Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that George Hazel will join the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. Hazel, formerly a U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland, will serve as a member of the firm’s Litigation and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups.
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Minneapolis, Minn. (March 2, 2023) – Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Frank Taylor to its Minneapolis office as a partner in the firm’s National Trial, Complex Business & Commercial Litigation, and Crisis Management Practices, among others. Mr. Taylor has served as lead trial counsel in more than 135 class actions, tried more than 350 matters in all 50 states, and defended numerous enforcement actions. Moreover, Mr. Taylor has deep and broad experience in complex financial markets litigation, regulatory investigations, securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, and unique financings. Mr. Taylor arrives at the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright.
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Squire Patton Boggs continues the expansion of its International Dispute Resolution (IDR) Practice with the appointment of Naomi Briercliffe, who joins the firm in London as a partner from Allen & Overy. Ms. Briercliffe follows Marija Šćekić who joined the London team at the end of last year.
King & Spalding announced today that Adam Baker has joined the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations team as a partner in the New York office. Baker most recently served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) in the District of New Jersey.
Vinson & Elkins announced today that Kara Kuritz has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C., adding depth to the firm’s Antitrust Transactional practice in the areas of merger control and foreign filings. Kuritz joins the firm from Goodwin Procter.
Paul Hastings LLP announced today that leading commercial and securities litigator Jennifer Conn, who has represented some of the world’s largest businesses in bet-the-company litigation, has joined the firm as a partner. She will co-chair the firm’s securities litigation practice. Joining from Gibson Dunn, Conn is this year’s second lateral litigator in New York, following the addition of Joshua Berman from White & Case earlier this week.
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McGuireWoods is expanding its nationally ranked public finance practice with the arrival of Baltimore partner Melissa Messina, an attorney and former investment banker with deep experience advising and structuring financings for senior living communities and representing lenders and underwriters in complex finance transactions. Messina joins McGuireWoods from the financial services firm HJ Sims, where she was a senior investment banker before assuming the role of executive vice president and associate general counsel.
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Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Matthew Nortcliff has joined the firm’s Private Investment Funds practice as a partner, resident in the firm’s Singapore office, which opened in October 2022. Prior to joining Goodwin, Nortcliff led the funds and indirect real assets practice of CMS in Asia.
Akin Gump today announced that Paul Yin will join as a partner on the firm’s special situations and private credit team in the London office. Mr. Yin will be joining Akin Gump from White & Case, where he has been a partner in its debt finance and private credit team.
