Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that financial regulatory lawyer Revathi Raghavan will join the firm as a partner in the Investment Funds Group of the Corporate Department, resident in London. Raghavan arrives from Kirkland & Ellis and advises on the regulatory aspects of fund formation, as well as on M&A in the financial services sector and on regulatory change projects.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Sophie Smith has joined the Firm as a partner in London. Smith comes to Weil from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Candice Nichol as a partner in its market-leading tax practice. Candice is the ninth London-based partner to join this year, and her arrival further strengthens the Firm’s standing in the London market. Nichol arrives at the firm from KPMG UK.
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King & Spalding announced today that financial services regulatory and compliance lawyer Konstantin “Costa” Burkov has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group in London. Burkov joins the firm from Paul Hastings.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its International Arbitration Practice in London with the appointment of three new shareholders, Jason Hambury, Gurmukh Riyat, and Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, from Pinsent Masons.
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Emma Game has joined the firm as a partner. Her arrival strengthens the firm’s ability to meet diverse transatlantic client needs and reinforces its position as a leading resource for innovative UK and European companies seeking a combination of practical legal advice and business acumen as they scale in the U.S. and globally. Game joins Wilson Sonsini from Slaughter and May, where she began her career as a trainee in 2009, eventually rising to senior tax counsel.
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Skadden is pleased to welcome J. Christian Nahr to the firm as a partner in its Banking Group in New York. Previously head of the global finance practice at Fried Frank, Mr. Nahr advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, corporations, hedge funds, investment banks and direct lenders on a broad range of complex cross-border and domestic leveraged finance transactions.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Sava Savov as a new Corporate shareholder to lead the Private Equity Practice in its London office, reinforcing the firm’s strategic commitment to further develop its global private equity capabilities.
King & Spalding announced today that Maureen Sweeney has joined the firm as a partner in its Finance and Restructuring practice group in Chicago. Sweeney is the former Senior Vice President and General Counsel of private investment firm PSP Partners, L.L.C.
