Experienced Benefits and Compensation Lawyer Joins Latham

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Erin Murphy has joined the firm in the Bay Area as a partner in the Tax Department and member of the Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice. Murphy has extensive experience advising clients on executive compensation and employee benefits matters across a range of public and private transactional contexts, including M&A, private equity, capital markets, emerging companies, and restructuring. Murphy is admitted to practice in California and New York and has spent substantial periods of time working in those jurisdictions. Murphy joins Latham & Watkins from Simpson Thacher, at which she has practiced both in the Palo Alto and New York offices.
 
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Morrison & Foerster Expands Corporate Capabilities Adding New Corporate Co-Chair Mitchell Presser

 Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, today announced the continued expansion of its New York office and global Corporate Department capabilities with the arrival of corporate partner Mitchell Presser. Mr. Presser joins the firm as a partner in its Mergers + Acquisitions and Private Equity Investments + Buyouts practices. Mr. Presser will serve as co-chair of the firm’s Global Corporate Department with current co-chairs Eric McCrath and Jackie Liu. His joining Morrison & Foerster strengthens the firm’s already robust M&A and private equity global footprint and highlights the continued commitment to growth of the firm’s capabilities and growth in New York.  Mr. Presser joins Morrison & Foerster from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

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Davis Wright Tremaine Continues Strategic Recruiting With Mortgage and Home Lending Partner in Washington, D.C.

As a rising young financial services lawyer, Chava Brandriss has a clear vision for building her practice, and she has found a home for it at Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT).

Brandriss, who joins the firm from Hogan Lovells, represents banks, mortgage lenders and servicers in class actions, mass claims, appeals and large portfolios of individual lawsuits.

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Former Celgene SVP, Chief Compliance and Risk Officer Toni-Ann Citera Returns to Jones Day as Partner

The global firm Jones Day announces that Toni-Ann Citera, who most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Risk Officer for Celgene Corporation, returns to Jones Day as a partner in the Firm’s Business & Tort Litigation Practice, based in its New York Office. In her Celgene role, Ms. Citera sat on the executive committee of the company and reported directly to the CEO as well as the audit committee of the Board of Directors.

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Caroline Polisi Joins Armstrong Teasdale in New York

Armstrong Teasdale proudly announces that Partner Caroline Polisi has joined the firm’s New York office. A well-known legal analyst and commentator with more than a decade of experience, she provides sound counsel that has led numerous high-profile individuals to rely on her for legal representation in white-collar and federal criminal defense matters. She complements more than 530 attorneys and staff firmwide.

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