Sidley is pleased to announce that Enrique Conde will join as a corporate partner in the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practice in Miami. He joins from Holland & Knight, where he was a partner in the Corporate, M&A and Securities and Latin America Practice groups. Prior to Holland & Knight, he served as the Deputy General Counsel of the SoftBank Latin America Fund and as a partner in the legal team of SoftBank Group International. Mr. Conde will start at Sidley just months ahead of Sidley’s move to 830 Brickell in Miami’s Brickell Financial District to accommodate the expanding office of nearly 70 legal and business professionals. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Andrew (“Drew”) M. Hinkes has joined the Miami office as a partner in the Transactions Department and member of the Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology (“DABT”) Group. Hinkes joins Winston from K&L Gates in Miami.

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Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed two new shareholders to its growing Miami office. Joining Polsinelli from a boutique firm, but each coming with years of experience at their prior Am Law 50 firms, Albert Diaz-Silveira and Cristina Quintero are two seasoned corporate attorneys and have joined the firm’s Corporate M&A Practice Group to anchor and build out the practice in South Florida. Polsinelli has had steady growth in its nationwide Corporate M&A Practice over the past year, adding four shareholders and significantly expanding in adjacent practices such as Private Equity and Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies.

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Sidley is pleased to announce that Joshua M. Samek has joined the firm’s M&A, Private Equity, and Capital Markets global practice groups as a partner in Miami. He joins Sidley from DLA Piper, where he co-chaired the firm’s Florida Corporate practice. Bradley Brodie will also be joining Sidley as counsel in Miami.

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Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of Partners Laura Besvinick and Julie Nevins in Miami, Florida, to further expand its insurance offering in the United States. Laura and Julie, who join from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, are highly regarded insurance coverage litigators in Florida bringing with them a particular experience in litigating unique coverage and bad faith issues for clients.

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