King & Spalding has recruited securities and corporate partner, Craig Garvey, to the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in Chicago.
Garvey was most recently a Senior Director at Walgreens Boots Alliance, where he led securities and corporate governance at the company. Prior to that, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
Katten announced that Bret T. Diskin has joined the firm's Corporate practice as a partner in Chicago to focus on private equity and other mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomes another timely strategic hire to its London office with the addition of Ian Jack, former Co-Head of Global Restructuring & Insolvency at Baker & McKenzie and leader of its London practice. Jack joins as a Shareholder in the firm’s Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy and Banking and Finance Practices, and had been with his prior firm for more than two decades. He advises clients on a broad range of restructurings as well as banking and finance transactions.
Akin Gump announced the expansion of its corporate team in Dallas with the addition of partners Ryan Cox and Eric Williams. Both Mr. Cox and Mr. Williams join Akin Gump from Haynes and Boone, where Mr. Cox previously served as co-head of the firm’s capital markets and securities practice, and Mr. Williams was head of its M&A practice.
Multinational law firm has hired partner Eran Chvika to expand the firm's project finance capability in France and Francophone Africa.
Eran has French-law financing expertise with a focus on the energy and infrastructure projects. This includes structured, acquisition and real estate finance in additional to multi-sourced energy project financings in France and Francophone African jurisdictions. Eran has over 14 years’ experience and joins from Norton Rose Fulbright.
DLA Piper announced that James Kelly, Ilya Bubel and Peter Alfano have joined the firm’s New York office. Kelly and Bubel join as partners in the Corporate practice, and Alfano joins as a partner in the Finance practice.
Global law firm Dentons has recruited partner Guillaume Kessler to strengthen its Public and Private M&A and Private Equity practices in France and more widely in Europe.
With this addition, the Corporate/M&A team in Paris, led by partner Olivier Genevois, now counts approximately 30 lawyers.
Dentons is pleased to announce that Eleni Kassaris has joined the Firm and will assume the leadership of our Employment and Labour group in our Vancouver office.
With a career spanning more than 18 years, Eleni brings extensive experience in all aspects of employment and labour law, privacy law, and litigation and dispute resolution. She represents various industries and areas of practice, including complex commercial cybersecurity, workplace crisis management and executive compensation.
International law firm Gowling WLG is pleased to announce the arrival of Sylvain Canard-Volland as a partner in its real estate practice. This strategic arrival is a further step in the growth of Gowling WLG's Paris office.
The capital markets law team at CMS in Vienna welcomes an experienced expert: Walter Gapp has joined CMS in Vienna as partner. With a focus on debt capital markets, he has specialised in supporting investment banks and issuers as well as advising on securitisation and financial market regulation for many years.