Winston & Strawn LLP announced the addition of Matt Durfee as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office and as a member of the Litigation Department. His arrival closely follows that of longtime colleague and litigation Partner Stephanie Clouston, who joined the office in June.
Katten announced that Miriam K. Harwood has joined the New York office as a partner and chair of the firm's new International Arbitration practice.
Miriam is a formidable attorney, with decades of experience representing clients in international disputes involving complex, high-stakes claims, said Wendy E. Cohen, managing partner of the New York office. With her globally respected reputation and proven track record of success, Miriam is an exceptional leader who will focus on this high-profile practice at Katten, complementing its industry-leading practices across jurisdictions.
Womble Bond Dickinson announced that Edward Schnitzer, David Banker, and Wojciech Jung have joined the Capital Markets practice and Bankruptcy team in New York. Schnitzer and Banker join the firm from Montgomery McCracken; Jung joins from Lowenstein Sandler. Additional information about each partner can be found at the end of this release.
We welcome our new partner Natalie Owen to launch and lead our social housing securitisation team.
Natalie is a trusted adviser to a range of not-for-profit and for-profit registered providers, advising them on complex large-scale residential portfolio funding and acquisition projects to maximise their assets.
With 18 years’ post-qualified experience, Natalie has joined the firm from Trowers & Hamlins, where she headed up its Birmingham real estate finance security team.
International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced that seven partners have completed their move to the firm, joining the national Casualty practice within DACB's market-leading Claims Solutions Group (CSG) from Plexus Law.
Nicola Skeldon and Louise Shaw have joined DACB in Manchester, while fellow partners Anthony Baker, Gavin McClenaghan, Ciaran Garnett, Carl McGuire and Stephen Johnson are based in the firm's Leeds office.
Dentons announces the addition of Sulema Medrano as a partner in its Commercial Litigation practice based in the Chicago office. Medrano offers clients a wealth of experience in leading complex commercial litigation cases, with a particular focus on breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation and bad-faith claims in state and federal courts nationwide.
International law firm CMS has bolstered its Energy & Infrastructure team with the appointment of Sinéad Oryszczuk as partner in its London office.
Global law firm Goodwin announced the continued expansion of its global Private Investment Funds practice with the appointment of Nicole Peppe and Luke Bagley as partners, resident in the Boston office. The firm recently announced funds partners Manny Lauredo and Krishna Skandakumar in New York.
Global law firm Ashurst has hired international arbitration practitioner Philip Chong as a partner based in London, as the firm continues to invest in and expand its international arbitration offering.
Philip Chong joins from DLA Piper, where he has been partner since 2006 and most recently head of the International Arbitration Practice for Europe for the last six years. His practice focuses on energy and infrastructure disputes as well as engineering and technical matters. Philip will join Ashurst in September 2023.
Winston & Strawn LLP announced the addition of Scott Delaney as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. He joins the Transactions Department's Private Equity Transactions Practice and will have focused involvement with the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure industry group.