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PARTNER MOVES - Michael Hochman, former chief of staff of the white house office of the national cyber director, joins Sidley’s privacy and cybersecurity practice

28 Feb 2025

Sidley is pleased to announce that Michael Hochman has joined as a partner in the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice in Washington, D.C. immediately following his four years of service at the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD). ONCD was established in 2021 to advise the President of the United States on cybersecurity policy and strategy “to advance national security, economic prosperity, and technological innovation through cybersecurity policy leadership.” He also served as Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff at ONCD.

PARTNER MOVES - O’Melveny welcomes seasoned Los Angeles private funds lawyer Salim Azzam

28 Feb 2025

O’Melveny announced that seasoned private funds lawyer Salim Azzam has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Asset Management Practice Group and Private Equity Industry Group. His arrival further strengthens O’Melveny’s capacity to lead and manage complex, multi-disciplinary transactions for private funds and investment management clients.

PARTNER MOVES - Former commerce department assistant secretary for export enforcement, Matthew Axelrod, joins Gibson Dunn to co-chair new sanctions and export enforcement practice group

28 Feb 2025

Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Matthew Axelrod, formerly the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), is joining the firm’s D.C. office as a partner in the White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group and as Co-Chair of its new Sanctions and Export Enforcement Practice Group.

PARTNER MOVES - Akin deepens finance offering with rehire of Kevin Gilroy in London

28 Feb 2025

Akin announced that Kevin Gilroy will rejoin the firm’s London office as a finance partner, adding strength to Akin’s market-leading capital solutions offering that serves as a one-stop shop for credit funds, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and other global investors seeking bespoke capital and liquidity solutions.

PARTNER MOVES - Dentons welcomes Sanjay Joshi as a partner in the corporate group in Toronto

28 Feb 2025

Dentons, Canada’s Global Law Firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Sanjay Joshi as a partner in the Corporate group in Toronto.

With more than 25 years of experience, Sanjay brings extensive expertise in multi-jurisdictional M&A, securities and corporate finance. His practice is principally focused on technology-driven M&A and corporate finance, advising clients in various tech-based industries, including AgTech, generative AI, digital asset financings, and global biotechnology and drug development.

PARTNER MOVES - Bracewell bolsters finance practice with addition of partner Susan Berry in Houston

28 Feb 2025

Bracewell LLP announced that Susan Ormand Berry has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the finance practice. She joins Bracewell from King & Spalding LLP, where she was a partner in the firm’s corporate, finance and investments practice.

“We are thrilled to welcome Susan to the firm,” said Bracewell Managing Partner Gregory M. Bopp. “Her extensive expertise in complex lending matters aligns perfectly with our market-leading finance practice.”

PARTNER MOVES - WilmerHale strengthens transactional department and corporate practice with the addition of leading tax practitioner, David Strong

27 Feb 2025

WilmerHale is proud to announce that leading tax lawyer David Strong has joined the firm as a partner in its Transactional Department, bringing his extensive experience in advising public and private clients on a wide range of corporate tax issues. Resident in the Denver office, and positioned to work with transaction teams across the firm, Strong’s arrival reinforces the continued growth of the firm’s Corporate Practice.

PARTNER MOVES - Lisa Brown, former US education department general counsel, joins WilmerHale as higher education practice leader

27 Feb 2025

WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Lisa Brown, most recently the US Department of Education’s general counsel and, before that, the longstanding general counsel of Georgetown University, has joined the firm as a partner and the next head of its preeminent Higher Education Practice Group.

Brown is a lawyer with extraordinarily deep and broad experience at senior levels in the federal government, university administration, non-profits and private practice. She will represent education clients across the wide swath of challenges facing institutions of higher learning.

PARTNER MOVES - Mayer Brown expands global investigations & white collar defense practice with Hiral Mehta in New York

27 Feb 2025

Mayer Brown announced that Hiral Mehta has joined the firm as a partner in its Global Investigations & White Collar Defense practice in New York. Hiral joins from the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, where he served as chief of the business & securities fraud section.