Gibson Dunn is pleased to announce that Eugene Y. Park has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Business Restructuring and Reorganization and the Liability Management and Special Situations Practice Groups. Eugene leads high-profile and complex financing transactions in the rescue and distressed space.
Davis Polk announced that trusts and estates lawyer Jillian Merns has joined the firm as a partner in and co-head of the Trusts & Estates practice in New York.
Henry Liu has rejoined Covington as a partner and co-chair of the firm’s global Antitrust and Competition Law Practice Group.
Arnold & Porter announced that Benjamin C. Mizer, formerly the Justice Department’s third-ranking official, has joined the firm as a partner in the Complex Litigation practice. Mizer will be resident in the Washington, D.C. office.
In welcoming Mizer, Ken Chernof, co-chair of the firm’s Complex Litigation group, said: “With his breadth and depth of experience handling sensitive and highly sophisticated litigation and appellate matters, Ben strengthens our practice’s ability to meet the evolving needs of our clients.”
Akin announced that Sarah Milam has joined the firm as a finance partner in New York, focused on asset-based finance (ABF), securitization and structured finance transactions. At a time of continued growth in the $5 trillion ABF market, Milam adds to Akin’s capital solutions platform, bringing deep experience representing sponsors, credit funds, issuers and borrowers in ABF and structured finance transactions.
We are delighted to have further expanded our national real estate team with the appointment of Kellie Hatton as a partner.
Based in Sheffield but working with clients nationally, Kellie has joined from Shoosmiths. With more than 20 years’ experience, she has built a strong reputation for advising on large-scale commercial development projects, strategic land transactions and urban regeneration schemes.
Her arrival marks a key strategic step in our ambition to grow our presence in South Yorkshire and enhance its national development practice.
Knights, the UK’s regional professional services business, has strengthened its family team in Brighton with the appointment of Maria Steele-Williams as a Partner.
A family law expert, Maria has more than 25 years of experience and has built a strong reputation for the meticulous and tenacious representation of her clients.
International law firm Bird & Bird is delighted to announce that renowned patent law expert Dr. Anna Wolters-Höhne will be returning to the firm as a partner at its Hamburg office on July 7, 2025.
Dr. Anna Wolters-Höhne previously worked as a patent litigator at Bird & Bird from 2004 to 2021, becoming a partner in 2012. Most recently, she practiced as a partner at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP in Hamburg from 2023 to 2024.
A&O Shearman announces the appointment of Diego Esposito as a leveraged finance partner in Milan, Italy. Diego’s hire is a key part of A&O Shearman’s ongoing investment in its global and local leveraged finance team. It marks a further step in the firm’s commitment to growing its private capital offering in Italy, following the recent promotion of partner Alessandra Pala.
Paul Hastings LLP announced that premier antitrust lawyer Joshua H. Soven has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C.
Joining from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Soven guides clients on a broad spectrum of antitrust matters, including investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, sophisticated antitrust litigation and various other competition-related issues.