New Talent

Over the past year we significantly expanded both our global reach and the depth of our practice, welcoming numerous leading lawyers from across regions, industries, and disciplines. As our firm continuously evolves to meet the changing needs of our clients, attracting and retaining top talent is an essential element of our strategy. The following additions to our team, including our class of newly elected partners, enable us to better serve our clients, providing innovative counsel and outstanding service in markets around the world.

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ANTITRUST

MJ Moltenbrey (Washington, DC) — Represents clients before the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and in federal courts on a wide array of antitrust issues, including mergers, civil and criminal conduct cases, and administrative proceedings.

CAPITAL MARKETS, M&A, AND PRIVATE EQUITY

Arturo Carrillo (New York) — Advises on cross-border capital markets and liability management transactions, structured financings, joint ventures, and M&A, with a particular emphasis on Latin American matters.

James Cole (London) — Focuses on capital raisings in Europe and the Middle East, acting for issuers and underwriters, as well as advising hedge funds in relation to distressed and illiquid asset purchases, sales, and restructuring.

Dr. Regina Engelstädter (Frankfurt) — Focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate matters, complex restructurings, and joint ventures, with extensive experience in cross-border transactions and representing international corporations and private equity clients.

Michael Fitzgerald (New York) — Represents a wide range of international and domestic underwriter and issuer clients in debt and equity financing transactions and M&A activities, with a special focus on the Latin American financial markets.

Taisa Markus (New York) — Handles cross-border securities offerings, bank finance, and M&A, as well as restructurings, with a focus on representing financial institutions and issuers in the Latin American and European capital markets.

Lorenzo Parola (Milan) — Represents domestic and international corporations and private equity funds in M&A transactions and projects, particularly in the oil and gas, power, and renewables sectors.

Jason Rednour (Orange County) — Advises clients on a wide range of corporate and M&A transactions, with a focus on representing private equity firms.

David Revcolevschi (Paris) — Focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and the wide range of legal issues faced by public companies.

Claudia Simon (Los Angeles) — Handles an array of U.S. and cross-border M&A transactions, as well as counseling clients on defensive strategies.

Phillip Street (Atlanta) — Focuses on healthcare and life sciences transactions, including business formations, clinical integration and alignment, strategic alliances, venture financings, M&A and joint ventures, and the commercialization of life science research.

Steve Tredennick (Houston) — Handles a wide range of leveraged acquisitions and dispositions, private equity-backed investments, M&A transactions, and corporate governance matters.

EMPLOYMENT

Zach Hutton (San Francisco) — Concentrates his practice on wage and hour litigation and advice, class action defense, and general employment law.

Carson Sullivan (Washington, DC) — Represents employers in all aspects of employment law, with an emphasis on defending class and collective action suits, as well as litigation involving trade secrets and restrictive covenants.

FINANCE

Katherine Bell (Orange County) – Represents lenders and borrowers in a wide range of commercial and corporate finance transactions, including asset-based, cash flow, and subordinated debt financings.

Joy Gallup (New York) — Focuses on cross-border capital markets and complex debt restructurings in Latin America, including high-yield debt, liability management transactions, secured lending transactions, and SEC reporting requirements for foreign private issuers.

Ugo Giordano (London) — Represents investment banks in capital markets, fund-linked and equity-linked transactions, as well as hedge funds and investment banks in structured finance and securitization transactions.

Neil Hamilton (London) — Focuses his practice on structured finance and structured products, particularly CLOs and structured funds.

Randal Palach (New York) — Represents U.S. and international financial institutions and corporations in leveraged finance transactions, including domestic and cross-border financings and restructurings.

Paris Theofanidis (Houston) — Focuses his practice on finance, derivatives, and structured products, representing commercial banks, underwriters, institutional investors, insurance companies, private equity and hedge funds, and corporate borrowers and issuers.

REAL ESTATE

Eric Allendorf (New York) — Concentrates his practice on real estate lending and complex debt finance, with a focus on representing institutional lenders in all aspects of real estate finance and restructurings.

David Viklund (New York) — Represents institutional borrowers and lenders in all aspects of real estate finance and restructurings and investors in the acquisition, development, and operation of commercial properties.

LITIGATION AND GLOBAL DISPUTES

Sam Cooper (Houston) — Focuses his practice on commercial litigation, international arbitration, FCPA and anti-corruption matters, and white collar criminal defense work.

Behnam Dayanim (Washington, DC) — Handles regulatory compliance, internal and regulatory investigations, and litigation, focusing on privacy and data security, gaming, advertising, trade controls, and electronic payments, as well as transactional work in the areas of IT licensing and outsourcing.

Nathaniel Edmonds (Washington, DC) — Advises on regulatory compliance matters, including FCPA and anti-corruption investigations, risk assessments, and due diligence, and conducts internal investigations and litigates white collar and complex economic criminal matters.

Corinne Lammers (Washington, DC) — Advises clients on compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption laws, including matters related to international business transactions, internal investigations, and the development of compliance programs.

SECURITIES LITIGATION AND WHITE COLLAR

Maria Douvas (New York) — Represents entities and individuals in regulatory, white-collar criminal, and securities litigation matters.

John Durrant (Los Angeles) — Litigates securities and complex commercial matters, including lawsuits involving alleged securities fraud and commercial cases involving unfair competition, business torts, and complex contractual arrangements.

Edward Han (Palo Alto) — Focuses his practice on securities enforcement matters, internal investigations, and securities and complex business litigation in both federal and state courts.

TAX

Greg Nelson (Houston) — Concentrates his practice on federal income taxation, with particular emphasis on the tax issues that relate to corporations and partnerships in the energy and real estate sectors.