Partner Placements

Shahzad Malik joins Nixon Peabody from Stradling

Shahzad Malik has joins Nixon Peabody from Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, where he was the chair of the Tax practice group and a partner in the Corporate and Securities practice group.

Shahzad has specialized expertise in tax matters related to large and mid-market transactions. He has significant experience in corporate and fund tax matters such as mergers and acquisitions, private equity fund formations and transactions, and international taxation.

Additionally, Shahzad represents clients in civil and criminal tax controversy matters before the U.S. Tax Court, Franchise Tax Board, and IRS.

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Brian Michael joins King & Spalding

Brian Michael joins King & Spalding in Los Angeles as a Partner. Brian was previously Deputy General Counsel and Vice President at 21st Century Fox.

He played an instrumental role in Company’s successful effort to secure declinations of prosecution from US and UK authorities in the UK phone hacking scandal and served on the company’s global Compliance Steering Committee – the world’s premier portfolio of cable, broadcast, film, pay TV, and satellite assets – with the Group GC (chair), CEO, and CFO. He led global compliance for the Fox Networks Group.

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Michael Kelley joins Arent Fox

Michael Kelley joins Arent Fox in Washington D.C. as a partner, from Akerman.

Michael focuses his practice on international and U.S. private equity investment funds, mezzanine investment funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds and impact investment funds. Michael has experience structuring social enterprises, micro-financing transactions, venture philanthropy initiatives as well as significant experience in legal finance.

He has formed investment vehicles focused on investing in the United States and in the infrastructure sectors of emerging market economies using on-shore and off-shore structures. He has also advised, written about, and lectured on regulatory, compliance, and governance matters related to the investment funds industry.

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Rob Weber joins Sheppard Mullin

Rob Weber joins Sheppard Mullin from DLA Piper in Los Angeles.

Rob has a securities litigation practice, focusing on securities class actions, derivative actions, investigations and proceedings initiated by the SEC, state securities agencies and self-regulatory organizations, and internal corporate investigations. He has an international practice with a significant focus on Chinese and other Asian clients involved in US litigation and SEC enforcement actions.

He has an international practice with a significant focus on Chinese and other Asian clients involved in US litigation and SEC enforcement actions.

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