Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Jeffrey Letalien joined the firm’s Technology practice, resident in the New York office. Letalien joins from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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Weil Adds Executive Compensation & Benefits Partner Aimee M. Adler in New York
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Aimee M. Adler has joined the Firm as a partner in the Executive Compensation & Benefits practice, based in Weil’s New York office. Aimee joins Weil from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where she was a partner.
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Nixon Peabody Expands NYC Cooperatives & Condominiums Team Arrival of Laura Sugarman
Nixon Peabody is pleased to announce the arrival of Laura Sugarman as a partner in the firm’s Affordable Housing & Real Estate group. Laura will be a key member of the firm’s growing Cooperatives & Condominiums team in New York City, which also recently welcomed department attorney Nichole N. Thomas and paralegal Stephen DuRie. Sugarman joins from Holland & Knight.
Former SEC Complex Financial Instruments Unit Chief Joins Skadden
Skadden is pleased to announce that Daniel Michael, who recently stepped down as chief of the Complex Financial Instruments Unit of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, is joining Skadden as a partner. Mr. Michael, who will be based in our New York office, will advise clients on SEC enforcement and regulatory matters as part of the firm’s Government Enforcement and White Collar Crime Group. He will work closely with former SEC colleagues in Skadden’s Washington, D.C. office. His practice will focus on counseling financial services firms and other firms and companies, as well as their boards and executives, on enforcement and internal investigations and a broad range of regulatory matters within the jurisdiction of the SEC.
Michael Devins Joins Sidley in New York as Transactional Insurance Partner
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Orrick Grows New York Corporate Team with Rising Star in the Tech Companies Space
Orrick announced today that Max Cantor has joined the firm as a partner in our Technology Companies Group in New York. Max’s addition builds on the arrival of 11 corporate transactions partners to Orrick this year and the 5th lateral hire in New York. Prior to Orrick, Max was a partner with Fox Rothschild.
Cooley Continues Life Sciences Partnering Growth on East Coast
Alan Tamarelli has joined Cooley as a partner in the firm’s life sciences corporate partnering & licensing practice in New York. Tamarelli previously served as counsel and director on the Merck & Co. life sciences transactions team, and most recently was a corporate partner in the healthcare and life sciences practice at Latham & Watkins. His arrival significantly enhances Cooley’s life sciences footprint on the East Coast.
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Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Securities, Capital Markets and Corporate Finance Partner in New York
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Scott Saks, whose legal practice focuses on securities, capital markets and corporate finance, has joined its New York office as a partner. Joining from Troutman Pepper, Saks represents US and foreign commercial and investment banks, underwriters, initial purchasers, lenders and other financial institutions as well as both US and foreign corporations.
Deal Pro Veronica Relea Joins Pillsbury’s Top-Flight Energy Project Team in New York
Pillsbury is pleased to welcome Veronica Relea, a highly rated energy and infrastructure projects lawyer with particular experience in Latin America, as a partner in the firm’s global Finance practice. She joins the firm from Latham & Watkins and will be based in Pillsbury’s New York office.
Willkie Adds Prominent Cross-Border Debt Finance Partner Andres Mena in New York
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced it has expanded its international private equity and finance platforms with the addition of market-leading attorney Andres Mena, who has joined the Firm as a partner and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Finance Practice. He is based in Willkie’s New York office. Mr. Mena was previously a partner at Paul Hastings LLP and at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
