Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and Global Investment Funds Practice with the addition of Stephen Culhane as a partner in New York.

We have strong client demand for funds advice, said White & Case Chair, Heather McDevitt. Stephen's arrival will enhance our fund sponsor offering in the US and demonstrates our commitment to advancing our position as a full-service private equity destination, globally.

Reed Smith, a global law firm, announces that Angela Hagerman is joining the firm as a partner in its Global Corporate Group based in Houston. Hagerman joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis, where she was a debt finance partner.

Proskauer announced the addition of nationally renowned private equity M&A lawyer Sarah Stasny. Ms. Stasny is joining the firm as Head of Private Equity Transactions – US, adding strength and depth to the firm’s market-leading private capital offering.

Paul Hastings LLP announced the addition of corporate finance lawyer William Watson as a partner in Abu Dhabi.

Joining from White & Case LLP, Watson has extensive experience advising borrowers and lenders across a broad range of debt finance matters, including private credit, leveraged finance, restructuring and general corporate finance. He advises banks, private credit funds, direct lenders, export credit agencies, sponsors and corporate and sovereign borrowers in the Middle East, Europe and Africa on both conventional and Sharia-compliant finance transactions.

King & Spalding announced that Colby Jenkins has joined the firm as a partner in its Real Estate and Funds practice group. He is based in the firm’s Atlanta office.

Haynes Boone is continuing its strategic expansion in New York with the addition of financial restructuring partners Ingrid Bagby and Michele Maman. The arrival of Bagby and Maman brings the firm to nine new partners in New York since the beginning of the year, notably following the additions of Insurance Recovery Partner Carrie DiCanio and Real Estate Finance Partner Moni Sarmadi within the past month.

Gibson Dunn announced that Dean Masuda has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Finance Practice Group. A leading debt finance lawyer, Dean advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on leveraged acquisition financings.

Scott Wise, most recently assistant general counsel for global trade at Microsoft, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s International Trade Group.

Cleary Gottlieb announced that Rob Sharpe has joined the firm as a partner in the EMEA Tax practice in the London office specializing in private equity, private funds, and M&A.

Rob has extensive experience advising on GP stakes and preferred equity transactions, secondaries transactions, continuation funds, and fund manager M&A. Rob has also been heavily involved in corporate tax matters as well as contentious tax matters and tax litigation, and boasts a wealth of experience in public and private M&A transactions, reorganizations, and corporate finance.

Former senior government trial lawyer and official joins Firm’s market-leading antitrust practice amid rapid expansion in the US and globally  
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announced that Tim Finley has joined the Firm as a Partner in its Antitrust & Competition Practice in Washington, DC. Tim is the most recent addition to the Firm’s rapidly growing antitrust group in the US, which has grown its headcount by five-fold in the last five years.