Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced that antitrust lawyer Georg Weidenbach has joined the Firm as a partner in Germany. Antitrust lawyer Jan Vollkammer will also join Willkie as counsel in Germany in the coming weeks.

Kamyar Abrar, Co-Managing Partner of Germany, commented: “Georg and Jan are talented and well-respected antitrust practitioners with a deep understanding of the law and changing landscape. Their experience and market reputation will complement our work in the region and we are pleased to welcome them to our team in Germany.”

Buehner has extensive experience in real estate investment, development and asset management, including serving in senior leadership roles at a global investment bank and at the nation’s largest commercial real estate development firm.

Vinson & Elkins announced that Nick Buehner has rejoined the firm as a Dallas-based partner in the Real Estate practice.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Mary Marks has joined Sidley’s office in New York as a partner in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice. She joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

Ms. Marks focuses on analyzing U.S. and multinational transactions and obtaining clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and global merger control laws. She also counsels clients with respect to permissible pre-clearance and pre-closing coordination and information sharing, as well as inadvertent failures to file under the HSR Act.

Sidley is pleased to announce that Jason Kropp and Craig Hilts have joined as partners in the Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) and Capital Markets practices in Sidley’s office in Boston. They join from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where Mr. Kropp was chair of the Corporate Practice Group. Mr. Hilts was a partner in WilmerHale’s Corporate Practice Group.

Proskauer, a leading international law firm, is pleased to welcome Alexandra (Ally) de Padua and Frank Oliver as partners in its Global Finance practice in New York. Ally and Frank represent investment banks and private credit lenders in connection with acquisition financings, leveraged lending transactions and various complex financing structures across a broad range of industries and sectors.

Paul Hastings LLP announced that energy and infrastructure lawyer Ibaad Hakim has joined the firm as a partner in Abu Dhabi, further strengthening the transformative international energy and infrastructure team spanning Abu Dhabi, London and Paris that was announced in April.

Former North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park has joined McGuireWoods’ national litigation and appellate practices as a partner. He is based in Raleigh and co-leads the firm’s North Carolina appellate practice.  

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Craig Garvey to its Transactions Practice Group as a partner based in Chicago. Craig has extensive experience advising global public and private companies, including leading private equity funds and their portfolio companies, on multibillion-dollar equity offerings, bond issuances, liability management transactions, and acquisition financings. He joins McDermott after a distinguished career as a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.

Mayer Brown announced that Ella-Marie Smith has joined the firm’s Real Estate Markets practice as a partner in Charlotte. She was previously at Dechert LLP.

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, welcomes back Richard Kienzler, who returns to the firm as a shareholder in the Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Practice Group. Kienzler, who was previously a shareholder with Littler, rejoins the firm’s Chicago office after serving as general counsel for RHM Staffing Solutions.