Winston & Strawn LLP announced that Aparna Sehgal has joined the firm’s Transactions Department as a partner in the London office and a member of the Structured Finance Practice.

Aparna will shortly be joined at Winston by a real estate of counsel who has worked with Aparna for over a decade servicing a wide-ranging client base of global financial institutions, private credit providers, and investment managers in highly structured commercial real estate transactions.

Skadden is pleased to announce that Loren Ponds has joined the firm as a partner in the Tax Group. Based in the Washington, D.C. office, Ms. Ponds provides strategic counsel to clients across industries on legislative, regulatory and other tax policy issues, as well as on technical matters related to international tax, including controversy and transfer pricing issues.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced that Evan Hudson has joined the Firm’s New York office as a Partner in the Registered Funds Practice, focusing on real estate and capital markets matters.

Mr. Tredennick has over 25 years of experience advising private equity, infrastructure and other financial investors, public companies and private companies actively engaging or investing in the energy and infrastructure industries. He represents clients throughout North America and Europe with respect to their interests in the energy, energy transition and industrial decarbonization sectors, including water, oilfield waste products, oil and gas, power, and other industrial and community infrastructure sectors.

Global law firm Reed Smith announced the appointment of partner Chris Buchanan in its Washington D.C. office. Buchanan joins the firm’s global Transportation Industry Group from King & Spalding where he was a partner in the finance practice.

Bringing a wealth of knowledge of the aviation industry, Buchanan’s experience includes advising clients on synthetic leases, aircraft finance, U.S. citizenship regulations for aircraft ownership, and export finance facilities.

Global law firm Reed Smith announces the hire of a restructuring team led by Marie Crumière, in its Financial Industry Group and Paris office.

Crumière has over a decade’s experience advising clients on cross-border and domestic, pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings and M&A in a distressed context. She assists debtors, lenders and creditors, buyers, investors, shareholders, managers or court-appointed officers across the full range of international and domestic restructuring and insolvency matters.

Tech company and venture capital advisors Mike Heath, Cody Peterson, Tim Greene and Nick Feldman join the firm as partners, with a team of nine associates.

A leading team in the Southern California startup ecosystem, Mike, Cody and Nick guide founders, operators and boards at venture-backed companies, as well as their investors, from formation to exit. Tim is a Chambers-recognized tech transactions advisor focused on high-growth tech companies, and is returning to Orrick, where he was previously a partner.

Deepening the firm’s intellectual property (IP) practice, Morgan Lewis welcomes a five-partner IP litigation team on the West Coast—Ali Razai, Benjamin Anger, Benjamin Everton, Brandon Smith, and Jacob Peterson. The group’s work includes patent and trademark disputes in state and federal district and appeals courts, and before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), with deep experience in the technology, life sciences, retail, and consumer products sectors.

Katten announced that John Collins III has joined its Dallas office as a partner in the distinguished Private Wealth practice, bolstering this multipronged offering that regularly draws key honors, including one that named Katten, Law Firm of the Year.

A world-class private wealth practice requires an unerring combination of discretion, depth of knowledge and extensive experience, said Joshua Rubenstein, national chair of Katten's Private Wealth department. John checks those boxes and then some, making him a great fit for our team.

Holland & Knight has added leading anti-money laundering and tax controversy Partner Peter Hardy to its litigation practice in Philadelphia. Mr. Hardy previously was a partner with Ballard Spahr, where he was co-lead and founder of the firm's anti-money laundering and tax controversy teams.