Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expands its Financial Regulatory & Compliance capabilities with the addition of Mark D. Shaffer as a shareholder in the New York office. He joins from Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) where he served as chief compliance officer of BNY Trust Company of Canada and BNY Mellon (Toronto Branch), and as a director in Asset Servicing, Digital, and Issuer Services (Corporate Trust and Depository Receipts) Compliance.
Patrick Ferguson joins Orrick as a partner in our Energy & Infrastructure practice in San Francisco, focused on helping clients in the energy transition space navigate the demanding regulatory environment in California and the Western U.S.With a deep background advising independent power producers, as well as utilities and community choice aggregators, Patrick’s wide-ranging practice covers regulatory policy and transactions involving renewable energy and capacity sales, energy storage, offshore wind and transmission projects, carbon trading and beyond. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Power Association of Northern California, and he previously worked as in house commercial and regulatory counsel with a wind developer. Patrick, who co-chaired Davis Wright Tremaine’s energy practice, is the 9th partner to join our global E&I team since the beginning of last year.
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K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of K&L Gates, welcomes Joan Lim-Casanova as a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution practice. She joins the firm’s Singapore office from Cavenagh Law LLP, where she provided litigation representation in a Formal Law Alliance with Clifford Chance.
Squire Patton Boggs continued the expansion of its global Government Investigations & White Collar practice with the addition of partner Kathleen McGovern, who joins from Ernst & Young LLP where she served as a Forensic & Integrity Services Partner and Forensics Healthcare Practice leader.
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National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP is pleased to welcome a 44-member team, including 32 experienced attorneys, in a significant expansion of the firm’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice. The attorneys who will be joining the Constangy Cyber Team are located across 17 cities in 12 states, and are driving the opening of new offices for Constangy in Baltimore, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. All are coming to Constangy from Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicolette Kost de Sèvres as a partner based in its Paris and Washington, DC offices. Nicolette joins as co-head of the Firm’s global investigations & compliance group and will co-lead the practice alongside London-based global investigations partner Simon Airey. She joins from Mayer Brown, where she was the Head of Compliance and Investigations in Paris.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Joseph M. Welch has joined the firm’s Orange County office as a partner in the Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy practice group. A Certified Bankruptcy Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization with a broad-based bankruptcy practice representing lenders and other creditors, Joseph also dedicates a significant portion of his practice to representing agricultural lenders and advising agribusiness and food companies on a wide range of corporate matters. He joins from Buchalter, where he co-founded the Agribusiness/Agrifinance group.
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Mayer Brown announced today that Tim Nagy has joined the firm’s Washington DC office as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Financial Markets Regulatory & Enforcement practices. Mr. Nagy joins from the Washington office of Sidley Austin LLP.
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Katten announced today that Harold Davidson has joined the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity practice in New York, strengthening the team of industry-leading attorneys who handle complex business transactions. Prior to joining Katten, Davidson was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery where he began his legal career.
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