Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Barbara Pansadoro as a Partner in its Finance & Projects group to lead and expand the firm’s aviation finance offering. She joins from HFW, bringing deep sector experience and a market-leading reputation for advising on high-value, cross-border aviation transactions.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition of Giovanni Spedicato as a partner in Milan.
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced that real estate partner Jessica Pillai has joined the Firm’s New York office as a partner in the U.S. Real Estate Group.
“Jessica is a highly respected attorney with a wide range of experience in nearly every aspect of commercial real estate transactions,” said Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf. “She brings impeccable credentials advising clients on their most significant real estate matters, and it is our great pleasure to welcome her to the Firm.”
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that Anat Holtzman has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a Partner in the Private Funds Practice.
“Anat is a star in the private funds industry whose diversity of experience will enhance our ability to provide asset managers with strategic advice across the full range of private funds asset classes and strategies,” said Alden Millard, Chair of the Firm’s Executive Committee. “She will be a tremendous resource to clients across our premier Funds platform, and we are delighted to have her with us.”
Beech joins from A&O Shearman where he was the co-managing partner of its Singapore office and Asia Pacific corporate trust and agency team lead.
Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to welcome M&A partner Ellen Wheeler to its New York office. She brings deep experience in distressed M&A and will strengthen the Firm’s work involving complex deals across private equity, M&A and special situations. Ellen is the third partner focused on distressed M&A to join Proskauer in the last six months, along with Robb Tretter and Jonathan Gill, who joined the Firm in November 2024.
Paul Hastings LLP announced the continued expansion of its transformative international energy and infrastructure team and broader corporate platform with the appointment of mergers and acquisitions lawyer Stefan Mrozinski and projects lawyer Habeeb Rahman as partners in Abu Dhabi. Both join from White & Case LLP.
The two new partners are the latest additions to the game-changing international Energy & Infrastructure team spanning Abu Dhabi, London and Paris that Paul Hastings announced last month, taking the team to seven partners hired since April 1.
Rebecca Servian joins Orrick’s Compensation & Benefits group as a partner. She is based in London.
Rebecca advises startups at all stages, from pre-seed round to exit, on the design and implementation of share and cash-based incentives arrangements. She also provides strategic advice and leads due diligence on share-based incentives in connection with M&A, IPO, private equity and restructuring transactions.
She joins from Latham & Watkins and was previously the head of incentives at Ashurst.
Mayer Brown announced that Daniel Serota has joined the firm as a partner in New York, the latest in a series of new hires to join the firm’s global Corporate & Securities practice. Dan brings extensive corporate finance, M&A, and private equity experience and will co-lead Mayer Brown’s Financial Services Mergers & Acquisitions practice. He joins from Sidley Austin LLP.
Kirkland & Ellis announced that leading private equity real estate attorney Yaman Shukairy has rejoined the Firm as a partner.
“Yaman is a terrific lawyer with a track record of success guiding significant real estate-related transactions across various sectors and geographies for one of the world’s most prominent alternative asset managers,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland & Ellis. “We’re very excited to welcome him back to Kirkland and our strong and growing real estate team.”