Holland & Knight has bolstered its Healthcare Regulatory & Enforcement Practice with the addition of Julia Hesse as a partner in Boston. Ms. Hesse was previously a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart, where she served as co-chair of its healthcare group.
Leading international law firm Proskauer welcomed credit and hedge fund specialist, Jennifer “Jenny” Dunn, as a partner in its Private Funds group. Based in New York, Jenny focuses on advising hedge funds, closed‑end funds (including debt funds), hybrid funds, co‑investment platforms and investment advisers in connection with their structuring, formation and ongoing operational needs, general securities law matters and regulatory and compliance issues.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that it will open an office in Boston, Massachusetts, and that Kenneth E. Burdon will join the Firm as a Partner in the Registered Funds Practice.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has added funds partner Eriko Sakata in Tokyo.
DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Jason Vismantas as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice. He will be based in the firm’s Chicago office.
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that corporate and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) specialist Micheál Mulvey has joined the firm as a partner in its Dublin Corporate team.
Micheál has over fifteen years’ experience advising clients on cross-border M&A, late-stage venture capital and corporate venturing and foreign direct investment across a range of sectors, with a focus on healthcare and life sciences and technology, media and telecommunications – as well as food and agri-businesses.
International law firm Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has appointed Laila Wood as a Partner in its UK Competition team.
Joining the firm from Clifford Chance, Laila is a specialist in advising companies on complex merger reviews as well as investigations across a range of sectors including technology, pharmaceuticals, telecommunication, financial services and private equity.
Laila's previous roles include positions at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as well as secondments to Barclays and the UK's Competition & Markets Authority.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that leading private funds lawyer Nathaniel Marrs has joined the Firm as a partner. He is based in Willkie’s Chicago office and is a member of the Asset Management Department. Nat has over 25 years of fund formation experience and is a recognized leader in the market, with a particular focus on private funds investing in the real estate, infrastructure and energy sectors.
King & Spalding announced that Barry Kamar has joined the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations practice group as a partner. He is based in the firm’s Miami office.
Global law firm Ropes & Gray expanded its award-winning litigation & enforcement practice again with the arrival of former federal prosecutor and experienced trial lawyer Sarah Walters as a partner in the firm’s Boston office. Sarah is praised by Chambers for her “sophisticated representation of health care and financial services sector clients in complex criminal and civil litigation.”