McGuireWoods is building on its powerful energy enforcement capabilities with the arrival of partner Jeremy Medovoy, the former Deputy Director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Enforcement and the agency’s top-ranking enforcement lawyer. He is the 10th partner to join McGuireWoods’ D.C. office since July 2024.

Medovoy advises clients on matters before FERC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), drawing on insights he gained during his 16-year career at FERC.

Mayer Brown is pleased to announce that Chad Richards has joined the firm’s Washington DC office as a partner in the Global Energy group. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

King & Spalding has added leading international trade lawyers Arnoud Willems and Bregt Natens to its International Trade team and its Government Matters and Regulation practice group. Willems and Natens are based in the firm’s Brussels office.

Elizabeth Wild has joined Jones Day as a partner in the Government Regulation Practice. She is based in the Firm's Sydney Office.

Highly regarded real estate lawyer Grace Winters has joined Holland & Knight’s Real Estate Section as a partner in Newport Beach. Ms. Winters was previously a partner with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

Cleary announced that Amanda Toy joined the firm as a partner in the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Group in New York.

Her practice focuses on all aspects of executive compensation and benefits, advising clients in a broad range of industries in connection with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, spin-offs, IPOs, financings and other corporate transactions, and counseling clients on the design and implementation of compensatory arrangements, corporate governance, and compensation disclosure matters.

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announced that banking and finance attorney Miju Damodar has joined the Firm as a Partner in New York. A skilled deal finance lawyer, Miju is the latest partner to join Baker McKenzie's global transactional team, which has seen the addition of 50 partners over the past two years.

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, announced that Sanjay Thapar, a highly regarded finance attorney has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate Practice based in New York. Sanjay’s arrival enhances Baker Botts’ deep and growing finance practice, particularly in the areas of liability management transactions, private credit, and acquisition financings.

Global law firm DLA Piper announces the appointment the latest in a series of strategic appointments to its global Restructuring practice (part of DLA Piper's International Finance Group).

Effective April 2025, Juan Verdugo will join the firm's Madrid office and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge supporting a range of companies on their complex restructuring and distressed debt matters.

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Will Thompson as a partner in the Business & Commercial Litigation Practice, based in the firm’s San Francisco office.

Thompson is a leading first-chair trial lawyer who represents technology companies and other industry leaders in high-stakes commercial disputes. He has extensive experience defending clients in complex business litigation, including precedent-setting cases in state and federal courts. He also advises clients in sports litigation matters and maintains an active oil and gas practice, with a focus on fraud and corporate disputes.