Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is significantly expanding in the Middle East, with the opening of an Abu Dhabi office in the Abu Dhabi Global Market and the hire of a seven-lawyer team in the United Arab Emirates. The new team includes three of the leading partners in the Middle East: Renad Younes and Samuel Ogunlaja who will join the new Abu Dhabi office, and Jade Chu, who will be based in Dubai. The trio arrives from Shearman & Sterling.
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Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Lucas (“Luke”) T. Ritchie to its Denver office as a partner in the firm’s Directors & Officers and Securities Litigation and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense Practices. Ritchie arrives from Moye White LLP in Denver.
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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Corey Wright and Lisa Collier have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Banking Practice. Both partners represent banks and other financial institutions in a broad range of complex leveraged finance transactions, including high-yield bond, debt and equity offerings, asset-based lending transactions, acquisition financings, and other bank loan financings. Wright and Collier join Latham & Watkins from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP.
King & Spalding has added restructuring lawyer Michael Fishel as a partner in its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in Houston. Fishel joins the firm from Sidley Austin.
Mayer Brown announced today that former Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan, who also served as the Acting Secretary of State and, most recently, as the US Ambassador to the Russian Federation, returned to the firm as a partner, resident in the Washington DC and New York offices. Ambassador Sullivan will advise clients on issues important to their business operations, including global risk, US sanctions and export controls, international trade disputes and regulation, and foreign investment.
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Joshua L. Shapiro has joined as partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in Washington DC. Mr. Shapiro’s practice is focused on counseling clients through the regulatory review of mergers and acquisitions, from deal inception and risk assessment to clearance by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ). Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr. Shapiro was a partner in the Antitrust, Competition & Distribution practice group at Thompson Hine. |
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In launching the Miami office location, Vedder Price is well positioned to continue to serve South Florida client needs in its largest practices, Finance, M&A/Private Equity and Global Transportation Finance, while continuing to expand its Capital Markets footprint.
Vedder Price will be open for business and fully operational on January 5, 2023.
“Our Miami office expansion aligns perfectly with our strategic plan,” said Vedder Price President and CEO Michael A. Nemeroff. “Our acclaimed national and international strengths in finance, M&A and global transportation finance work provide significant opportunities for the firm and its clients in Miami’s dynamic and vibrant business environment. Dozens of clients have already relocated to Miami or have established significant operational infrastructure in and around the city.”
Additionally, the new office location and proximity to the greater Miami community will effectively serve as a gateway for the firm’s existing business relationships with aircraft financiers located in Latin America.
Veteran attorney Kenneth Gerasimovich will join the Miami office as a new Shareholder in the firm’s Finance & Transactions practice area. Gerasimovich joins the firm after spending the last 18 years as a Shareholder with Greenberg Traurig. Gerasimovich has extensive experience in his field and concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities, SPAC business combinations and private equity investments. Gerasimovich will also provide the Miami office with significant experience in assisting clients with technology, health care and life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, energy and media-related matters.
In addition, several current Vedder Price attorneys, including Jennifer Durham King, Theresa Peyton and Daniel Barlin, will relocate to Florida and join the Miami office. King, a Shareholder, the firm’s Corporate Practice Area Leader and a member of Vedder Price’s Board of Directors, regularly represents issuers and underwriters in a broad range of transactions, including public and private debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and capital planning and formation. Peyton, a Shareholder in the firm’s Global Transportation Finance team, has extensive experience in commercial and private aircraft finance and leasing matters, rolling stock and plane machinery equipment finance, and securities. Barlin, a Counsel and a member of the firm’s Global Transportation Finance team, is an experienced aviation attorney and focuses on assisting clients with commercial aircraft financing, operating and finance leasing, and the sale and purchase of aircraft-related matters.
The firm plans to expand its client offerings in Miami to include other key practices, including Government Investigations, Commercial Litigation, and Labor and Employment. The firm is currently recruiting attorneys to grow the Miami office.
The firm’s Miami office will be located at 600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1500, Miami, FL 33131.
Global Law Firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expands its global Intellectual Property (IP) & Technology capabilities with the addition of Jayadeep “Jay” R. Deshmukh as a shareholder in the New York office. He joins from Kasowitz Benson Torres and previously served as senior vice president of Global IP at Ranbaxy Laboratories, an international pharmaceutical company.
Jon R. Mooney has joined McGuireWoods’ debt finance practice as a partner in Pittsburgh after nearly a decade serving in senior legal roles at one of the nation’s largest financial institutions.
