Seyfarth announced today the arrival of partner Ivan D. Smith to its Labor & Employment department and Labor Management Relations practice group in New York. Smith also joins the firm’s national team of entertainment attorneys who represent clients from across its full-service platform. He previously served as a Labor & Employment and Entertainment, Media & Sports shareholder at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in New York.
Tags: Seyfarth Shaw, LLP | New YorkCleary Expands Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice
Cooley Expands Fund Formation Group With Key Regulatory Hire
Stacey Song has joined Cooley’s market-leading fund formation practice group as a partner in New York. She arrives from Fried Frank and brings a wealth of experience counseling investment advisers and private funds on a range of securities regulation matters, as well as insights gained from working as senior counsel at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tags: Cooley LLP | New YorkInsurance Litigation Specialist Joins Squire Patton Boggs
Squire Patton Boggs today announced that insurance litigation partner Elizabeth Ahlstrand has joined the New York office, strengthening the firm’s credentials handling complex coverage disputes. Joining from Gfeller Laurie LLP where she was partner, Ms. Ahlstrand represents some of the nation’s largest insurance companies, concentrating her practice on high-value first party and third party insurance coverage and bad faith litigation in the state and federal courts across the greater Northeast.
Katten Grows Real Estate Practice in New York
Katten announced today that Eddy Park has joined the firm as partner in its Real Estate practice in New York, where he will focus on complex transactions and strategic matters related to mixed-income and affordable residential developments. Park comes to the firm from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York.
Tags: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | New YorkHogan Lovells Continues to Grow Corporate & Finance Capabilities in New York With Tax Lawyer Jessica Millett
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the arrival of tax lawyer Jessica Millett as a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice group in New York. She is the sixth Corporate & Finance partner to join Hogan Lovells’ New York office this year. Millett joins from Duval & Stachenfeld, a boutique law firm, where she served as chair of that firm’s tax practice.
Tags: Hogan Lovells | New YorkNorton Rose Fulbright Adds Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Partner in New York
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Daniel Pepper has joined its Information Governance, Privacy and Cybersecurity team in New York as a partner. Pepper joins Norton Rose from the Philadelphia office of Baker & Hostetler LLP.
Weil Adds Executive Compensation & Benefits Partner Regina L. Readling in New York
Willkie To Add Leading Private Equity Finance Lawyer Daniel Gendron As Partner in London
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that it will add prominent leveraged finance lawyer Daniel Gendron as a partner, based in the Firm’s London office. Daniel will join the Firm’s Finance Practice Group from Linklaters where he is a partner. Prior to joining Linklaters in 2008, Daniel began his career at Borden Ladner Gervais in Montreal, Canada. He is the third lateral partner to join Willkie’s London office this year and the sixth lateral to join Willkie’s multidisciplinary private equity platform in this same time period, with others joining in Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Freshfields Welcomes Joseph N. Soltis to Tax Team in New York
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP announced today that Joseph N. Soltis has joined the firm’s tax practice as Partner, based in New York. Soltis joins Freshfields from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP in New York.
Tags: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP | New York