Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced that it has welcomed Kevin Abikoff as a partner in its Litigation Department. Kevin advises clients in various industries across the globe on a full range of governance and anti-corruption issues. He brings more than 30 years of experience in securities and white-collar criminal litigation, enforcement, regulation and counseling to Proskauer. He will join the Firm’s Securities Litigation and White Collar Defense & Investigations practices and lead the Firm’s global corporate investigations and compliance practice.

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP strategically continues the expansion of its growing global Private Wealth Services Practice with the addition of a three attorney team from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP: Shareholders Brian G. Smith and Caitlin C. Fitzsimons and Associate Brianna Johnson-King. They will be based in New York and service clients locally and around the world.

Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Phyllis A. Guillory has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Corporate and Securities group, where her practice will focus on complex tax issues and cross-border transactions. Her extensive experience advising public and private business entities, trusts, and individuals in many industries – particularly those in the energy and natural resource sector – spans over 50 countries.

Global law firm Clyde & Co announced the appointment of Rachel Orton as partner in its London office. Her hire is the latest expansion of Clyde & Co’s real estate practice.

Global law firm Kennedys continues to deepen its coverage practice bench with the addition of Partner Chad Pasternack who joins the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office, along with Special Counsel Kimberly Heifferman and Associate Sara Ruiz.

Chad focuses his practice on complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes and has significant experience representing insurers on high exposure commercial property claims. Chad was previously a partner with an AmLaw100 firm.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Corey Roush has joined the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice as a partner in Washington, D.C. He joins Sidley from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he was the global co-chair for the Antitrust and International Competition practice and headed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-facing Consumer Protection practice.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Project Development and Finance Practice, Global Energy Industry Group and US Construction Practice with the addition of Peter Berg as a partner in Houston.

Cooley welcomes Elliot Kaye, former chair of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), as a partner in the firm’s global product safety, compliance and litigation group in the Washington, DC, office. Kaye previously spent more than a decade at the CPSC, creating an unmatched leadership record there across three different presidential administrations. At Cooley, Kaye’s practice will focus on regulatory and enforcement challenges faced by companies making and selling an array of products – ranging from household goods to new technologies powered by artificial intelligence.

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of partner Delia Deschaine into the firm’s global Corporate Practice, resident in Washington, DC. She joins from Epstein Becker & Green.

Weightmans has welcomed new partner, Deepak Purushothaman to its nationwide financial services team.

In the role, Deepak will advise banks, financial institutions, and borrowers on a range of asset-based lending, invoice finance, leveraged finance, general banking, restructuring, regulated consumer finance and real estate finance matters.

Formerly of Hill Dickinson and having previously worked at DLA Piper and Jones Day in London, Deepak brings with him 20 years of experience and expertise to his new role at Weightmans.