Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that George Baptista, a highly regarded Latin America finance and capital markets lawyer, has joined as a partner in the global law firm’s New York office. Baptista, who joins from Mayer Brown, focuses his practice on Latin America and has extensive experience working with issuers and underwriters on international securities offerings. He also has experience in corporate, multilateral and infrastructure-related financings in the emerging markets. More >>

Bracewell LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its litigation practice in New York with the addition of a four-person team, including three partners and an associate. Allan N. Taffet, Keith E. Blackman, Joshua C. Klein and Russell W. Gallaro have joined Bracewell from Duval & Stachenfeld LLP, where Taffet chaired the litigation department for more than 15 years. More >>

Holland & Knight announced today that Jonathan N. Halpern has joined the firm as a partner in its White Collar Defense and Investigations practice resident in the New York office. Mr. Halpern served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he was chief of the Major Crimes Unit. He represents companies and individuals in internal and government investigations and defends clients in civil and criminal cases in court. On the defense side, he has represented clients in a range of litigation matters, from criminal prosecutions of securities fraud and healthcare fraud to sexual harassment, gender-based and defamation claims. Most recently, he was a partner at Foley & Lardner in its New York office. More >>

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli is pleased to announce the addition of prominent technology and intellectual property attorney William A. Tanenbaum to its New York office. More >>

The award-winning Corporate Practice at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has grown once again with strategic additions in the firm’s New York and New Jersey offices. Peter Humphreys joins from Hogan Lovells as a shareholder in both offices. Maya Mitchell joins from King & Spalding as of counsel in the New York office. More >>

BakerHostetler announced today the addition of Christopher Carolan as a partner to the firm’s debt finance, private equity and venture capital practices. Carolan, based in New York, comes to the firm from Seyfarth Shaw LLP. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today furthered its national M&A and Private Equity Practice with experienced corporate partner Ted Rosen in New York. Involved in complex transactions for more than three decades, Rosen joins the Corporate Practice Group, after he served as administrative partner for the New York Corporate and Public Companies Practices of a national law firm, as well as its co-chair of the Private Equity Practice Group. Rosen advances Akerman’s longstanding capabilities dedicated to mergers and acquisitions, private equity funds, international transactions and venture capital transactions. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has bolstered its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Nicholas Palumbo as a partner in the Firm’s New York office. Palumbo rejoins White & Case from Goodwin Procter LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and a member of its Debt Finance Group. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that leading litigation attorney Sandra Goldstein has joined the New York office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. Ms. Goldstein joins the Firm from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where she was a partner in the litigation department and the firm’s former head of litigation. Stefan Atkinson also has joined Kirkland from Cravath, as an equity partner in litigation. More >>