Addleshaw Goddard has added more strength to its structured finance practice with the hire of partner Carl Posern. Posern comes to the firm from Pinsent Masons LLP.
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Ian McGinley, Former SDNY Assistant US Attorney and Co-Chief of Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, Joins Akin Gump
Akin Gump today announced that Ian Patrick McGinley, former Co-Chief of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), has joined the firm as a partner in New York in its white collar defense and government investigations practice. Mr. McGinley spent the past decade as a federal prosecutor, during which time he also served as a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force.
Vinson & Elkins Strengthens Tax Practice with Addition of Partner Peita Menon in London
Vinson & Elkins continues its strategic growth in London with the addition of Peita Menon as a partner in its global tax practice. Menon will lead the firm’s London and EMEA tax practice, advising domestic and international clients in transactional matters across a wide range of industries. Menon joins Vinson & Elkins from White & Case where he lead the U.K. tax practice and co-led the EMEA tax practice.
Reed Smith Adds Leading Finance and Restructuring Lawyer Kathleen Garrett as a Partner in London
Reed Smith today announced that Kathleen Garrett has joined the firm as a partner in its Financial Industry Group in London, bringing aboard one of the foremost finance and restructuring lawyers in the region. Garrett joins Reed Smith from Arthur Cox, a premier Irish law firm.
Greenberg Traurig Taps John Houghton to Chair London Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added John Houghton to the firm’s London office, where he will serve as Chair of the London Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice. Houghton is former Global Co-Chair of the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice, and former European Head of Restructuring & Special Situations, at Latham & Watkins, where he practiced for nearly 20 years.
Experienced Project Finance Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in London
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Tom Bartlett has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Project Development & Finance Practice. Bartlett’s practice focuses on advising developers, sponsors, lenders, buyers, sellers, and other market participants on the development, financing, construction, operation, and acquisition of projects throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and around the world. Bartlett joins Latham & Watkins from White & Case.
Sidley Expands London Office With Addition of Private Equity Partners Dan Graham and Paul Dunbar and Global Finance Partner Emilie Stewart
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Bird & Bird Strengthens Its Corporate Practice in London Eith the Sppointment of Nick O’Donnell as Partner
International law firm Bird & Bird today grows its Corporate practice with the hire of Nick O’Donnell as a partner in London. Nick joins the firm from Baker McKenzie where he has been a corporate finance partner in London since 2012. He previously spent more than a decade with Allen & Overy.
Experienced Structured Finance Partner to Join Latham & Watkins in London
Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Alex Martin will join the firm’s London office as a partner in the Structured Finance Practice. His practice focuses on advising investment funds, financial institutions, and asset managers on a variety of complex structured finance transactions and structured products, with particular focus on collateralized loan obligation transactions (CLOs) and performing and non-performing debt portfolio acquisitions. Martin joins the firm from Weil Gotshal.
Paul Hastings Adds London-Based Partner to Its Global Private Investment Funds Practice
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that experienced investment funds lawyer Ted Craig has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Private Investment Funds practice. He joins from Dentons, where he was head of the private funds practice in the UK.
