Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Securities Litigation Practice with the addition of Shareholder John O. Lukanski in the New Jersey office. He joins the firm from Reed Smith LLP, where he was a partner and led the firm’s Broker-Dealer and Investment Adviser Practice.
Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Elizabeth “Liz” Ryan has joined the Dallas office as a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Trials Practice Groups. Liz was previously a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP and a preeminent trial boutique.
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King & Spalding announced today that Joseph Halloum has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group and Technology industry team. Halloum brings to the firm extensive experience leading high-profile technology and life sciences deals and expands its M&A and private equity capabilities and corporate presence in California. He is based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Halloum arrives from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Silicon Valley.
Akin is pleased to announce that Payson Lyman has joined the firm as a private capital partner in the firm’s Boston office. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis where he was a partner.
Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | BostonDechert announced today the addition of Amanjit K. Fagura as a partner in its financial services practice group, which will help to bolster the firm’s capabilities in serving a wide range of investment needs for Middle East investors. Ms. Fagura will be based in Dechert’s Dubai office and will play a key role in Dechert’s regional growth efforts. Ms. Fagura arrives at the firm from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Kelly Terribile as a partner in its Corporate practice. She joins the firm’s Wilmington office from Greenberg Traurig LLP. Terribile has extensive experience advising on complex transactions involving Delaware corporations from inception to exit, including corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.
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Skadden is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman to the firm as a partner in the M&A Group and head of its shareholder engagement and activism practice. Ms. Gonzalez-Sussman will join the New York office in September and will advise clients around the globe on how best to anticipate, prepare for, respond to and defend against activist campaigns. She will represent companies on the full range of shareholder engagement and activism matters, including in connection with shareholder proposals, proxy contests, withhold campaigns, consent solicitations, stock accumulations and unsolicited acquisition proposals. Ms. Gonzalez-Sussman most recently served as vice chair of the shareholder activism practice at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP is strengthening its Data Protection Practice with new Partner Philip Radlanski. Radlanski joins from Morrison Foerster, where he helped shape ground-breaking projects and proceedings in Berlin and New York over the past eight years.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Intellectual Property & Technology and Litigation Practices with the addition of Ashley Moore as a shareholder in its growing Dallas office. Moore joins from Michelman & Robinson, where she served as Dallas office managing partner.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | DallasGlobal law firm Reed Smith announced today that Jeffrey Stern has joined as a partner in its Financial Industry Group, based in the firm’s New York office. Stern, previously co-head of the structured finance practice at Winston & Strawn LLP, has represented a diverse range of clients, including financial institutions, corporations, and private equity firms, in matters involving asset-backed securities (ABS), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), and other sophisticated financial instruments and esoteric asset classes.
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