Davis Polk today announced that Nicholas Palumbo, a leading private credit and direct lending finance lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in the Finance Group in New York. Mr. Palumbo joins Davis Polk from White & Case LLP, where he led the firm’s Americas Private Credit & Direct Lending practice.
Global law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces Mark Shapiro will rejoin the firm as a partner, Chairman of the Financial Restructuring & Insolvency group in New York and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Most recently, Mark was a Managing Director and the Head of Restructuring at global hedge fund PointState Capital LP.
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes Shareholders Jason S. Samuels and Aaron E. Zerykier as members of the firm’s national Construction Practice and Real Estate and Financial Services Department. The duo are the first Construction Practice attorneys located in Polsinelli’s New York office. The pair join from Farrell Fritz, P.C.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has deepened its capabilities in New Jersey with the addition of Jody E. Saltzman as a shareholder in the firm’s Real Estate Practice. Saltzman joins the firm from K&L Gates, where she was a partner.
Gabriel Silva has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in New York, with an impressive practice that focuses on M&A and private equity in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia. In particular, Silva has significant experience in transactions in the digital infrastructure sector, such as telecommunication towers, data centers and fiber. Prior to joining the firm, Silva was previously a partner at Linklaters in New York and São Paulo.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Peter M. Melampy has joined the Firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group as an associate in the New York office. Peter joins Blank Rome from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced the addition of prominent patent litigators Indranil “Indy” Mukerji and Stephen Marshall. They join the Firm as partners in the Intellectual Property and Litigation Departments, with Mr. Mukerji joining as Willkie’s Head of Tech Patent Litigation. Both will be based in Washington, DC. They were previously Principals at the intellectual property boutique Fish & Richardson.
Faegre Drinker announced today that Adam Rosenthal has joined the firm’s Philadelphia and New York offices as a partner in the corporate practice. Rosenthal comes to the firm from Dechert LLP.
Tags: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | New York | PhiladelphiaGlobal law firm Shearman & Sterling today announces the appointment of Heather Waters Borthwick as a Leveraged Finance partner in New York. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Heather was a partner at White & Case LLP in New York.
Corporate lawyer Jeffery Bell has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Bell focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities matters. Most recently, he was a partner at Morrison & Foerster.
