King & Spalding’s Global Human Capital and Compliance Practice Adds Partner in Chicago

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

King & Spalding today announced that Jake Downing joins the firm as a partner in the Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group, and as part of the recently-launched Global Human Capital and Compliance (GHCC) practice. Downing, who specializes in global executive compensation and employee benefits issues, will be based in the Chicago office. Downing joins from Seyfarth Shaw, where he led its Executive Compensation group, and is a colleague of Darren Gardner, Amanda Sonneborn, Dominic Hodson and Luke Edwards, who joined King & Spalding in the fall of last year. 

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Top Chicago Litigators Paul Motz, Heather Snider and Joseph Moore Join Segal McCambridge

Thursday, December 17, 2020
National litigation firm Segal McCambridge announced today the addition of Paul D. Motz, Heather A. Snider and Joseph B. Moore III to the Chicago office, capping off a year of significant growth for the firm. Mr. Motz, Ms. Snider and Mr. Moore join the firm as shareholders. They were formerly partners at Chicago-based Patton & Ryan, where Mr. Motz served as managing partner.

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Restructuring Partner Ryan Preston Dahl Joins Ropes & Gray

Monday, November 23, 2020

Ryan Preston Dahl has joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in its Chicago and New York offices. Ryan expands Ropes & Gray’s business restructuring team, which represents clients in a broad range of financial restructuring matters, including in- and out-of-court proceedings. Prior to joining the firm, Dahl practiced with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP in New York.

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Eversheds Sutherland Expands Corporate Practice in Chicago with M&A Partner Ted Cominos

Monday, November 9, 2020

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Theodore H. Cominos Jr. has joined the firm’s M&A and Private Capital teams in the Chicago office as partner. Mr. Cominos is the sixth partner to join the firm in Chicago and the third M&A partner added there since the office opened in May 2019. Additionally, Cristina Audran-Proca has joined Eversheds Sutherland in the Paris office as counsel. Mr. Cominos, who joins from Faegre Drinker, advises domestic and international clients on complex M&A, private equity, venture capital, corporate commercial, commercial real estate and debt-finance transactions.

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Former DOJ Healthcare And White Collar Fraud Prosecutor Rejoins Barnes & Thornburg In Chicago

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Anthony “Tony” Burba has rejoined Barnes & Thornburg’s Litigation Department as a partner in its Chicago office to focus on white collar and government investigations. He joins from the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he served as a trial attorney on the corporate and Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid strike forces in Nashville.

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