McGuireWoods continues its West Coast expansion with the addition of former federal prosecutor Shailika Shah Kotiya and former fintech general counsel and accomplished litigator Aaron Marienthal, who join the firm’s Financial Services & Securities Enforcement Department as partners in San Francisco.
In the latest high-profile partner addition to the firm’s global litigation practice, Pillsbury has recruited Chambers-ranked appellate litigator Anne Voigts to its Silicon Valley office. Voigts, who has argued more than 70 cases in federal and state appellate courts and is regularly engaged to handle privacy and cybersecurity-related class actions, will lead Pillsbury’s U.S. Appellate practice. She joins from King & Spalding.
Haynes and Boone, LLP is delighted to welcome Real Estate Partner Ben Herd to the firm’s Dallas office. Herd has been practicing in Dallas for nearly 25 years, most recently with Holland & Knight LLP.
Baker McKenzie announces the appointment of Carlo de Vito Piscicelli as a partner in its global Banking & Finance practice. Carlo, a market-leading finance and restructuring lawyer who is dual qualified in New York and Italy, will serve as Head of Banking & Finance for Italy while contributing to the growth of the Firm’s London-based Finance team. He joins from Cleary Gottlieb, where he also split his time between the Milan and London offices and headed the Italian debt finance practice.
Brown Rudnick announced the addition of oil and gas litigator Lauren Varnado to the firm’s growing Houston office.
Varnado’s arrival bolsters Brown Rudnick’s focus on high-stakes litigation and closely follows the arrival of veteran trial lawyer Adam Schiffer, litigation associate Kelly Swanson and counsel Matt Davis to Brown Rudnick’s Houston office, which opened in August.
Global law firm Goodwin announced that Peter (“Pete”) Marta has joined the Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice as a partner residing in the New York office.
National law firm, Weightmans, has welcomed a leading figure in the environmental sphere to its London office.
National law firm, Weightmans, has welcomed a leading figure in the environmental sphere to its London office.
Aidan Thomson, previously the head of environmental law in London at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, has been practicing environmental law for over thirty years (twenty at partner level) and specialises in environmental liability and compliance issues.
Global law firm Dentons will welcome two renowned energy lawyers to its German practice. Effective October 1, 2024, Dr. Kerstin Henrich will start as a partner in the Dusseldorf office and Dr. Sebastian Helmes will join as a partner in Berlin.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Corporate, Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions capabilities with the addition of Charles C. Calloway, Jr. as a shareholder in its Chicago office. Calloway joins the firm from Chapman and Cutler LLP.
Cooley has further expanded its emerging companies and venture capital (ECVC) practice in London with the addition of three new partners: Angus Miln, Ali Ramadan and Helen Pantelides. The trio reinforces Cooley’s position as the preeminent leader in high-growth, disruptive industries for private companies and investors in the UK, Europe and globally.