Further strengthening its premier asset-backed finance and complex securitization offerings, Paul Hastings LLP announced that structured credit lawyer John F. Murphy III has joined the firm as a partner in New York.
Shareholder Valerie W. Ho returns to global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Los Angeles office. She will join the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice with a focus on eCommerce matters. Ho was previously the general counsel for the Americas at eCommerce company SHEIN.
Akin announced that Mary Alexander has joined the firm as a tax partner in its Washington, D.C. office, further deepening the firm’s tax equity and tax credit transfer experience in the renewable energy and energy transition space.
Alexander’s practice focuses on the federal income tax aspects of energy transition transactions, including renewable energy, carbon capture, biogas property, and electric vehicles. Her clients include asset managers and other financial institutions, public and private corporations and partnerships.
Sam Tate takes up role as Global Head of Regulatory and Investigations at Clyde & Co and brings a team of three from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) to enhance White Collar Crime and Sanctions team
Global law firm Clyde & Co announces the hire of Sam Tate and his appointment as Global Head of Regulatory and Investigations. As part of his role, Sam will lead the firm's White Collar Crime and Sanctions team which is part of the firm’s broader global Regulatory and Investigations practice.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that private funds lawyer Sam Weber has joined the Firm as a partner in the Asset Management Department. He is based in New York.
Global law firm Ropes & Gray announced the opening of an office in Paris, France, and together with the firm’s London office, forms a European hub for Ropes & Gray. Fabrice Cohen, Thierry Arachtingi, and Emmanuel Mimin join Ropes & Gray France AARPI as partners, with Fabrice Cohen serving as office managing partner. They are joined by a large group of counsel and associates. The team brings extensive experience in private equity, infrastructure, banking, and finance transactions.
Alston & Bird has continued to bolster its Investment Funds Group with the addition of veteran registered funds partner George Silfen in the firm’s New York office.
George’s addition follows those of investment funds partners Heather Wyckoff and Sam Roh, who also joined Alston & Bird’s corporate practices in the last year.
Akin announced that Natasha Kaye joins as a tax partner in London, strengthening the firm’s global market-leading tax practice.
Kaye has been a partner at Cooley for nine years. Her addition to Akin follows the recent arrival of a global technology transactions team, including Justin Stock, Stephen Rosen and David Bresnick, who joined the firm’s London office in September. Kaye also follows head of international arbitration Mark Clarke and corporate partner Daniel Wayte who both arrived at Akin in January.
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Chris Jessup as a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Regulatory practice, specialising in financial services regulation.
Chris joins DLA Piper from A&L Goodbody, where he was a partner and Co-Head of the FinTech Group, based in the firm’s Belfast office. As a highly experienced financial services (FS) regulatory lawyer, he will bring deep sector expertise, with a particular focus on advising global payment providers, to DLA Piper’s Ireland based and international clients when he joins in May 2025.
Dentons announces that Robert C. Santoro and R. Brian Seibert have joined the Firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as partners in the New York office. They join their colleagues from their previous firm, Aidan M. McCormack and Mark L. Deckman, in adding their significant experience with handling complex exposures and disputes to Dentons’ world-class Insurance practice group.