International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that it is continuing the expansion of its finance and private equity practices in Chicago with the addition of partner Anh Lee. Ms. Lee joined from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and is the third corporate lateral to arrive in McDermott’s Chicago office in the last four months. More >>

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Cynde H. Munzer to its Corporate Finance practice group as a member in the firm’s Chicago office. Munzer joins Dykema after practicing at Aronberg Goldgehn. Prior to that, she had spent more than two decades with Arnstein & Lehr. More >>

McDermott Will & Emery today announced the arrival of Michael McStay as a partner in the Firm’s Chicago office. Mr. McStay joins the Corporate & Transactional Practice Group with a focus on middle market private equity. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that Anne Becker and Jamie Weyeneth have joined the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (EBEC) Practice as partners in Chicago. Anne and Jamie are teammates of the top-ranked ten-partner EBEC team that joined Winston from McDermott Will & Emery in July 2017. More >>

Taft Stettinius & Hollister is pleased to announce that Carrie A. Hall has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Litigation group. The Chicago office has added 13 attorneys so far this year. More >>

BakerHostetler is proud to announce that leading attorneys Leif Sigmond, Michael Gannon and Jennifer Kurcz have joined the patent litigation team as partners, resident in the Chicago office. The team comes to BakerHostetler from McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff. More >>

Morgan Lewis today welcomes Jenny Austin, a skilled federal tax controversy lawyer and seasoned tax litigator, as a partner in Chicago. Ms. Austin’s arrival follows that of her former colleague, Tom Linguanti, a top tax controversy and transfer pricing litigator who joined Morgan Lewis from the same global law firm earlier this month. More >>

Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, announced today that wealth planning attorney Bill Long joined its Chicago office as a shareholder.

Focusing his practice on estate and tax planning, Long represents high net worth individuals, key executives, and business owners, and serves as an outside general counsel for many clients operating as corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. He has extensive experience advising closely-held and family-owned businesses in the orderly and tax efficient transfer of wealth to younger generations, and has more than 30 years of experience representing clients before the IRS in connection with income, estate, and gift tax audits. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce Steve Grimes has rejoined the firm as a partner in the Chicago office. Steve is a former federal prosecutor, Winston associate, and partner. He most recently served as Chief Compliance Officer for Tenneco, Inc., a Fortune 500, publicly traded, manufacturing company. More >>