Akin is pleased to announce that Scott Colton has joined the firm’s special situations & private credit practice as a partner in New York. He joins from Paul Hastings, closely following the firm’s recent addition of preeminent private credit partner Bill Brady, with whom Scott has worked for many years.
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King & Spalding announced today that tax lawyer Craig Phillips has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group. Phillips is based in the firm’s New York office. Phillips joins the firm from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where in addition to advising on energy and infrastructure transactions he provided tax advice to corporate clients and private funds across industries.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, announced today that Veronica Relea has joined the Energy, Projects & Transactions Section of the Global Projects Department as a partner in the New York office. Relea joins from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
Fox Rothschild is pleased to welcome Andrew M. J. Bernstein to our New York office as a partner in the Litigation Department. Prior to joining Fox, Bernstein was a partner at Armstrong Teasdale.
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that financial services lawyers Steven Lofchie and Mark Highman have joined the firm as partners in the New York office. Lofchie advises financial institutions and corporate clients on securities, broker-dealer regulation and credit and derivative transactions. Highman focuses on broker-dealer, investment adviser, commodity trading advisor and commodity pool regulation. Lofchie joins the firm from Fried Frank along with Highman.
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Sidley is pleased to announce that Randi Singer has joined as a partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Disputes group in New York. She joins Sidley from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where she was a litigation partner and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property/Media practice. She also led its Privacy & Cybersecurity group.
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Dechert LLP announced today the addition of Brian Miner as a partner in its corporate and securities practice group, further bolstering the firm’s capabilities in middle market private equity and M&A. Mr. Miner will be based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Miner joins Dechert from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where he served as co-chair of the M&A and securities group.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome four new attorneys from Akerman to the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations group:
Top national law firm Akerman today announced the joint expansion of its New York office and Real Estate Finance Practice with the addition of Partner Naheem Harris. Harris arrives from the New York office of Vinson & Elkins LLP.
Tags: Akerman LLP | New YorkGlobal law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that highly regarded intellectual property lawyer Johanna Schmitt has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Schmitt arrives from Kirkland & Ellis.
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