Pillsbury has announced the arrival of Geoffrey Sant, a Litigation partner representing global clients in high-stakes banking and complex commercial disputes. Sant, who was previously a partner at Dorsey & Whitney, will reside in New York and will continue to spend a substantial amount of time in Asia.
King & Spalding has recruited Robert Dedman – the former Head of Enforcement at the Bank of England, Head of Division at the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and with previous experience at the legacy Financial Services Authority (FSA) – as a partner in the firm’s Special Matters & Government Investigations team in London.
King & Spalding announced that Glenn Solomon and Daron Tooch have joined the firm as partners on the Healthcare team in the Los Angeles office.
Solomon and Tooch represent healthcare providers in litigation and other disputes, and come from the healthcare-focused firm of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, where Solomon served as co-chair of the Litigation Department, and where Tooch served on the Board of Directors and as a past chair of the Litigation Department. Solomon and Tooch were co-founders of the firm’s Managed Care Working Group.
Morgan Lewis Stamford announces that Guan Feng Chen will join the firm as a finance partner resident in Singapore focusing on complex cross-border financings and private corporate debt restructurings. He will arrive from White & Case, where he is co-leader of the Asia banking and restructuring practice.
Experienced corporate dealmaker T. Hale Boggs III has joined O’Melveny’s Century City office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice, the firm has announced.
Boggs arrives from a prominent legal and professional services firm, where he was chair of the media, technology, and advertising division and venture capital/emerging companies practice.
Houston -- New York—Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, has announced that Kfir Abutbul, a highly-regarded private equity lawyer, previously with Willkie Farr, has joined the firm as a partner in the Firm’s Private Equity and Energy Practices in Houston. His arrival builds on the strength of the firm’s practice strength in Private Equity/M&A and energy.
Century City – Sidley Austin LLP has announced that Kenneth J. Baronsky has joined the firm in Century City as a partner in its Corporate group. Mr. Baronsky has vast experience advising companies, private equity sponsors, executives, owners and board members. He joins from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, where he developed a sophisticated transactional practice and served as managing partner of its Los Angeles office and as its corporate practice group leader for more than a decade.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Antitrust/Competition practice with the addition of Tilman Kuhn as a new partner in Düsseldorf.
International law firm Bird & Bird appoints energy and projects specialist, Conrad Purcell, as a partner in its Energy & Utilities sector group, based in London.
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed corporate and private client immigration expert Andrew Tingley as a partner and Head of the Immigration Practice in the firm's London office.