Katten announced that Harold Davidson has joined the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity practice in New York, strengthening the team of industry-leading attorneys who handle complex business transactions.

"We are delighted to have Harold join Katten's leading middle-market practice. His experience in strategically advising clients on challenging, high-value deals enhances our capabilities and reputation of being at the forefront of sophisticated transactions," said Kimberly T. Smith, global chair of Katten's Corporate department.

Global law firm Reed Smith announced that technology transactions and privacy lawyer Rocio Palomo has joined the firm’s Global Corporate Group in Dallas. Palomo joins Reed Smith from Perkins Coie.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced that Solomon J. Noh and Alastair Goldrein will join the firm’s restructuring practice based in London.

Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Sam Riley, who joins as a partner in the Transactions Department, enhancing the firm’s financial services and FinTech offering in London. Riley brings sophisticated, cross-practice, and multijurisdictional experience across financial services, banking, digital payments, and securities regulation, with a particular focus on digital assets (including stablecoins/crypto), and emerging technology.

King & Spalding announced that Olivia Radin has joined the firm as a partner on its Special Matters and Government Investigations team. She is based in the New York office.

Accomplished enforcement and litigation attorney Yoon Hi Greene – a 23-year veteran of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York – has joined WilmerHale as a partner in its industry leading Financial Institutions Group.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that Andy Hagan and Gilles Teerlinck will join the Firm as partners in the London office.

Andy and Gilles are currently partners at Freshfields and White & Case respectively. They have extensive experience of advising issuers, sponsors, investors, underwriters and other parties on complex cross-border leveraged finance transactions, with a particular focus on public and private high-yield bond financings, acquisition finance, private placements, restructuring and liability management transactions.

Reed Smith’s Washington, D.C., office continued to expand with the addition of partner Jon Ammons to the firm’s global Energy and Natural Resources Group. He brings deep experience in energy regulatory and government investigations and actions before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Previously with Winston & Strawn, Ammons has for 15 years counseled a full spectrum of U.S. and non-U.S. clients on energy, commodities and derivatives matters. In recent years, he has also broken new ground with blockchain and cryptocurrency companies.

Mayer Brown announced that Tim Nagy has joined the firm’s Washington DC office as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Financial Markets Regulatory & Enforcement practices.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicolette Kost de Sèvres as a partner based in its Paris and Washington, DC offices. Nicolette joins as co-head of the Firm’s global investigations & compliance group and will co-lead the practice alongside London-based global investigations partner Simon Airey.

She joins from Mayer Brown, where she was the Head of Compliance and Investigations in Paris.