Dentons announces that Aidan M. McCormack and Mark L. Deckman have joined the Firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as partners in the New York office. Both are leading lawyers in the insurance industry with decades of experience representing insurance and financial services industry clients in a wide range of matters, including their most complex exposures, on the national and global level.

Dentons is delighted to welcome experienced securitisation and structured finance lawyer Alex Moezi to its Debt Capital Markets, Structured Finance and Derivatives team in London. He joins the firm as a partner.

Alex joins Dentons from A&O Shearman and has a background in securitisation and structured finance that covers a variety of consumer assets and trade receivables, acting for major international investment banks, private equity firms, specialist lenders and corporates, focusing on the consumer and SME sectors.

International law firm Bird & Bird is expanding its team in Japan with the addition of Aya Saito, who joins the firm from Boston Consulting Group (“BCG”) where she served as Legal Lead for Northeast Asia.

With over 15 years of commercial experience, including in-house roles at BCG and Accenture, Aya brings substantial capability across the full spectrum of cross-border technology and outsourcing transactions, in particular regarding system integration and business outsourcing projects, as well as data privacy, AI and other regulatory and compliance matters.  

Global law firm Ashurst has appointed Tauhid Ijaz as a partner in the London global markets practice, in a further boost to the firm's securitisation offering.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Debt Finance Practice, Investment Funds Practice and Global Financial Institutions Industry Group with the addition of Dylan Glazier as a partner in New York.

In a move that further strengthens and expands Paul Hastings’ premier global technology, data and IP offerings, the firm announced that top-ranked technology and IP lawyer Sarah Gagan has joined in Boston as co-chair of its newly established Technology Transactions practice.

Bolstering its insurance recovery and dispute resolution capabilities for corporate policyholder clients, Morgan Lewis welcomes partner Emily Garrison. Resident in the firm’s Chicago office, Emily represents public and private companies in maximizing their insurance coverage in a broad range of sectors, including energy (particularly oil and gas), financial services, technology, retail and ecommerce, hospitality, and transportation.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Andrew Colosimo, Shant Manoukian, and Patrick Greeley have joined Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity practice as partners in our office in New York. They join as a team from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has boosted its growing Restructuring & Insolvency practice, both transactional and litigation, with the move of Peter J. Roberts to the firm as a partner based in its Chicago office.

Pete Roberts brings to Seyfarth a wealth of high-level experience in business reorganizations and liquidations, workouts, and commercial litigation. He has counseled clients in virtually all aspects of commercial insolvency, including bankruptcies, workouts, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors, UCC Article 9 Sales, and related litigation.

Strengthening its environmental and toxic tort litigation capabilities, Morgan Lewis is pleased to welcome Matthew Thurlow, resident in the firm’s Washington, DC and San Francisco offices. Previously serving as national co-chair of BakerHostetler’s environmental team, Matt will continue to advise a range of clients, including chemical and product manufacturers, retailers, oil and gas companies, and financial services companies, on environmental litigation and regulatory compliance obligations.