International law firm BCLP announced that partners Lerika Le Grange and Simon Letherman will be joining the firm’s Corporate and Finance Transactions Department, in the London office. Lerika joins the Finance Transactions practice group and Simon joins the Tax practice group.
Sidley is pleased to announce that David Monteiro and Kristin Lee have joined the firm’s Banking and Financial Services practice within the M&A and Private Equity group as partners in Sidley’s offices in Dallas and New York respectively. Both join from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and will be joined by senior managing associate Michael Cumming.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Vladimir Mikhailovsky has joined Sidley’s Capital Markets practice as partner in London. He arrives from Latham & Watkins LLP where he was a partner in their Capital Markets practice.
Morgan Lewis continues to expand its global investment management team with the arrival of partner Anthony “Tony” Zacharski, resident in New York. Arriving from Dechert, Tony represents US registered open-end and closed-end funds, their boards of directors, investment advisers, and other service providers in operations, corporate governance, compliance, enforcement, and litigation matters.
Kirkland & Ellis announced that Andrew J. Gershon and Semhar M. Woldai will join the Firm as partners in the liquidity solutions practice of the Investment Funds Group.
“Andrew is a leader in the secondaries space, and Semhar is a talented rising star,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We’re excited to have them on our leading secondaries team.”
Global law firm K&L Gates welcomes Gareth McCarter as a partner in its London office. He joins the firm’s Finance practice from Taylor Wessing LLP.
McCarter focuses his practice on the complex and highly structured financings of commercial real estate investments and developments internationally. Particular areas of focus include the financing of international real estate assets, operational real estate including hotels, senior living, and student accommodation, senior/mezzanine structures, and preferred equity lending.
Patrick Childress, former assistant general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), has joined Holland & Knight's International Trade Group as a partner in Washington, D.C.
Patrick's skill set and experience further bolster our market-leading trade practice and provide our team with robust and multi-faceted capabilities across the full spectrum of international trade issues, said Ron Oleynik, co-head of Holland & Knight's International Trade Group.
Willie Phillips, the immediate past chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and Ronan Gulstone, former chief of staff and senior legal advisor with FERC, have joined Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group in Washington, D.C., as partners. They will also be key members of the Firm's Energy & Natural Resources Industry Sector Group and Federal and State Energy Regulatory Team.
International law firm Withers has welcomed veteran tech litigator Jessica Nall as partner and leader of the firm’s Executive Crisis Management and Defense practice in San Francisco. Jess joins Withers from Baker McKenzie, where she led the government enforcement defense and investigations practice on the US West Coast.
Leading national law firm Freeths has appointed Partner James Dean in Bristol to lead the growth and development of the national pensions practice. He joins from Simmons and Simmons.
With more than 20 years’ experience as a senior pensions lawyer, James has worked across a number of City and national firms advising on all aspects of pensions law. His particular specialisms include pension scheme restructuring, pension change projects, as well as M&A, regulatory and central government pensions work.