Andrew Bishop will bring extensive experience to the leveraged finance team in Hong Kong; his arrival will help drive Latham’s market-leading private equity practice further forward across Asia.
King & Spalding has recruited a Paris-based white-collar crime team, led by partner Jean Tamalet, to expand and strengthen its international Government Matters Practice Group.
Tamalet is a French criminal lawyer who represents both corporations and their executives in a variety of matters, focusing primarily on alleged criminal financial fraud offences. He most recently worked at Bird & Bird, prior to which he had established his own white-collar crime boutique, Tamalet & Associés.
King & Spalding announced that Amy Garrigues has joined as a partner in the firm’s Healthcare team in the Chicago office. In addition to holding senior law firm positions as a health law practitioner, Garrigues most recently has been chief legal officer and executive vice president of 21st Century Oncology, an international cancer care provider.
In her role at 21st Century Oncology, Garrigues oversaw and managed the legal, risk management, physician compensation, licensing, and regulatory affairs departments.
Global law firm Goodwin announced that partner Brian Bewley and associate Kaitlyn Dunn joined the firm’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practices, resident in the Washington, DC, and Boston offices, respectively. Having worked for the Office of Inspector General, Bewley and Dunn bring significant regulatory and government experience to Goodwin. They join from a regional law firm, where they teamed up in private practice after the OIG.
Prominent cyber/data/privacy lawyer Patrick Van Eecke has joined Cooley as a partner in its Brussels office. Van Eecke arrives from DLA Piper, where he was co-chair of the firm’s global data privacy and cybersecurity practice. Joining him is a multinational team of data protection professionals from France, Spain and Latvia.
DWF, the global legal business, has appointed John Eastlake, as Partner, to its growing Professional Indemnity & Commercial Insurance practice.
John Eastlake has joined DWF's Bristol office as a Partner, having previously been a Partner at Clyde & Co and Kennedys. John specialises in professional liability and has extensive experience acting on claims against accountants, lawyers, brokers and construction professionals as well as advising on risk and policy coverage.
Skadden is pleased to announce that former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie K. Liu has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. litigation practice. Ms. Liu’s practice will encompass white collar and government enforcement matters, including defending government investigations and conducting internal investigations; representing companies and individuals in connection with complex civil litigation, particularly in government-facing civil litigation; and providing crisis-management counseling.
Global law firm Shearman & Sterling announces the appointment of Gary Hamp as a Leveraged Finance partner in London.
Gary brings extensive English law leveraged finance experience, having acted for leading investment banks, commercial banks, other direct lenders, investment funds and private equity firms on the financing aspects of private equity transactions. His practice also has synergies with that of recent London Insolvency and Restructuring partner hire Alex Wood.
Mayer Brown announced that it has further expanded its restructuring and special situation capabilities with the hire of Barry Cosgrave as a partner in London. Barry joins Mayer Brown from K&L Gates, where he was a partner and the EMEA practice coordinator for the restructuring and insolvency group.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Brian Benczkowski is returning as a partner in the Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group, after serving two years as Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division.