Henry Jin, an energy and infrastructure attorney who advises clients on renewable energy transactions, has rejoined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C., where he started his legal career nearly a decade ago.
Henry Leventis, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Healthcare Regulatory & Enforcement Practice in Nashville. Mr. Leventis will focus his practice on helping clients with high-stakes government investigations and related litigation and internal investigations, with an emphasis on representing healthcare companies, executives and providers.
Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Stephen Mohr, a leading antitrust lawyer and former senior Federal Trade Commission (FTC) attorney, has joined the Firm as a partner.
“Steve is a talented lawyer with significant experience reviewing complex transactions and overseeing litigation and investigations during his many years of distinguished service for the FTC,” said Jon A. Ballis, chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “He’s a great addition to our leading antitrust team and we’re thrilled to welcome him to Kirkland.”
Kirkland & Ellis announced that private equity lawyer Sebastian Pitz will join the Firm as a partner based in the Frankfurt office.
“Sebastian is one of the leading young partners in the German market with significant experience advising on complex alternative capital transactions,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We’re very excited that Sebastian is joining our stellar team in Germany.”
Gayle Curry returns to Mills & Reeve to support the growth of our commercial healthtech practice.
Gayle, who is an experienced commercial health lawyer with an expertise in healthtech, has joined from Mishcon de Reya where she was a partner in the firm’s commercial and technology groups.
Her appointment also sees a return to Mills & Reeve for Gayle, who was previously head of commercial health at the Birmingham office. In her new role, Gayle will have a national healthtech role, but will be based at our Oxford office.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired construction disputes specialist Edward Shaw in London.
Ed specialises in construction, engineering and infrastructure dispute resolution with a particular focus on issues arising from projects in the energy sector – including renewable energy and nuclear power projects.
Dentons has hired experienced financial regulatory partner Andrew Barber to its growing UK Regulatory and Investigations team. Andrew rejoins the firm from Pinsent Masons, having previously been a Managing Associate at Dentons. Andrew joins a growing list of partners who have moved back to Dentons, and he follows in the footsteps of Steph Innes and Sue Moore, both of whom rejoined the firm in recent times.
A dual-qualified lawyer in Australia and England and Wales, Andrew previously held positions at a number of leading law firms as well as in-house at Barclays Wealth.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Amsterdam office welcomes four new lawyers, with Partner Wesley Boldewijn, Senior Associates Aukje Strik and Thomas de Booij, and Associate Alexander van Rijckevorsel van Kessel joining the Tax Practice from Dentons.
Megan S. Lewis, who served as an Assistant Chief of the Washington Criminal Section of the Antitrust Division in the U.S. Department of Justice, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Washington D.C. In her role at DOJ, Lewis managed teams of trial attorneys and supervised criminal antitrust investigations and litigation in a wide range of industries, including financial services, employment practices, government contracting, pharmaceuticals, construction and real estate, and industrial products.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Joseph Glatt has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department, resident in New York. Glatt was formerly partner and general counsel for the credit arm of Apollo Global Management, a major alternative asset management firm.