Partner Placements
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Greg Chin Joins Duane Morris from Mintz Levin
Greg, who joins Duane Morris as a partner, focuses his practice on representing emerging growth industries, including life sciences, digital health, technology and cleantech, in complex transactional and general corporate matters. He also represents venture capital firms and investment banks … Continue reading
James Kelly, Ilya Bubel and Peter Alfano join DLA Piper
James Kelly, Ilya Bubel and Peter Alfano have joined DLA Piper in New York. The three partners came from the Private Equity and Finance Practices of Winston & Strawn. James will lead DLA’s New York private equity group, which revolves … Continue reading
Terry Dugan and Chris Owens join O’Melveny
Terry and Chris join O’Melveny’s New York office as partners in the entertainment finance practice. They specialize in representing major lenders and investors. These include banks and investment funds in credit and M&A transactions involving entertainment industry players ranging from … Continue reading
Abtin Jalali and Chris Harding have joined Gibson Dunn as Partners
Abtin Jalali and Chris Harding have joined Gibson Dunn in San Francisco as partners in its private equity practice. The two joined from Kirkland & Ellis where they were partners in its private equity practice. Their practice focuses on representing … Continue reading
M&A Partner Derek Liu leaves Wilson Sonsini to join Baker McKenzie
Derek Liu has joined Baker McKenzie from Wilson Sonsini in their San Francisco office as a Partner in the firms mergers and acquisitions practice. He focuses primarily on the technology and life science industries, where since 2013, he has signed … Continue reading
Lead Trial Partner Amar Thakaur to join Manatt
Amar Thakur, a seasoned trial partner joins Manatt Phelps in the Los Angeles office from Quinn Emanuel. Amar is an experienced lead trial lawyer who has tried several significant patent cases to a jury verdict for Plaintiffs and Defendants. His … Continue reading
Bill Oxley and Meghan Kelly Join Baker Hostetler in Los Angeles and Philadelphia Respectively
Bill Oxley joins Baker Hostetler from Dechert, where he was a trial partner and served as the firm’s Managing Partner of the Los Angeles office. He joins Baker Hostetler Los Angeles as the Head of Litigation. Bill has extensive experience … Continue reading
Brien Wassner, co-head of Shearman’s Private Equity practice, joins Sidley Austin
Brien Wassner has joined Sidley Austin in New York as a partner in its rapidly expanding private equity practice. Brien represents private equity funds, hedge funds, infrastructure funds, and other financial institutions and institutional investors on a wide array of … Continue reading
Andrew Sagor joins Baker McKenzie as the Co-Chair of Leveraged Finance
Andrew Sagor joins Baker McKenzie as the Co-Chair of Leveraged Finance in North America from Kirkland & Ellis in New York. Andrew’s practice mainly focuses on structuring and negotiating market-shaping private equity and debt financing transactions. Andrew routinely advises leading … Continue reading
Skadden’s Head of M&A in Silicon Valley Joins Baker McKenzie
Leif King joins Baker McKenzie from Skadden, Arps, where he served as head of that firm’s corporate/M&A practice in Silicon Valley. A seasoned M&A lawyer, Leif represents clients in a wide variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private … Continue reading