Clifford Chance today announced that Hugo Triaca has joined the Firm’s Capital Markets and Latin America practices as a partner in New York. Triaca joins from Skadden, where he represented companies and investment banks in a variety of public and private corporate finance transactions in the United States and Latin America. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that leading mergers and acquisitions attorney Eric Schiele has joined the New York office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Mr. Schiele joins the Firm from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he was a partner in the corporate department. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Kim Desmarais has joined the Firm in New York as a partner in its Banking, Finance & Securities Practice. More >>

Jay Baris joins Shearman & Sterling as a partner in the Investment Funds practice in New York from Morrison & Foerster, where he chaired that firm’s investment management practice. Jay is widely recognized for his breadth of experience representing funds and their independent board members, investment advisers, broker-dealers and other financial institutions in all aspects of regulation, compliance and structuring transactions. More >>

Jeffrey S. Page, an accomplished real estate finance attorney known for representing large lender groups in major transactions, has joined the firm in its New York office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced. Mr. Page most recently practiced at Reed Smith in New York, and will be joining Ballard Spahr along with two attorneys from his real estate finance team. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Angela L. Batterson is joining the Firm’s New York Office as a partner in its Banking, Finance & Securities Practice. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP today announced the addition of Uri Doron and Jared Manes, two corporate partners in New York. Uri and Jared join from Jenner & Block and focus their practices on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on Nordic-based companies doing business in the United States. More >>

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Scott E. Wortman has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Consumer Finance Litigation group in the New York office. At Blank Rome, Mr. Wortman will serve as a litigator and counselor to clients facing scrutiny under consumer financial protection statutes and regulations at both the federal and state level, including individual and class action defense, regulatory proceedings, and administrative investigations. He joins Blank Rome from Warshaw Burstein LLP. More >>