Cooley Boosts Global Fund Formation Practice With New York Hire

Jaclyn Rabin has joined Cooley’s fund formation practice group as a partner in the New York office. She will focus on advising private equity and venture capital clients on a broad range of fund formation matters. Rabin previously was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis; she also was chief compliance officer of Thrive Capital, a New York‐based venture capital firm focused on investments in internet, software and technology-enabled companies. Most recently, Jaclyn founded New Austin Venture Advisory, a Texas‐based provider of strategic, legal and operations support for asset managers.

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King & Spalding Welcomes Return of Structured Finance Partners Martin Eid and Katie Weiss to New York Office

King & Spalding announces the return of structured finance partners Katie Weiss and Martin Eid to the firm. Eid has rejoined the firm effective immediately, and Weiss will return in the coming weeks. They join the Finance and Restructuring practice group in the New York office. Both Weiss and Eid join from Milbank. Prior to that, they were partners at King & Spalding.

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ArentFox Schiff Adds 17-Member Technology and Life Sciences Industry Team in Boston

The IP team includes Partners Joseph M. Maraia, Dr. Daniel W. Clarke, Christopher Carroll, Laura L. Carroll, Brooke A. Penrose, Paul A. Pysher, and Howard J. Susser; Counsel Shawn P. Foley, Bruce D. Jobse, and Joseph P. Quinn; and six associates and patent agents. In addition, litigation Partner Shepard Davidson has joined ArentFox Schiff and will continue to focus his practice on complex business torts and contract claims. This group joins from Burns & Levinson after ArentFox Schiff welcomed a four-partner Automotive team from the firm in April.

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Pillsbury Adds Restructuring Partner Michael Burke in New York, Enhancing Firm’s Ability to Support Distressed Entities

Pillsbury has successfully recruited Michael Burke—a well-established corporate restructuring lawyer with expansive knowledge of and experience working in the aviation sector—to the firm’s Chambers-ranked New York Insolvency & Restructuring group as partner. Burke joins from Sidley Austin.

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Intellectual Property Trial Lawyer Jeffrey Morgan Joins Ballard Spahr in Atlanta

Jeffrey C. Morgan — a trial lawyer with a national litigation practice focusing on intellectual property litigation and other complex civil litigation matters—has joined Ballard Spahr’s Intellectual Property Department and Intellectual Property Litigation Group as Of Counsel, firm Chair Peter V. Michaud announced today. Mr. Morgan is resident in the firm’s Atlanta office. Mr. Morgan joined Ballard Spahr from Barnes & Thornburg. 

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