Allen & Overy announced that Kfir Abutbul has joined the firm as Head of U.S. Energy Private Equity and a partner in its U.S. Corporate Private Equity and M&A practice.
International law firm CMS is pleased to announce that Neil Baylis has joined the Antitrust, Competition and Trade team in London.
Neil is an experienced partner with over 20 years advising clients across a broad range of competition and regulatory matters, both transactional and contentious and including sanctions and commercial law advice. He also has extensive experience of advising on matters related to the automotive and travel industries, both in the UK and overseas.
Numerous media outlets, including Bloomberg Law, Law360, Global Arbitration Review, and Reuters, reported on partner and International Arbitration chair Miriam Harwood's arrival at Katten. A recognized leader in international arbitration, Miriam will help launch a new practice for Katten in that space.
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Robert I. Lockwood as a shareholder in its San Francisco office. Lockwood, who was previously with O’Hagan Meyer LLP, is the tenth shareholder to join Littler since May 1.
Morgan Lewis will bolster its finance team by bringing in five partners in New York—a transactional restructuring and bankruptcy litigation team led by Richard Stern and including Michael Luskin, Stephan Hornung, Matthew O’Donnell, and Alex Talesnick. This team will further strengthen the firm’s services to financial institutions across corporate, finance, bankruptcy, litigation, and restructuring needs.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Kenneth A. Polite Jr. will be joining Sidley after serving two years as Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. In that role, he was the highest-ranking attorney in the DOJ’s Criminal Division. Mr. Polite will join Sidley on October 1, 2023, as a partner and global co-leader of the firm’s White Collar: Government Litigation and Investigations practice. He will focus on white collar criminal defense, investigation, and compliance matters.
Dr. Michael Bartosch has joined the Firm as an M&A partner in the Corporate Practice. He is based in the Munich Office.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Scott A. Sher, a nationally preeminent antitrust lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. Sher will advise clients on antitrust issues that arise in the M&A process and on antitrust investigations and competition issues.
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of partner Gary Hebert to its global Litigation Practice in Houston.
Mr. Hebert joins from McGlinchey Stafford where he served clients in a wide range of litigation matters, with a special emphasis representing global automobile manufacturers, industrial, consumer products, and construction companies on single-plaintiff and class action product liability lawsuits across the United States. He also regularly advises clients on risk mitigation and trial avoidance strategies.
We have strengthened our marine team with the appointment of partner and shipping expert, Eric Eyo, who joins the our London office.
Eric is experienced in all aspects of commercial shipping and dispute resolution, regularly acting for owners, charterers, P&I clubs, freight forwarders, FMCG companies and commodity traders in relation to shipping, transportation and commercial contract matters.