In New York:
Andrew Nichol left Kirkland to join Weil’s private equity and private funds group … Matthew Galeotti, former acting assistant AG of the DOJ’s Criminal Division, joined Kirkland … DLA Piper hired leveraged finance partner Michael Makhotin from Cahill Gordon & Reindel … Sidley added Jeffrey Ross as partner in its finance group from Debevoise & Plimpton where he was chair of the finance group. Sidley also hired tax partner Greg Featherman from Weil … Robert Friedman joined Alston & Bird as partner in its federal and international tax group from Proskauer … Howard Adler joined Nelson Mullins’ executive compensation and employee benefits practice from Clifford Chance.
In D.C.:
H. Boyd Greene IV moved to Sidley as a litigation partner from Kirkland … Mayer Brown added a six-partner litigation team from McGuireWoods: Yasser Madriz, Meghaan Madriz, Gregory Krock, Miles Indest, Jason Huebinger and Wolfgang McGavran … John Claud moved to Nelson Mullins’ FDA litigation practice from the DOJ where he was a prosecutor and assistant director.
In Chicago:
Akin added tax partner Christopher Odell from Kirkland … Valerie Johnston joined Morgan Lewis’ real estate team from Perkins Coie … Jenner & Block added former assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Sarah Streicker, as partner in its investigations, compliance and defense practice … Emerging companies partner Galen Mason moved to Nelson Mullins from Michael Best & Friedrich … Smith, Gambrell & Russell added litigation partner Sam Mitchell from Husch Blackwell.
In Los Angeles:
McGuireWoods added two financial regulatory partners: Gary Leung, former regional director of the SEC’s LA office and Jodie Lopez from Sidley … Commercial and business litigator Jonathan Moss returned to Sheppard from Point Break Capital where he was general counsel.
In San Francisco:
Paul Hastings added securities litigation partners Daniel Laguardia and Patrick Hein from A&O Shearman. Laguardia will also co-chair the practice … J.J. Jones, former assistant general counsel for cybersecurity at Microsoft, joined Dechert as a partner in its cyber, privacy and AI practice … Litigation partner Dannielle Campbell moved to Vedder from Putterman Yu Wang.
In Palo Alto:
Baker Botts added Joseph Halloum as its West Coast M&A chair from King & Spalding … Orrick hired Gina Marek from Gunderson Dettmer, where she served as co-chair of the strategic licensing and transactions group.
In Seattle:
Nathan Fahrer joined Morgan Lewis’ real estate team from Perkins Coie … Rhys Hefta moved to Arnold & Porter from K&L Gates.
In Miami:
Niket Rele returned to Reed Smith’s global corporate group in Miami from Arnold & Porter … Greenberg Traurig added corporate partner William Halaby III from Morrison Foerster.
Across other cities:
Insurance recovery partner Steven Wright moved to Foley Hoag in Boston as chair of the practice from K&L Gates … Corporate and securities partner Steven Przesmicki moved to Sidley in San Diego from Cooley … Bracewell launched a real estate special situations practice with partners Alex Dimock and Sam Murphy in Dallas, who join from Holland & Knight … Patent litigator Robert Hollingshead joined Pillsbury in Tokyo from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton … DLA Piper
