Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Brien Wassner has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its global M&A and Private Equity practice. He joins Sidley from Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice and one of the leaders of its Private Capital Industry group. Mr. Wassner joins a steady flow of well-known and influential talent that has joined the firm’s growing Private Equity practice in recent years. More >>

Akin Gump today announced that Elazar Guttman has joined the firm as a partner in its private equity practice in New York. Mr. Guttman, who leads buyouts and other private equity investments, comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis, where he had been a partner in its transactional private equity group. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Jay Gavigan has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Lending + Financial Transactions Group. Mr. Gavigan is an internationally recognized finance lawyer who brings to the firm 25 years of experience advising clients on a wide range of financial transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance, project finance, asset finance, syndicated credits, real estate finance, and workouts. Gavigan joins Morrison & Foerster from Clifford Chance. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Edward Nelson has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Investment Funds Practice. Nelson focuses on the organization and operation of private investment funds and has developed a broad practice working with a wide variety of clients, including buyout funds, infrastructure funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, secondary funds, and credit funds. Nelson joins Latham & Watkins from Gibson Dunn in New York. More >>

The global firm Jones Day announces that Thomas M. Devaney has joined its New York Office as a partner in the Firm’s Private Equity Practice. Devaney joins the firm from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. More >>

Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of three leading legal professional responsibility, malpractice and disciplinary defence lawyers in New York. Janis Meyer, Anthony Davis and Rick Supple will join from Hinshaw & Culbertson and form part of Clyde & Co’s global Law Firm Liability, Regulatory and Investigations Group. More >>

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Michael Kuh has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in New York, effective Nov. 1. Kuh has represented some of the country’s largest sports organizations in high-stakes transactions. He also represents clients in M&A and corporate matters in the entertainment, technology, ecommerce, fintech and private equity sectors. Kuh joins the firm from Latham & Watkins. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, announced today that Joel Forman has joined the firm’s national Litigation Practice Group as a partner in New York. Forman brings decades of experience resolving securities civil litigation and government enforcement cases, having represented broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, boards of directors, and industry executives involved in allegations of corporate and individual misconduct. Joel comes to Akerman from the New York office of Vedder Price. More >>

The U.S. law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced that Heather McArn has joined as a partner in the Consumer Financial Services Practice in New York. Formerly the Chief of Staff and Special Counsel to Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, McArn brings a strong combination of public and private legal experience to the firm’s expanding Consumer Financial Services practice. More >>