Andrew D. Goldstein is joining Cooley as a litigation partner in the firm’s Washington, DC, and New York offices. He arrives from the Special Counsel’s Office at the US Department of Justice, where he served as senior assistant special counsel. Goldstein also is the former chief of the public corruption unit of the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
Mayer Brown announced its appointment of renowned arbitrator and litigator Ulrich Helm, who will join the firm as a partner in the Frankfurt office on August 1, 2019.
Ulrich's practice is focused on complex arbitration and litigation matters across a range of sectors, particularly those involving infrastructure and plant-construction projects. Ulrich joins Mayer Brown from Hogan Lovells, where he was a longstanding partner in the Frankfurt office of almost 20 years and head of the German infrastructure, energy, resources and projects practice, which he co-founded.
Morgan Lewis welcomes corporate lawyer Aaron Suh, who advises private equity sponsors and strategic acquirers in the structuring of their mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, and corporate governance. Aaron, who arrives from another global law firm, is a partner resident in Philadelphia.
Aaron represents clients doing business in a broad array of industries, including technology, life sciences, financial services, food and beverage, and energy.
Shearman & Sterling continues to expand its restructuring and insolvency team with the addition of partner Ian Roberts in Texas.
WASHINGTON, DC – Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Christopher Monahan as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Joining Winston’s White Collar, Regulatory Defense & Investigations Practice, Christopher is a highly regarded advisor to U.S. and multinational clients, with significant experience in export controls, economic sanctions, and anti-corruption/anti-bribery issues.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is delighted to announce that real estate expert Petar Orlic has joined the firm’s London office as a Partner as of today. He was previously a Partner at Reed Smith in the same city.
Hill Dickinson is pleased to announce the strategic acquisition of two partners for its growing commodities team.
Experienced energy sector lawyers Mark Aspinall and Paul Sinnott have joined Hill Dickinson from Eversheds and will operate from the firm’s London office.
Ephraim “Fry” Wernick, former Assistant Chief of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit and a veteran federal prosecutor, has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm’s Government Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense practice.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Jeannie S. Rhee, a former United States Deputy Assistant Attorney General and most recently a leading prosecutor in the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, is joining the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department, resident in the Washington, DC office. Ms. Rhee will focus on significant white-collar and regulatory matters, as well as investigations, cybersecurity matters and data breaches.
DWF, the global legal business, announces another important milestone in the expansion of its business in Australia, with Elpis Korosidis and her team of fifteen people set to join DWF Australia from July 1.