Mayer Brown announced today that Benjamin Snyder joined its Banking & Finance practice as a partner in New York. He joins from King & Spalding LLP.
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Proskauer Welcomes Adrian Cohen As a Restructuring Partner in London
Proskauer, a leading international law firm, today welcomed Adrian Cohen who joins the Firm’s Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group as a partner based in London. He joins Proskauer from Clifford Chance.
Wilson Sonsini Powers Up Its Energy Practice with the Addition of Elise Zoli in Boston
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Elise Zoli has joined the firm’s energy and climate solutions (ECS) practice as a partner in the Boston office, where she will focus her practice on global strategic alliances and market-opening transactions in the clean energy, water, agriculture, and de-carbonization sectors. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Zoli was a partner at Jones Day, where she was the global head of the Future of Energy, Renewables+, and Sustainability working group.
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Morrison Foerster Adds Experienced Technology Transactions and Life Sciences Attorney Matthew Ferry as Partner in San Diego
Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Matthew Ferry as a partner in the firm’s Life Sciences Transactions + Licensing and Technology Transactions Groups, based in San Diego. Ferry brings more than a decade of combined technology transactions, life sciences transactions, and licensing experience to Morrison Foerster. Ferry joins the firm from Perkins Coie LLP.
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Leading M&A Lawyer Joins Cooley in New York
Leading transactional lawyer William B. Sorabella has joined Cooley’s growing mergers & acquisitions practice as a partner in New York. Arriving from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Sorabella brings additional senior depth, breadth and skill to support the ever‐increasing needs of Cooley’s M&A clients while also augmenting the firm’s private equity capabilities.
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Lewis Brisbois Expands Government Investigations & White Collar Practice with Former Federal Prosecutor Hire in Atlanta
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Steven H. Lee to its Atlanta office as a partner and vice chair of the firm’s Government Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice. Mr. Lee has served as a federal prosecutor for the last six years, representing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in criminal matters involving healthcare fraud, national security violations, trade secret theft, and other economic crimes. Prior to his time at the DOJ, Mr. Lee worked as an assistant attorney general for the Georgia Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. His current practice focuses on government and internal corporate investigations, as well as white collar criminal defense, with an emphasis on healthcare fraud matters. In his role as practice vice chair, Mr. Lee will lead the Atlanta office’s Government Investigations & White Collar Defense team.
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Mayer Brown announced today that fund finance lawyer Cassandra Best joined the Banking & Finance practice as a partner in New York. Ms. Best joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.
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Eversheds Sutherland lands Seven-Strong Partner-Led M&A team
Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed a seven-strong partner-led team to its global corporate/M&A group. The Paris-based team joins from international law firm CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats and comprises lateral Partner hires, Jean-Robert Bousquet and Alexandre Morel; Counsels Célia Mayran and Geoffroy Loncle de Forville; and Associates Anaïs Fritzinger, Jade Huard and Victor Grillo. In addition to the arrival of the Paris-based team, Eversheds Sutherland is also pleased to announce that Craig T. Alcorn has joined its US-based Corporate Practice Group from law firm, Skadden, as a Partner in its Chicago office.
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Allen & Overy Expands Silicon Valley Presence With Partner Jesse Debban
Allen & Overy today announced that Jesse Debban has joined the firm as partner in its Corporate practice. Jesse joins A&O’s San Francisco office from Farella Braun + Martel where he served as partner and chair of the Business Transactions Group.
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Real Estate Finance Rising Star Pablo Clarke Joins Paul Hastings from Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings, a global law firm with elite teams in real estate, finance, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and litigation, today announced that Pablo Clarke, a prominent real estate finance partner, has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice in Los Angeles from Latham & Watkins, LLP.
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