Sidley is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Kochian, Gerald Brant, and Brittany Harrison have joined as partners in Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity practice. Erika Cohen has also joined as counsel. They will be based in New York. They have joined from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, where they worked with financial sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as private and public companies.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | New YorkSidley is pleased to announce that Greg Lavigne has joined as a partner in the firm’s Energy, Transportation, and Infrastructure group. He joins Sidley from Allen & Overy.
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Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed two new shareholders to its New York City office –Steve Polyakov and Patrick F. Rice. Their hiring comes on the heels of the New York office’s recent lease extension and floor expansion at its 600 Third Avenue address.
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WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Brendan McGuire has returned to the firm as a partner in its New York office. McGuire is rejoining the firm after serving as chief counsel to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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David L. Lawton has joined Locke Lord’s Hartford and New York offices as a Partner in the Firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group. Lawton’s deep experience in complex debt and equity investment structures in both the U.S. and international jurisdictions will further strengthen the Firm’s already strong restructuring capabilities. Lawton joins Locke Lord from Morgan Lewis.
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Akerman is excited to announce that Thomas Maira has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in New York City, where he will serve as Chair, Real Estate Private Equity (New York). Maira most recently served as a partner with DLA Piper in New York.
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce that David A. Gehn and Matthew B. Baum have joined the firm’s Litigation Department as partners in the New York office. Prior to joining Fox, Gehn and Baum were partners at Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.
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Reed Smith announced today that insurance recovery lawyer Bert Wells has joined the firm’s global Insurance Recovery Practice Group as a partner in New York. Wells has more than 20 years of legal experience with insurance arbitrations, mediations and negotiations, in some cases achieving nine-figure recoveries for his clients, including a $700 million Superstorm Sandy recovery. Wells joins Reed Smith from Covington & Burling where he had been a partner from the inception of that firm’s New York office.
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Penelope Christophorou, a finance lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience, joins Morgan Lewis as a partner in New York. Arriving from Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Penelope will advise on commercial finance transactions, particularly those related to bankruptcy.
International law firm Clifford Chance appointed Jason C. Ewart as a partner in its Global Financial Markets team as the firm expands its US Leveraged Finance group. Ewart joins Clifford Chance from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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