Skadden is pleased to welcome Matthew Regan as a partner in the Litigation Group in Chicago. He joins from another global law firm, where his practice focused on representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of commercial litigation matters before state and federal courts.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has further boosted its rapidly expanding Corporate department with the addition of John Babala as a partner based in the firm’s Los Angeles (Century City) office.
Babala brings to Seyfarth three decades of high-level experience, focusing on significant transactions and complex financings, based in Southern California, including Orange County.
McDermott is pleased to announce the addition of Omar Shah as a Partner in its Regulatory Practice Group based in London. Omar brings extensive experience handling complex global merger control transactions, cartel investigations, and antitrust litigation, particularly those involving the intersection of competition law with intellectual property, media/communications, pharmaceutical, transport, financial services, and data privacy regulations in the UK and EU.
Kirkland & Ellis announced that leading M&A attorneys Graham Robinson, Laura Knoll and Chadé Severin have joined the Firm as partners. The three partners focus on public company M&A transactions, with a particular emphasis in the biotechnology space.
“Graham, Laura and Chadé are among the nation’s leading M&A lawyers and the market-leaders for biotech M&A,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland & Ellis. “We’re thrilled that they are joining Kirkland and adding more strength to our leading M&A practice.”
We have strengthened our national construction offering with the hire of partner Richard Allan at our Manchester office.
Richard joins from Irwin Mitchell and brings 19 years of experience advising on complex construction and engineering project disputes spanning a wide range of market sectors. He has acted for and advised numerous leading UK and international owners, contractors, consultants, funders and administrators on projects in the UK, mainland Europe, USA, Russia and the Middle East.
Freshfields announced that Aly Love has joined the firm as an M&A partner based in the Bay Area and will serve as Co-Head of U.S. Tech & Life Sciences M&A.
Aly focuses on the technology and life sciences sectors where she has extensive experience advising buyers and sellers through complex M&A transactions. She has successfully represented venture-backed and publicly traded companies in both domestic and cross-border transactions, as well as growth equity and venture capital funds in their investments.
A&O Shearman is pleased to announce that leading dealmaker George Knighton is returning to the firm from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, where he has been a partner since 2019, most recently as co-head of the U.K. Corporate practice.
George is one of the leading practitioners in the U.K. M&A market, with nearly 30 years of experience advising a broad range of clients on their most strategic transactions. He is a highly experienced and well-regarded M&A lawyer, advising corporate, private capital and financial institution clients.
DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Preeya Noronha Pinto as a partner in the Healthcare Regulatory practice. She will be based in the Washington, DC office.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that Jana Hymowitz has joined the Firm’s New York office as a Partner in the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice.
Former HHS Leader and Digital Health Pioneer Brings Unparalleled Experience to Strengthen the Firm’s Growing Practice
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Jodi Daniel has joined the firm’s Regulatory Department as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office. Her rare blend of senior public-sector experience and deep private-sector insight further elevates the firm’s leadership in digital health and healthcare innovation.