In New York:
Alston & Bird brought on securitization tax partner Andi Mandell from McDermott … White & Case added M&A partner Stephen Fraidin from Cadwalader … Seward & Kissel hired John Benson as head of maritime finance from Watson Farley & Williams … Latham picked up capital markets partner Max Silverstein from Ropes & Gray … Fried Frank tapped M&A and private equity partner Stephen Amdur from Pillsbury … Sidley added former Willkie partner John Thomas as co-chair of its energy and commodities practice … Holland & Knight hired corporate trust partner Adam Jachimowski from Troutman Pepper Locke … DLA Piper picked up tax partner Steven Davis from KPMG … ArentFox Schiff added Nicholas Hoffman as a partner in the firm’s real estate practice from Haynes Boone … Vinson & Elkins hired Melissa Raciti-Knapp to its finance practice from Freshfields … Maurio Fiore moved to Willkie’s M&A practice from Cravath … BakerHostetler added three M&A partners from Loeb & Loeb: Tom L’Helias, Erik Mengwall and Mike Ginzburg.
In D.C.:
Boies Schiller hired family law partner Matthew Edwards from Ain & Bank … Barnes & Thornburg brought on Jeffrey Lehtman as a cross-border compliance and investigations partner from Miller & Chevalier … Suzanne Levy Friedman joined Honigman’s regulatory department from Hogan Lovells … Mintz tapped Robert Vlasis as co-chair of its International Trade Commission practice from Winston & Strawn … Vedder added investment management partner David Baum from Alston & Bird … Financial services regulatory partner R. Colgate Selden joined Baker Donelson from SeldenLindeke … Norton Rose Fulbright hired IP disputes partners Sanya Sukduang and Jon Davies from Cooley … Brad Chin moved to Duane Morris as an IP partner from Bracewell … DLA Piper brought on private equity partner Charles Ching from Weil.
In Chicago:
Reed Smith tapped labor and employment partner Tiffany Fordyce from Greenberg Traurig … Paul Hastings brought on emerging companies partner Winston Gu from Cooley and funds partner Joshua Cohen from Norton Rose … King & Spalding added former Morgan Lewis Chicago office leader and trial partner Tinos Diamantatos … Kilpatrick hired IP partner Thomas Holt from Perkins Coie … Winston & Strawn
