Willkie Farr & Gallagher announced that Robert Lepore, a former Section Chief of the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, has joined the Firm as a partner. Robert is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles and Washington, DC offices and is a member of Willkie’s Antitrust & Competition practice group.
King & Spalding announced that Mike Plotnick has joined the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations practice group as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Plotnick most recently served as Chief Trial Counsel in the Division of Enforcement and Investigations at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the primary regulator of public company audit firms along with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). His experience enhances the firm’s award-winning SEC and Professional Services Liability Defense practice.
Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Doug Mannal as a partner in the firm’s Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group in the Transactions Department, based in the New York office. Mannal brings over 20 years of experience spanning all aspects of restructuring to the firm, with a particular focus on representing creditors, including official committees of unsecured creditors, as well as ad hoc groups of funds in distressed situations – both in and out of court.
O’Melveny announced that private equity lawyer James Brownstein has joined the firm’s Century City office as a partner in the Private Equity Group, expanding the firm’s M&A capabilities on the West Coast and bolstering its fast-growing private equity team.
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that Christopher Mulligan has joined the Firm as a partner in the Private Funds practice, based in the Washington, D.C. office. Chris joins Weil after 11 years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where he served most recently as Investment Adviser/Private Funds Senior Advisor and Co-Coordinator of the agency’s Private Funds Specialized Working Group.
National law firm Bevan Brittan has maintained its impressive momentum with a new corporate and commercial Partner becoming its sixth senior hire already in 2024.
Faisal Dhalla is the latest recruit to Bevan Brittan’s Leeds office, which recently celebrated the milestone of having more than 100 colleagues based in the city. He will join an expanding Independent Health & Care offering, focusing predominantly on the dental sector.
Gowling WLG is pleased to welcome Deepak Gill to its Capital Markets Group as a partner based in the firm’s Vancouver office.
A corporate lawyer with significant experience in the mining sector, Deepak has advised clients on matters of strategic importance to their business, including corporate governance, complex agreements, capital market regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure obligations, initial public offerings and stock exchange listings.
Alex Woolgar joins Mills & Reeve’s Oxford office to support innovative businesses in all stages of growth.
Alex joins the firm from Deloitte, where he was a director in the IP & technology team and led Deloitte’s legal ESG practice.
He’ll be based in Mills & Reeve’s newest office in Oxford, but will also spend time in London and Cambridge. He’ll add to the team’s existing IP capability, help drive the firm’s IP presence in Oxford and Thames Valley region and support in growing and managing the practice.
DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Joshua A. Kaufman as co-chair of its Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory Practice based out of the firm’s New York and Miami offices.
Kaufman is a commercially oriented corporate counselor who advises high growth businesses on financing pathways, strategic development and transformational transactions. He is well-versed in cross-border matters, having advised leading innovative companies in the United Kingdom, the Nordics, Continental Europe and Israel.
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired construction specialist Trevor Cosgrove as a partner in its Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure (ENRI) practice.
A leading non-contentious construction lawyer, Trevor joins Simmons from the London office of a US law firm, bringing significant expertise and a strong track record, both in the UK and internationally.