Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that private funds partner Kerry Potter McCormick has joined the firm’s Corporate and Financial Regulation practices in New York. Kerry is the latest private funds partner to join the firm in New York following the addition of Private Capital & Fund Formation Practice Chair Jacquie Duval in June.
As Texas’ booming startup and venture capital ecosystem experiences exponential growth, Pillsbury has welcomed two well-regarded emerging growth lawyers to its offices in the Lone Star State, with partner Andy Smetana and counsel Margarita Kelrikh joining in Austin and Houston, respectively. Smetana comes to the firm from Perkins Coie, where he served as office managing partner, and Kelrikh joins from Latham & Watkins.
Davis Polk announced that leading private equity practitioner Gordon Milne will join the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in London.
“I am thrilled to welcome Gordon to Davis Polk,” said Neil Barr, Davis Polk’s Managing Partner. “We have identified our London office as an area ripe for growth. Gordon is highly respected in the market and represents an important step in the execution of our strategy to build out our UK private equity capabilities.”
Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Laura Vartain Horn has joined the Firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group.
McGuireWoods bolsters its position as the go-to law firm for commercial insurance coverage and recovery matters with the addition of a nationally acclaimed litigation team in the firm’s Century City, California, office.
Global law firm Goodwin announced that Alexander Flynn-Tabloff has joined the firm’s Employment practice as a partner, resident in the Boston office.
In a move that further strengthens its asset-backed finance and complex securitization offering, Paul Hastings LLP announced that premier structured finance lawyer Brian Maher has joined as a partner in London.
Pillsbury is pleased to announce the arrival of partner Waleed Nassar to its Washington, DC office. Nassar, whose diverse practice is focused on the Middle East—spanning complex commercial litigation, sanctions, financial fraud, and public international law matters—joins the Litigation practice at Pillsbury from litigation boutique Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Real Estate Industry Group and Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Jacek Jezierski as a partner in Warsaw.
Dechert announced the addition of Amanjit K. Fagura as a partner in its financial services practice group, which will help to bolster the firm’s capabilities in serving a wide range of investment needs for Middle East investors. Ms. Fagura will be based in Dechert’s Dubai office and will play a key role in Dechert’s regional growth efforts.