King & Spalding announced that Genevieve Michaux has joined the firm as a partner to focus on regulatory issues in the life sciences industry. She will be based in Brussels, where the firm is opening an office, and will work closely with the Paris office.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP continues its expansion with the addition of Craig Y. Lee as a partner in its competition and consumer protection practice. Based in Washington, Lee will head the firm’s cartel and antitrust investigations team.
Two former New York officials have joined the Government Law & Policy Practice at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. The firm named highly sought-after lobbyist and former New York State Assemblyman Jonathan L. Bing as a shareholder in the New York and Albany offices. India L. Sneed, a former Mayoral Initiative Deputy Executive Director joins as an associate in New York. Sneed is a former Kings County Assistant District Attorney.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Michelle Kirschner will join the firm’s London office as a partner. Kirschner, formerly a partner with Macfarlanes, will continue to focus on financial services regulation at Gibson Dunn.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced that Sidney Levinson has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Restructuring Group.
Mr. Levinson, who will serve as Co-Chair of the Group, brings to the firm more than 30 years of experience representing bondholders, secured lenders, debtors, trustees and creditors’ committees in complex and challenging restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings. His representations have involved the retail and gaming industries, airlines, major league sports teams, energy and chemical companies and real estate developers, among others.
Lindsay Kitzinger, who until recently was an Attorney Advisor in the Office of International Tax Counsel, within the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy, has rejoined Covington as a partner in its Tax Practice Group in Washington.
Mark Yopp has joined Baker McKenzie's North America Tax Practice as a partner, adding to the Firm's experience in state and local tax including tax controversy, multistate planning and multistate legislative monitoring and analysis.
Baker Botts, L.L.P., a leading international energy and technology law firm, announced today the addition of a prominent group of environmental, health and safety (EHS) crisis response lawyers. Steve Solow, Nadira Clarke, Lily Chinn, Greg Dillard, Natalia Sorgente, Anne Carpenter, Scott Elliott, Matthew Baker and Danny Worrell have joined the firm as partners in the Litigation Department’s Environmental Section and White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice group, residing in Baker Botts’ Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Houston and Austin offices.
We're pleased to announce the appointment of arbitration specialist Nick Storrs as a partner*.
Nick joins the firm today from Signature Litigation where he specialised in international arbitration and commercial litigation.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has appointed two new partners in its UK real estate and banking practices.