Michael Burshteyn joined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s San Francisco office as a shareholder in the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.
Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced that it has welcomed Jennifer “Jen” Crystal as a partner in its Private Funds group in New York. Jen joins from venture capital firm WndrCo Capital Management (“WndrCo”) and brings more than 15 years of legal experience to Proskauer with particular expertise in private credit and venture capital funds.
Fried Frank announced that Audra A. Cohen has joined the firm as a partner in its Asset Management Practice, based in New York. She joins from Goodwin, where she was a partner in the firm’s private investment funds practice and real estate industry business unit. Prior to that, she was a partner in the private funds practice at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that James Donohue, Mirela Hristova, Michelle Kim and Joseph Baron have joined the Firm as partners in the Investment Funds Group. The team has experience with all aspects of fund formation and management, including both domestic and international investment vehicles.
Ignacio Sandoval joins our Financial & Fintech Advisory practice as a partner in Washington, D.C.
He brings a deep background advising broker-dealers and securities related service providers, including fintechs, on the evolving regulatory challenges emerging in the securities market, particularly in matters before the SEC, and FINRA and other self-regulatory organizations.
Previously a special counsel in the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, he was most recently a partner with Morgan Lewis.
Charles Russell Speechlys announces the appointment of Nicholas Burt as Partner in the Real Estate team. Nicholas joins the Firm from Trowers & Hamlins, where he was Head of Strategic Land for more than five years and led a team spanning multiple offices and across a variety of practice areas.
International law firm RPC announced that Kate Hill, a highly experienced insurance and reinsurance litigator, joins as Partner and will co-lead the development of the firm's Brokers' Errors and Omissions (E&O) team in Bristol with Kirstie Pike.
Kate joins with a wealth of experience in high-value, market leading instructions across a range of complex professional and financial insurance product lines. Her extensive experience in handling professional negligence claims against leading market brokers means she is the trusted advisor for the most challenging mandates.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft is delighted to announce the appointment of partner Julian Feiner as the firm's Head of Tax.
Julian joins DACB from Clifford Chance, where he was a director in the firm's London tax group. He brings significant experience in a wide range of UK and international taxation matters, with particular expertise on corporate and real estate transactions, tax audits and disputes, as well as advising insurers on warranty and indemnity insurance and specific tax risk policies. Julian assumes the role of Head of Tax from John Dunlop.
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to expand its Paris office and its global shipping and export finance practice with the hire of Partner Paolo Pinna and Associate Constance Ollat.
Paolo and Constance join HFW on 2 May from Norton Rose Fulbright.
Kennedys has appointed Judith Martin as a partner in Manchester.
Judith qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and became a partner at Halliwells in 2004. She now joins Kennedys having spent over nine years at Clyde & Co, where she helped set up and develop the disease team.