King & Spalding announces the return of structured finance partners Katie Weiss and Martin Eid to the firm. Eid has rejoined the firm effective immediately, and Weiss will return in the coming weeks. They join the Finance and Restructuring practice group in the New York office. Both Weiss and Eid join from Milbank. Prior to that, they were partners at King & Spalding.
Pillsbury has successfully recruited Michael Burke—a well-established corporate restructuring lawyer with expansive knowledge of and experience working in the aviation sector—to the firm’s Chambers-ranked New York Insolvency & Restructuring group as partner. Burke joins from Sidley Austin.
Freshfields announced today that Joshua Ayal joined the firm’s M&A team in New York as partner. Ayal arrives from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Ellen Snare as a partner in the Transactions Practice Group in New York. Ellen represents some of the largest private equity portfolio companies, corporate borrowers, traditional lenders and private credit funds in various financings and restructurings. She joins from King & Spaulding.
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Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Marcantonio (“Marco”) Barnes to its Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Corporate Practice. With more than two decades of experience in business and law, Mr. Barnes focuses his practice on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, in the energy, communications technology and financial services sectors. Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois, Mr. Barnes practiced with Womble Bond Dickinson LLP where he represented public and private companies in a variety of transactions and general corporate matters. Before entering private practice, he served as in-house counsel for a large technology company.
Tags: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP | New York | WashingtonKing & Spalding announced today that Chris Duffy has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Litigation practice group. Duffy is based in the firm’s New York office. Duffy joins King & Spalding from Vinson & Elkins, where he was co-leader of the commercial litigation group.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Chelsea N. Darnell has joined the firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice in the Corporate Department, resident in New York. Darnell advises public and private companies and private equity firms on M&A, corporate governance matters and activism defense issues. Darnell arrives from Kirkland & Ellis in New York.
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Global law firm Clyde & Co announced today the appointment of Elizabeth Evans as partner in its New York office. Evans joins the firm from K & L Gates and her hire is the latest expansion of Clyde & Co’s Global Aviation Practice Group.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Ro Spaziani has joined the firm’s New York office, where she will serve as a partner and a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions, Global Financial Regulatory, and Global Fintech and Digital Assets Practice Groups. Spaziani arrives from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Tags: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | New YorkPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Silvia Menendez has joined the firm as a partner in the Finance Group in the Corporate Department, resident in London. Menendez arrives from Clifford Chance LLP.
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