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Bianca Levin-Soler Joins Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as Partner

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Bianca Levin-Soler has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity groups. Levin-Soler’s practice focuses on representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions.

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Charles Persons Joins Paul Hastings as Partner in Dallas

Further strengthening its market-leading financial restructuring practice and continuing its strategic expansion in Texas, Paul Hastings LLP has added restructuring lawyer Charles Persons as a partner in Dallas. The firm has more than tripled its Texas headcount in the last year and expects to have more than 100 lawyers in the Lone Star State by Q1 2025, up from 25.

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Eamonn Moran Joins Holland & Knight as Partner in Washington D.C.

Holland & Knight continues to strengthen its national Financial Services Team with the addition of Eamonn Moran as a partner in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Moran was a senior counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright.

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Samantha Wellington is appointed as eBay Inc. as Senior VP, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

eBay Inc., a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world, today announced the appointment of Samantha Wellington as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary.

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Adriana Ochoa Joins Snell & Wilmer LLP as Partner

Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce Adriana R. Ochoa has joined the San Diego office as a partner. Ochoa will be part of the firm’s Special Litigation and Compliance practice group, where she will concentrate on providing guidance to private clients and public agencies, including healthcare districts and water and wastewater authorities, regarding governance, operational, and other public law matters, including the acquisition and negotiation of public services.

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David Sylofski joins Morgan Lewis in NY

Morgan Lewis’s market-leading structured transactions practice is further expanding its capabilities with the arrival of veteran lawyer David Sylofski as a partner in New York. David arrives from Sidley Austin LLP where he co-led its residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) team.

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Jonathan Katz joins Latham & Watkins LLP in Houston

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Jonathan Katz has joined the firm's Houston office as a partner in the Project Development & Finance Practice. Katz represents owners and developers in the drafting and negotiating of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts, long-term service agreements, and operations and maintenance agreements for domestic and international projects in the oil and gas, LNG, power, petrochemical, and energy transition sectors.

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Jason Hambury, Clea Bigelow-Nuttall & Gurmukh Riyat joins Greenberg Traurig LLP as Shareholders

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its International Arbitration Practice in London with the appointment of three new shareholders, Jason Hambury, Gurmukh Riyat, and Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, from Pinsent Masons.

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Duncan Whiteside joins Rest as General Counsel

Rest, one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds, has appointed a senior legal professional to provide expert guidance as the fund continues to simplify the experience of super for its 2 million members.

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Betsy Henthorne joins Jenner & Block as Partner

Betsy Henthorne, an experienced litigator and former senior US Department of Justice (DOJ) official, has joined Jenner & Block as a Partner in its Washington, DC office. Betsy, who clerked for Justice Kagan on the US Supreme Court and Chief Judge Srinivasan on the DC Circuit, adds more than a decade of government and litigation experience to the firm’s Litigation Department.

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