International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Darshak Dholakia as a partner in its Regulatory Practice Group in Washington, DC. As international trade and national security issues continue to evolve, Darshak helps clients proactively assess and mitigate risk, develop their compliance programs, conduct internal investigations, and argue before relevant government agencies in compliance- and enforcement-related proceedings. Most notably, he advises on matters involving economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption laws, and export controls. He joins from Dechert.

King & Spalding announced that Jordan Sagalowsky has joined the firm’s Product Liability and Mass Torts practice group as a partner in its New York office.

King & Spalding has recruited Delphine Guillotte, a finance lawyer, as a partner in its Paris office – becoming the second partner to join the practice in France this the past month.

Paul Jones has joined Jones Day as a partner in the Energy Practice, based in the London Office.

Nationally recognized employee benefits and executive compensation attorney Robert M. Cipolla has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Richmond, Virginia.

Cipolla has thirty years of experience advising public, private, tax-exempt and governmental entities on the design, administration, operations, reporting and disclosure of defined benefit plans, 401(k) retirement plans, 403(b) and 457 plans, employment agreements, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, stock plans, multi-employer plans and health plans.

John D. Cooke has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Trial Practice Group in its Chicago office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Cooke was an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where he was a deputy chief in its Criminal Division and a regional director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces. Admitted to practice in California, Cooke’s admission to Illinois is pending.

Dechert LLP announced the addition of Brian Whaley as a partner in its global finance group, further enhancing the firm’s offerings in private credit finance, securitization and structured and derivative products. Mr. Whaley will be based in the firm’s New York office.

Arrival supplements Davis Polk’s specialty finance practice by establishing a broad-based securitization practice

Davis Polk announced that leading structured finance lawyer Ryan McNaughton has joined the firm as a partner in its Finance practice in New York.

“We are pleased to welcome Ryan to Davis Polk,” said Neil Barr, Davis Polk’s Chair and Managing Partner. “Ryan has broad experience across multiple securitization products. He is an exciting addition to our elite global finance practice as we continue to grow our structured finance capabilities.”

Cleary Gottlieb announced that a team of top-tier IP litigation lawyers has joined the firm as partners across its New York, Washington, D.C., and Bay Area offices.

Clement Naples, Bert Reiser, Giri Pathmanaban, Greg Sobolski and Thomas Yeh have led many of the most high-profile and complex patent and trade secrets cases of the last decade.

DLA Piper announces the appointment of Charles Rix to its International Insurance team.

Joining the firm's London office, Charles brings almost 30 years of industry experience advising leading global insurance companies on complex cross-border M&A transactions, insurance business transfers, business restructurings and regulatory matters. During his career, Charles has been in senior leadership roles at other firms, including Global Head of Insurance and Head of UK M&A.