Salil Gandhi Joins Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Monday, June 15, 2020

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Salil Gandhi has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. He will be a member of the firm’s emerging companies practice. Most recently, Gandhi was a partner at Goodwin Procter in its New York office, where he was co-leader of that firm’s PropTech initiative within the technology practice.

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Alston & Bird Adds Senior Trial Lawyer and Former Federal Prosecutor Joanna C. Hendon as Partner in New York

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Alston & Bird has broadened its white collar, securities enforcement, and complex civil litigation and trial capabilities with the addition of Joanna C. Hendon as a litigation partner in the firm’s New York office. A former federal prosecutor with more than 25 years of trial experience, Hendon joins from litigation boutique Spears & Imes LLP, where she had been a partner since 2012.

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Paul, Weiss Adds Leading Restructuring Partner

Monday, June 8, 2020

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Andrew M. Parlen is joining the firm as a partner in the Restructuring Department, resident in the New York office. Mr. Parlen represents public and private companies, ad hoc groups of creditors and investors in a variety of distressed situations, including out-of-court restructurings, prepackaged and prearranged chapter 11 reorganizations, debtor-in-possession financings and acquisitions of distressed companies. Parlen comes to the firm from the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP.

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Cozen O’Connor Continues to Ramp up its Corporate Practice, Adding Leading Cross-Border Corporate Attorney Christian Moretti to its New York Office

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Cozen O’Connor today announced another of New York City’s leading corporate attorneys, Christian Moretti, has joined its fast-growing Corporate Practice Group. Moretti, who has helped structure, negotiate, and complete more than $25 billion worth of M&A and other transactions, both domestic and cross-border, joins the firm as shareholder and vice chair of its International Practice and will reside at its midtown Manhattan office. He is the 12th attorney to join the Corporate Practice Group in the past two months and follows on the heels of another prominent corporate attorney, Frank A. Pugliese, who joined the New York office this year in April.  Recognized by the Legal 500 as one of New York’s leading practitioners for cross-border M&A in the middle market, Moretti comes to the firm from Schnader, where he was a partner and co-chair of that firm’s International Group.

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Weil Adds Banking & Finance Partner Eliot Relles in New York

Tuesday, June 2, 2020
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Eliot Relles has joined the Firm as a partner. He is part of Weil’s global Banking & Finance practice and is based in the Firm’s New York office. Mr. Relles joins Weil from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where he was a partner for the past 17 years in, and most recently the co-head of, the firm’s Finance group.

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Shearman & Sterling Adds Financial Advisory & Regulatory Partner in New York

Monday, June 1, 2020

Shearman & Sterling announced today that Mark Chorazak is joining the firm as partner in its global Financial Institutions Advisory and Financial Regulatory practice in New York. His arrival further bolsters the firm’s US bank regulatory, FinTech and financial institutions practices. Mark joins the firm from Cadwalader. Previously, he was at Simpson Thacher where he was the lead regulatory counsel on some of the largest bank mergers following the financial crisis.

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