In New York: Sidley brought on investment funds partners Cliff Cone, Michael Sabin and Dan Drabkin from Clifford Chance … Morgan Lewis added aviation finance partner Mehtap Cevher Conti from Hogan Lovells … Sterlington tapped Klas Holm from Curtis, where he co-chaired the tax department … King & Spalding picked up IP litigation partners Paul Fakler and Jacob Ebin from Mayer Brown … Latham added insurance transactional and regulatory partner Frank Monaco from Clifford Chance … Eversheds Sutherland brought on energy partner James Salerno from McDermott … King & Spalding tapped fund finance partner Chris Montgomery from Cadwalader and hired real estate partner Brian Donnelly from McDermott … Orrick added IP litigation partners Danielle Tully and Mike Powell from Cadwalader … McDermott hired bank regulatory partner Leel Sinai from Haynes Boone.
In D.C.: Jenner & Block added Glenn Leon, who was chief of the DOJ criminal division's fraud section … The firm also brought on higher education and white collar defense partner Michael Vernick from Akin … Wiley picked up former federal prosecutor Jason McCullough … Vinson & Elkins tapped Jennifer Zucker as co-head of its government contracts practice from Greenberg Traurig … Morrison Foerster added financial services and fintech partners Ryne Miller in New York and Trevor Levine from Lowenstein Sandler … King & Spalding brought back former Stripe in-house counsel Betre Gizaw … Paul Hastings hired antitrust partner Gail Levine from Mayer Brown … Ogletree Deakins tapped Jane Norberg in D.C. from Arnold & Portner as co-chair of its whistleblower and compliance group and Joseph Ashman in Richmond as co-chair of its government contracting and reporting group from Booz Allen Hamilton … Freshfields brought on risk and crisis management partner Nema Milaninia in D.C. and San Francisco from King & Spalding.
In London: Willkie tapped restructuring partner Marc Hecht from Simpson Thacher … Sullivan & Cromwell added private equity and private credit partners Christopher McLaughlin and Alastair McVeigh as practice group leaders from Weil … Smith, Gambrell & Russell brought on Patrick Swain as leader of its UK commercial litigation team from Debevoise.
In Los Angeles: Steptoe hired former federal prosecutor Jamari Buxton … Massumi + Consoli added M&A partner Trevor Katende from Everest Talent Management … Orrick picked up IP litigation partner Josh Glucoft from Kirkland … Cozen O’Connor brought on former federal prosecutor Brian Faerstein in Santa Monica and Los Angeles.
In Dallas: Holland & Knight hired former DOJ official Camelia Lopez Shoemaker as a litigation partner … Haynes Boone picked up labor and employment partner Jason Elliot from Perkins Coie.
Across other cities: A group of 36 people from McGlinchey Stafford joined Womble Bond Dickinson in five cities … Littler opened an office in Vancouver with partner Paul Pulver from Pulver Crawford Munroe … Proskauer added litigation partner Jonathan Watkins in Charlotte and New York from Cadwalader … Morgan Lewis
