Squire Patton Boggs Continues Expansion of Commodities and Shipping Capabilities with International Trade Hire

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the appointment of D. Michael Kaye as a partner into the firm’s International Trade Practice and Commodities and Shipping Industry Group. He joins from Baker McKenzie, where he spent two years as the Global Director of Business Management, and prior to that from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), one of the world’s largest food processing and commodity trading corporations, where he was the Chief Counsel of ADM’s largest business unit.

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Dentons Grows Tax Presence on US West Coast with Linda Pfatteicher

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today the growth of its Tax practice with the addition of Linda Pfatteicher as partner. Pfatteicher focuses on large-scale international tax and operational structuring projects, including cross-border mergers, acquisitions and post-acquisition integration, as well as international tax controversies. She is resident in the San Francisco office and comes to the firm from Squire Patton Boggs.

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Major Private Equity Hire Strengthens Ashurst’s Reputation as Global Leader in Private Capital and Digital Economy

Global law firm Ashurst has appointed François Hellot as a partner in the corporate team in Paris. François joins from Dechert where he has been a partner for 12 years. François is a highly reputed corporate practitioner with deep industry expertise across telecommunications and digital, health and biotechnology sectors.

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Latham & Watkins Adds Senior Tax Partner With Formidable Transactional Experience in London

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Helen Lethaby will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Tax Department. Highly regarded in her field, Lethaby has more than 25 years’ experience advising clients on a variety of complex corporate tax matters, including the tax aspects of capital markets and private equity transactions, public and private M&A, joint ventures, demergers, and restructurings. Lethaby joins Latham & Watkins from Freshfields. 

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Mayer Brown Continues Its Expansion With Three Prominent Restructuring Partners

Mayer Brown announced today that a prominent three-lawyer team joined the firm’s Global Restructuring practice. Led by partner Doug Spelfogel, who will co-lead the New York office’s Restructuring practice, the group includes Leah Eisenberg and Derek Wright, and will add depth to the firm’s growing restructuring capabilities. The trio join from Foley & Lardner LLP, where Mr. Spelfogel was the leader of the firm’s Restructuring group in New York and co-leader of the firm’s Corporate Trust and Bondholders Rights team.

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Mayer Brown Expands Private Investment Funds Team With Addition of Three Partners in New York

Mayer Brown announced today that three leading private investment fund lawyers, Marina Besignano, Tim Clark and Javier Fierro, have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Corporate & Securities practice. Ms. Besignano, Mr. Clark and Mr. Fierro are the latest to join a practice team that has substantially grown over the last two years. Ms. Besignano joins from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Mr. Clark joins from Dechert; and Mr. Fierro joins from Sidley Austin.

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