Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced the arrival of partner John Domby to the firm’s Real Estate department in Charlotte, NC. Domby joins Seyfarth from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP where he was a partner in its real estate finance and lending practice.
Alston & Bird has further strengthened its Litigation & Trial Practice Group and International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Team with the addition of partner Amir Ghaffari and counsel Julia-Didon Cayre, who will reside in the firm’s London office. Amir focuses on complex international commercial and construction arbitration, advising multinational corporations, state-owned entities, financial institutions, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Julia focuses on advising global clients in commercial proceedings under the rules of all major arbitral institutions.
Finance attorneys Paul Severin, Kristin Bacchus and Patricia Whitten have joined Holland & Knight's nationally recognized Financial Services Team in Los Angeles as partners. They were previously partners with Loeb & Loeb, where Mr. Severin recently served as vice chair of the firm.
The addition of this team follows the hiring in June 2023 of Los Angeles-based finance Partners Hamid Namazie, Yoojin Lee and Mark Spitzer, who primarily focus on asset-based lending.
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, has added Shana French as a partner in its Toronto office. Her arrival comes as Stephen Shore, who joined Littler in April, is named Office Managing Partner in Toronto. French joins from Sherrard Kuzz and marks Littler’s seventh partner level addition since the beginning of April.
In a move that further strengthens its market-leading restructuring and global finance platforms, Paul Hastings LLP announced that a team of top-tier restructuring, private credit and special situations lawyers has joined the firm across multiple locations.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Christopher M. Wilson has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department, resident in Washington. A former trial lawyer of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Wilson advises clients on a full range of antitrust matters, including merger control, cross-border antitrust investigations and private party litigation involving complex antitrust and consumer protection issues.
National law firm Bevan Brittan has announced its sixth new Partner hire of 2024, following the addition of a property specialist to its expanding Leeds team.
Julie Morrison brings over 20 years of real estate experience to the business and will be working on property matters for a number of NHS bodies and the Welsh Education Partnership (WEPCo). She will also work alongside Bevan Brittan’s new Head of Property Rob Harrison to help manage the firm’s growing list of clients seeking advice and support.
Bracewell LLP announced that Andrew Shaw has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner in Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group (PRG). Shaw is a highly respected attorney and government affairs professional in the energy and environmental sectors.
Bracewell (UK) LLP announced that François Feuillat, a highly respected private equity lawyer focused on the energy and infrastructure sectors, has joined the firm as a partner in the London office. Feuillat represents private funds on transactions in the renewable energy, conventional power, oil and gas, and mining sectors. He joins Bracewell from Reed Smith.
DLA Piper Argentina is pleased to welcome Nicolás Fernández Madero as partner and Head of the Life Sciences Practice in the Buenos Aires office.
Madero focuses his practice on advising global and multinational pharmaceutical companies in all of their legal, regulatory and contractual matters. He also has extensive experience in a wide variety of industries, representing leaders in verticals including banking, capital markets and blockchain.