Mayer Brown announced today that Alex Righi has rejoined the Banking & Finance practice as a partner in Chicago. Mr. Righi’s practice focuses primarily on private equity fund finance. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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King & Spalding announced today that Danna Horton, a real estate lawyer with extensive experience serving the commercial real estate and financial services industries, has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group. Horton is based in the firm’s Chicago office. Horton joins the firm from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago.
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 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 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.
Tags: Eversheds Sutherland | Chicago | Paris| 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. |
Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that Mark Ryerson and Joseph Silvia have joined the firm’s Chicago office as Members. The duo arrive to the firm from Howard & Howard in Chicago.
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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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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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Jason Griffith, an accomplished deal lawyer who advises private equity firms, companies and family offices in corporate transactions of all sizes, has joined McGuireWoods’ global private equity team as a partner in Chicago. Griffith comes to McGuireWoods from Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff in Chicago.
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