Akin is pleased to announce that financial restructuring partner Avi Luft has joined the firm’s New York office.

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Victoria Shusterman has joined the Firm as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group. 

“Vicky is one of the leading attorneys in the real estate finance space and has an outstanding reputation in the field,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “As credit markets have shifted with alternative asset managers playing a significantly larger role, Vicky’s knowledge and capabilities will be invaluable to our existing client base and complement our strong real estate team.”

Weightmans has announced some major new hires at its Birmingham office, strengthening its Midlands position.

Abdul Zaheed returns to the firm, to take up a new role as a partner in the real estate department. Previously a principal associate at the firm, Abdul has over 20 years of real estate experience, advising a wide range of clients from individuals to large corporates, developers, landowners, public/private bodies and educational institutions. At Weightmans, Abdul is tasked with growing the real estate team within the office, with interviews already in progress.

Global law firm Goodwin announced that a leading team of five technology and life sciences partners have joined the firm in its Boston office.

Pat Mitchell, Michael McGrail, Giselle Rivers, Harley Brown have joined the Technology practice, and Josh Rottner has joined the Life Science practice. All five partners have practiced together as a team for over a decade.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced the arrival of partner Alan Marcuis to the firm’s Labor & Employment department. Marcuis joins Seyfarth from Hunton Andrews Kurth, where he was a partner in the Labor & Employment law practice and served as co-head of the Unfair Competition & Information Task Force focusing on matters involving unfair competition and employee raiding, labor management relations and labor litigation and complex employment litigation.

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added John D. (J.D.) Tripoli as a shareholder in its Milwaukee office. Tripoli joins from Eimer Stahl LLP and focuses his practice on employment-related litigation.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that Javad Asghari has joined the Firm’s Los Angeles office as an Energy and Infrastructure Partner.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Antitrust Practice with the addition of Ingo Brinker as a partner in Germany to be based in Düsseldorf.

Daniel Shamah has joined Cooley’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s expanding business restructuring practice and global litigation department. He joins from O’Melveny & Myers, where he was a partner in the restructuring group and served as co-chair of the firm’s bankruptcy litigation practice. Shamah is widely recognized as one of the top restructuring attorneys in the US, known for his experience with restructuring and insolvency matters, as well as related complex commercial litigation, especially among leading financial institutions.

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Daniel Sinaiko has joined the firm as a partner in the Project Development & Finance Practice and the Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group and as a member of the Finance Department.