Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Gaming Practice with the addition of Ali Bartlett and Rajat R. Shah as shareholders. Bartlett will be based in Chicago, arriving from Bose McKinney & Evans LLP. Shah will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, joining from Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Bonnie Neuman, Melissa Hinkle, Nick Brandfon, and Molly Lovedale have joined Sidley’s Real Estate practice as partners. In addition, Andrea Weitzman joins as counsel. The group joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP along with a team of nine associates. Ms. Neuman was a member of Cadwalader’s Management Committee, co-chair of its Finance Group, and head of the firm’s Real Estate Finance practice. Bonnie joins Sidley’s office in New York and will co-lead the firm’s Real Estate group. Ms. Hinkle, Mr. Brandfon, and Ms. Weitzman also join Sidley’s office in New York. Ms. Lovedale will be part of the Washington, D.C. team.
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Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Gabriel Yomi Dabiri has joined the firm and will serve as Global Head of Private Credit and Direct Lending. Mr. Dabiri joins from Polsinelli, where he led the Private Credit and Cross-Border Finance practice and served as New York Office Managing Partner.
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Jason Paul Blair has joined the firm as a Member in the Trademark Practice Group resident in the firm’s Austin office. He comes to Dykema after more than three years of practicing at Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP in Austin. Prior to moving into private practice, Blair served as a Trademark Examining Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for more than 13 years, where he oversaw the implementation of agency rules related to sound marks and motion marks.
King & Spalding announced today that Brendan Staley has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group. Staley is based in Washington, D.C. Staley joins King & Spalding from Hunton Andrews Kurth, where he was a partner.
Alok Choksi has joined as Member in Mintz’s Securities and Capital Markets Practice in the firm’s New York office. Alok is a corporate attorney with extensive experience representing investment banks and domestic and foreign private issuers in equity securities offerings and strategic investments. Prior to joining Mintz, Alok was a partner in the Capital Markets and Securities Practice Group at Haynes Boone and previously served as an Associate at White & Case.
Brian Stansbury, a highly-regarded environmental attorney and former Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Washington.
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Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Finance Group continues to expand its market-leading private equity and private credit practices by adding partner Bijal Vira in New York. Vira arrives at the firm from Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, is pleased to announce Chris Thiele has joined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation practice within its Environmental, Safety and Incident Response (ESIR) Section. Most recently, Thiele served as Senior Vice President and legal counsel for an independent midstream energy infrastructure development company. While in that role, Thiele led regulatory, environmental, and governmental affairs, including FERC and other permitting efforts for an interstate natural gas pipeline and related midstream infrastructure projects.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Demetrius Warrick has joined the firm’s M&A and PE practice as a partner in Sidley’s office in New York. Mr. Warrick joins from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
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