Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Lou Cohen and Elgie Sims Jr., have joined the firm’s Business Law Department as of counsel in the Chicago office. Both lawyers bring strong ties and experience in the Chicago business community. More >>

Nixon Peabody is growing in Chicago. We’re pleased to announce the arrival of new partner Michelle Canerday. Michelle, who joins the 100+ attorney Chicago office, will be a member of the firm’s national private clients practice. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that John Lyons has joined the firm’s Restructuring practice as a partner in the Chicago office. With over twenty years of restructuring experience, Lyons has represented major US and international corporations, committees, lenders and boards of directors in complex business reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures. He played key roles in several industry transformative restructurings including, among others, American Airlines, Delphi Corporation, US Airways, Exodus Communications, and VeraSun Energy. He has increasingly represented clients in cross border restructurings and conducted several fraud investigations and asset recovery actions. More >>

Polsinelli welcomes shareholder Jason Kaplan to its Chicago office, where he joins the national Financial Services practice. Kaplan counsels institutional lenders on all aspects of commercial lending, with a particular emphasis on real estate finance within the health care industry, including senior housing, medical office and related asset classes, equipment finance and corporate aircraft. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today welcomed partner Mark Bernstein as a member of the Litigation Practice Group in Chicago. His practice enhances Akerman’s core strength in complex commercial litigation within the financial services and securities sectors. He is the fourth partner to join the Chicago office since Akerman announced in January its plan to more than double its physical footprint in the region. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Chad McCormick has joined the Firm as a partner to help build the Houston office’s Tax Practice Group.

“Chad has significant experience advising on the tax aspects of a variety of complex transactions,” said Andrew Calder, a partner in Kirkland’s Houston office and a member of the Firm’s Global Management Executive Committee. “He is an important addition in Houston, enhancing our ability to fully support transactions from the office and helping solidify Kirkland’s local roster in Texas. His experience on energy-related transactions in particular is also a nice complement to our existing top-tier national tax practice.”

Mr. McCormick advises clients on tax-efficient structures for domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions and separations. He also advises clients on tax aspects of capital markets transactions, financing arrangements and matters regarding S corporations, partnerships and other pass-through entities.

He joins Kirkland from the Houston office of Baker Botts LLP, where he was a partner.

Mr. McCormick holds an LL.M. in taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law; a J.D., with honors, from the University of Montana School of Law; and a B.A., with highest honors, from Montana State University. Thomson Reuters has recognized him as a “Texas Super Lawyer-Rising Star” for the past two years.

Mr. McCormick is the third Houston partner to join Kirkland in 2016. Anna Rotman was hired in January to launch the Houston office’s Litigation Practice Group and Adam Larson joined earlier this month to build upon the office’s M&A capabilities. The Houston office opened in 2014 and has grown to include approximately 60 lawyers who work across practices and offices within the Firm.

The global law firm Jones Day today announced that Michael Conway has joined as a partner in the Firm’s Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation (FILR) Practice, and will be based in its Chicago Office. He was previously a Chicago partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., where he served as Vice Chair of the Business Litigation and Corporate Services Section. More >>

National law firm Wilson Elser announced today that Kathleen McDonough, a former managing partner and general counsel at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner. More >>

Thomas J. Hayes has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. He is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice group. More >>

Mark R. Johnson has joined McGuireWoods’ nationally recognized energy regulatory practice as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office, bringing a wealth of experience advising some of the country’s largest energy companies on critical regulatory and energy issues. More >>