New York Real Estate Litigator Michael T. Carr Joins Akerman

Akerman is proud to announce Michael T. Carr has joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group as partner in the New York office. Carr focuses his practice on real estate litigation with an emphasis on landlord/tenant lease litigation. His clients include some of New York City’s largest landlords, developers, and managers. Carr joins the firm from Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.

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Sidley Adds Partner John Godfrey to Global M&A and Private Equity Practice in New York

Sidley is pleased to announce that John C. Godfrey has joined Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity practice as a partner in New York. Mr. Godfrey joins Sidley from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP where he served as a member of that firm’s M&A and PE practices. This follows the addition of a team of 11 lawyers from Paul, Weiss in the last 10 months.

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Akin Strengthens Position as Leading Firm for Private Capital Investors with Hire of Scott Colton in New York, Following Partner Bill Brady’s Arrival

Akin is pleased to announce that Scott Colton has joined the firm’s special situations & private credit practice as a partner in New York. He joins from Paul Hastings, closely following the firm’s recent addition of preeminent private credit partner Bill Brady, with whom Scott has worked for many years.

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King & Spalding Adds Tax Partner Craig Phillips in New York

King & Spalding announced today that tax lawyer Craig Phillips has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group. Phillips is based in the firm’s New York office. Phillips joins the firm from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where in addition to advising on energy and infrastructure transactions he provided tax advice to corporate clients and private funds across industries.

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Steven Lofchie and Mark Highman Join Financial Services Group in New York

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that financial services lawyers Steven Lofchie and Mark Highman have joined the firm as partners in the New York office. Lofchie advises financial institutions and corporate clients on securities, broker-dealer regulation and credit and derivative transactions. Highman focuses on broker-dealer, investment adviser, commodity trading advisor and commodity pool regulation. Lofchie joins the firm from Fried Frank along with Highman.

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Sidley Expands Its Market-Leading Litigation Practice With Partner Randi Singer in New York

Sidley is pleased to announce that Randi Singer has joined as a partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Disputes group in New York. She joins Sidley from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where she was a litigation partner and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property/Media practice. She also led its Privacy & Cybersecurity group.

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Dechert Strengthens M&A and Private Equity Capabilities with Addition of Brian Miner

Dechert LLP announced today the addition of Brian Miner as a partner in its corporate and securities practice group, further bolstering the firm’s capabilities in middle market private equity and M&A. Mr. Miner will be based in the firm’s New York office.  Mr. Miner joins Dechert from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where he served as co-chair of the M&A and securities group.

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