Akerman proudly welcomes Ricardo Bernard and Joseph Brasile to our New York office. Bernard is a partner in the firm’s corporate practice and Brasile joins as a partner in the real estate practice. Brasile previously served as a partner at Faegre Drinker. Prior to joining Akerman, Bernard helped co-found the Washington, D.C., office of ASAFO & Co., an international law firm focused on emerging market transactions.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice with the addition of Lisa M. Lanham as a shareholder. Lanham was formerly a partner in Ballard Spahr LLP’s Consumer Financial Services Practice and co-led the firm’s Fintech and Payment Solutions Team.
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Cozen O’Connor announced Michael A. Fernández — a fast-rising international business litigator with a strong track record of successfully resolving high-value cross-border business disputes originating in Latin America and other regions — has joined its Commercial Litigation Group. Fernández, who comes to the firm from Rivero Mestre LLP, joins Cozen O’Connor as a member and will reside in its New York City office.
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Akin is pleased to announce that Ira Kustin has rejoined the firm as a partner in its market-leading investment management practice in Akin’s New York office. Kustin joins from Paul Hastings, where he was a partner.
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Haynes and Boone, LLP is delighted to welcome Transactional Partner Joe Sarcinella to the firm’s New York City office. Joe joins from Reed Smith, where he has spent the last eight years including serving as the chair of the real estate practice group.
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Freshfields announced today that Sanjay Murti has joined the firm’s corporate department in New York, expanding the firm’s US M&A capabilities. Murti arrives at the firm from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Renee Zaytsev, a trial lawyer who has handled complex corporate and commercial disputes throughout the United States, has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Renee brings deep experience in securities and shareholder litigation, and she will expand the firm’s ESG capabilities. Zaytsev arrives at the firm from Thompson Hine LLP.
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Stephen Josey, a former trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, joins Vinson & Elkins’ New York Office. Most recently, he was counsel at Kostelanetz LLP, where he represented taxpayers in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies on a wide range of contested tax issues.
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