Sonny Allison, Kester Spindler, Danielle Fortier, Amelia Davis and Jeffrey Beuche have joined Cooley’s Denver office as partners in the firm’s private equity and mergers & acquisitions practices. Arriving from Perkins Coie, the group strengthens Cooley’s existing capabilities representing private equity sponsors and strategic parties as they drive high-growth platforms.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that energy M&A lawyer Tan Lu has joined the Firm as a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department. He is based in the Houston office. Lu was most recently counsel at Vinson & Elkins.
David Gair has joined Locke Lord as a Partner in the Firm’s Dallas office and will serve as Chair of its Tax Controversy Practice Group. His versatile experience will further enhance Locke Lord’s ability to advise on elaborate tax matters and adds depth to the Firm’s tax controversy team. Gair, who joins Locke Lord from Gray Reed, where he served as leader of its tax controversy practice group, is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Fellow with the American College of Tax Counsel.
Leading global law firm Dentons has strengthened its UK Banking and Finance team by hiring Richard Sharples as a partner in London. Richard was previously a banking partner at Clifford Chance and specialises in leveraged finance, debt restructuring, private equity, acquisition finance, corporate and syndicated lending.
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Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Matt McTygue has joined the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice group as a partner in its Private Equity practice, based in Boston. McTygue joins the firm from Locke Lord and has extensive experience representing private equity and venture capital firms, investors, and private companies in a broad range of acquisition, financing, and other business transactions.
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Wayne Bradley and Ann-Marie Notaro, two highly-regarded corporate partners with notable industry recognition, have joined Troutman Pepper’s national Corporate Practice Group in Atlanta. The pair join from Squire Patton Boggs.
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Chelsea Hilliard has joined McGuireWoods’ commercial litigation practice as a partner in Dallas, bringing more than a decade of experience representing clients in high-stakes litigation and corporate governance matters. She joins McGuireWoods from Foley & Lardner.
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Rick Mueller and Heather F. Counts to its St. Louis office as partners in the firm’s Products Liability and Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation Practices. Mr. Mueller and Ms. Counts join Lewis Brisbois from Thompson Coburn LLP, where they practiced in the products liability arena for 41 years and 20 years, respectively. They currently serve as national counsel for manufacturers throughout the United States.
Tags: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | St. Louis
Dechert LLP announced today that Saira Henry will be joining the firm’s antitrust/competition practice as a partner in London and Howard Ullman as counsel in San Francisco. This follows the recent arrivals of partners John A. (“Jay”) Jurata, Jr. (Washington, D.C.), Russell Cohen (San Francisco) and Douglas Lahnborg (London). Henry and Ullman both arrive at Dechert from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP.
