Matthew Biben, a leading litigator who focuses on banking, regulatory and enforcement matters, has joined King & Spalding as a partner in its New York office. Biben was most recently a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he was Co-Chair of its Financial Institutions Practice Group.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Guillermo Christensen as a partner in the antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice. He joins K&L Gates from Ice Miller LLP, where he served as office managing partner in Washington, D.C.
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Dechert LLP announced today the lateral acquisition of a top-tier restructuring team, consisting of partners Doug Mannal and Stephen Zide. They will be the sixth and seventh partners to join the global financial restructuring practice in the past three years and are key hires in the strategic growth of the firm’s New York offering. The duo arrive from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.
Squire Patton Boggs has made two senior hires into its Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice. These additions following a recent multi-office expansion of its data privacy practice across Europe as the firm continues to grow its global team. Julia B. Jacobson joins the firm as partner in New York from Arent Fox Schiff LLP. Shea Leitch joins the firm as of counsel in Washington DC from BakerHostetler LLP.
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Rajiv Khanna, a corporate, M&A and securities lawyer who practices with emphasis on cross-border transactions, has joined its New York office as a partner. Joining from Buchanan Ingersoll, Khanna advises on M&A transactions and Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) work, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Lauren R. Goldman has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. Goldman, formerly a partner and co-head of the Supreme Court & Appellate practice group at Mayer Brown LLP, will continue her high-stakes class-and mass-action litigation practice.
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Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added William J. Anthony as a shareholder in its New York City office. A seasoned litigator, Anthony has extensive experience defending clients in a range of employment disputes and class actions, including wage and hour matters. Anthony’s arrival follows three recent lateral additions to the firm, including Paula Anthony (New Haven), Eric Field (Washington, D.C.) and Allison Wallin (Los Angeles). Prior to joining Littler, he was a partner at Blank Rome LLP.
