Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Ian Carleton Schaefer has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor & Employment practice group. Based in New York, Schaefer previously was a partner and Chair of the New York Employment & Labor practice at Loeb & Loeb.
Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Partner Richard Lyons to the firm’s Corporate Services practice group. He is among more than 80 lawyers and staff professionals who have joined Armstrong Teasdale in 2023 alone. Lyons arrives at the firm from Bertone Piccini LLP.
Jeff Goldfarb, a top acquisition finance lawyer with more than two decades of experience advising clients on private equity-led deals, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in New York.
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today the addition of Rachel Ingwer as a partner in the firm’s New York office and as a member of the firm’s Transactions Department and Tax Practice. Ingwer returns to the firm from Lowenstein Sandler PC.
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O’Melveny announced today that versatile M&A and private equity lawyer Brian F. McKenna has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group, further strengthening O’Melveny’s transactional capabilities in the world’s most active deal market. McKenna comes to O’Melveny from the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, where he was a member of that firm’s Corporate and Securities Group.
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Further solidifying its Band 1 ranking and dominant market share in collateralized loan obligations, Paul Hastings LLP announced today that preeminent lawyer Nicholas (Nick) Robinson leads a group who has joined the firm. Robinson joins as a partner alongside fellow partner Tracy Feng and a team of associates, all based in New York. Feng and Robinson both arrive from Allen & Overy LLP in New York.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings today announced that one of the world’s premier investment funds lawyers, John Budetti, has joined the firm as a partner in New York and global chair of the investment funds and private capital practice. Previously a partner with Kirkland & Ellis and described by The Legal 500 as a “fund formation rock star,” Budetti will be joined by a diverse full-service team of partners covering funds, private capital transactions, tax, and regulatory matters.
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Benesch has added Michael Vatis as a partner in its New York office. A privacy and cybersecurity counselor and a litigator with deep appellate experience, Vatis joins from Steptoe, where he chaired the Privacy & Cybersecurity practice.
