Corporate Finance Practices. With more than a decade of experience in the merger and acquisition space, Mr. Gnesin has represented individuals as well as domestic and international corporate clients in hundreds of commercial transactions of all sizes. Fluent in Russian and Spanish, Mr. Gnesin currently concentrates his practice in corporate law, banking and finance, employment law, and commercial real estate law. He has a strong client base in both southern Florida and Chicago, which will now benefit from the knowledge and expertise of Lewis Brisbois’ 54-office, nationwide network. Gnesin joins the firm from Kelleher + Holland, LLC.

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Eversheds Sutherland lands Seven-Strong Partner-Led M&A team

Monday, June 6, 2022

Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed a seven-strong partner-led team to its global corporate/M&A group. The Paris-based team joins from international law firm CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats and comprises lateral Partner hires, Jean-Robert Bousquet and Alexandre Morel; Counsels Célia Mayran and Geoffroy Loncle de Forville; and Associates Anaïs Fritzinger, Jade Huard and Victor Grillo. In addition to the arrival of the Paris-based team, Eversheds Sutherland is also pleased to announce that Craig T. Alcorn has joined its US-based Corporate Practice Group from law firm, Skadden, as a Partner in its Chicago office.

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Eversheds Sutherland’s Chicago Growth Continues With Addition of M&A Partner Craig Alcorn

Thursday, June 2, 2022
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Craig T. Alcorn has joined the firm’s Corporate Practice Group as a partner in the Chicago office. Mr. Alcorn’s arrival comes on the heels of the firm opening a San Francisco Office in March with Corporate Partner Baird D. Fogel, underscoring Eversheds Sutherland’s focus on growth in the corporate and M&A space. Mr. Alcorn joins the firm from Skadden in Chicago.

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Blank Rome Adds Prominent Finance Partner in Chicago

Monday, May 23, 2022

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome prominent finance partner Cynde H. Munzer to the firm’s Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group in Chicago. Cynde is the latest addition to the firm’s national finance team, which recently welcomed additional leading partners David E. Kronenberg in Washington, D.C. and Cincinnati, and Cassandra K. Mott and Sarah H. Frazier in Houston, as well as of counsel Bradley E. Wolf in Los Angeles. Cynde comes to Blank Rome from Dykema where she was a member. 

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Polsinelli Continues Expansion of National Real Estate Practice with Hiring of Jed W. Bonner, Emina Kwok, Patrick Maloney, and Scott Smithson

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli continues its recent streak of noteworthy hires by announcing the addition of accomplished attorneys Jed W. Bonner, Emina Kwok, Patrick Maloney, and Scott Smithson to the firm’s nationally renowned Real Estate Practice. Bonner joins the San Francisco office from Allen Matkins, Kwok and Maloney will be based out of Chicago, and Smithson joins the team in St. Louis from Dentons. Before joining Polsinelli, Maloney was a Partner at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP. Kwok joins Polsinelli from Greenberg Traurig.

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McDermott Bolsters Real Estate Transactions Firepower in New York and Chicago

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce four partner additions to its real estate practice: Marshall Brozost, Alykhan (Aly) Shivji and Billy Hildbold in New York and Justin Bender in Chicago. The group specializes in commercial real estate, real estate finance and related transactions and will also enhance capabilities for investment funds, tax, capital markets and private equity clients. Brozost and Shivji join McDermott from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliff while Hildbold and Bender come to the firm from Morrison & Foerster and Kirkland & Ellis respectively.

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Foley Adds Securities Enforcement Partner Jim Lundy in Chicago

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Jim Lundy has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in its Litigation Department and Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice Group. Lundy brings over two decades of SEC enforcement experience, including 12 years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Immediately prior to joining the firm, Lundy was with the Chicago office of  Faegre Drinker.

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