Mark W. Lerner has joined Mintz’s New York office as a Member of the firm. Mark will serve as the Chair of the Employment Litigation Practice within the firm’s Employment group. Mark is a preeminent trial lawyer and employment attorney who leads cases and counsels clients on complex employment issues. His practice focuses on executive and private equity compensation disputes; trade secret and restrictive covenant disputes; discrimination and harassment litigation; high-stakes internal investigations; and representing institutions in all types of employment-related litigation. Mark is an award-winning litigator known for his trusted client counsel and leading a team of lawyers to excellence and great results.

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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that James “Jim” M. Cretella and Ikhwan A. Rafeek have joined the firm’s leading Finance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy group in New York. Jim and Ikhwan represent institutional and specialty lenders, banks, and commercial finance and factoring companies in a variety of asset-based lending (“ABL”), specialty finance, and corporate transactions. They join Blank Rome from Otterbourg P.C. where Jim served as chair of the firm’s banking and finance department.

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Akin announced today that Chad Nichols has rejoined the firm as a finance partner in its global market-leading special situations practice. At a time of continued growth in the market, Nichols brings deep experience acting for credit funds on many of the most prominent liability management and other special situations transactions as well as bespoke private credit and direct lending matters.

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