Sidley announced that David Lashway and John Woods have joined as partners in the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lashway and Mr. Woods join Sidley from Baker McKenzie where they started and led the global cybersecurity practice group for over 10 years.
Reed Smith announced that it has made significant additions to its international arbitration and cross-border litigation capabilities with the appointment of Francisco A. Rodriguez and Sandra J. Millor as partners in the firm’s Global Commercial Disputes practice in Miami. Rodriguez and Millor, both of whom join from Akerman, also bring depth and experience to the firm’s Latin America practice. The two new partners will be joined by foreign legal consultant Gilberto Guerrero-Rocca, who has extensive experience on international commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration.
Ben Au has joined the firm as a tech litigation partner in our Santa Monica office.
He is an experienced trial lawyer with a strong record of litigating commercial claims for technology companies at all stages, from representing founders and startups to S&P 500-listed companies.
He joins from Durie Tangri, where he was a partner and previously practiced with Clem Roberts, head of Orrick’s IP litigation practice.
He is the second addition to the SM office this year, following Caroline Cherkassky, a corporate advisor to the tech sector.
Milbank LLP is pleased to announce that John Beahn has joined the Washington, DC office as a partner. Mr. Beahn brings to the firm over 20 years of experience, with a particular focus on matters related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) and foreign direct investment (“FDI”).
Mayer Brown announced that leading private investment funds lawyer Kristin Rice-Gonzalez has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in its Private Funds Group. Ms. Rice-Gonzalez joins from Baker & McKenzie LLP.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is pleased to announce that Sydney Scott has joined the firm as a partner. Scott, formerly a partner with Smyser Kaplan & Veselka L.L.P., will continue her commercial litigation practice at Gibson Dunn.
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed banking and finance specialist, Richard Jadot as a partner in France.
Richard has considerable experience in banking and finance and advises banks, funds and companies on the negotiation of credit facilities and the implementation of security packages in France and globally. He also advises his clients on debt restructurings in the context of pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings.
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Declan Lavelle as a partner in the firm's Tax practice in Ireland. He will be joining the firm in July from William Fry where he has been a partner since 2019, focusing on Corporate and International Tax matters.
Declan has experience advising multinational and domestic clients on a variety of International Tax structuring matters and is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor. He also has extensive experience in the Life Sciences, Technology, Real Estate and Financial Services sectors.
On the heels of adding a six-shareholder real estate finance team from Winston & Strawn earlier this week, a highly integrated team of four energy and infrastructure shareholders joins global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP to launch its Asia Energy & Infrastructure Practice, initially located in the firm's Tokyo office and with the intention to soon lead the firm's opening in Singapore, expanding the firm’s capabilities in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
Daniel Feldman, former Chief of Staff and Counselor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, will rejoin Covington’s Environmental, Social and Governance, Business and Human Rights, and Public Policy & Government Affairs practices as a partner in the firm’s Washington office.