In New York: Linklaters brought on Kristina Trauger from Proskauer, where she was co-head of the capital markets group … Willkie hired former A&O Shearman debt finance leader Gus Atiyah … Proskauer added Sarah Stasny as head of private equity transactions in the U.S. from Paul Weiss … Akerman tapped Jonathan Ballan from Harris Beach Murtha as chair of its New York public finance practice … Gibson Dunn picked up debt finance partner Dean Masuda from Kirkland … DLA Piper added corporate partner Stephanie Yarbrough from King & Spalding … Former FTC general counsel Anisha Dasgupta joined Orrick … Partner Stephen Culhane joined White & Case from Arnold & Porter, where he was co-head of the investment management practice … Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner hired labor and employment partner Daniel Doron from Jackson Lewis … Haynes Boone added financial restructuring partners Ingrid Bagby and Michele Maman from Cadwalader … Willkie hired restructuring partner Paul Labov from Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones …
In D.C.: Todd Gee, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, joined Husch Blackwell … Baker McKenzie added former DOJ senior antitrust lawyer Tim Finley … Former Kirkland partner Paul Wight will lead DLA Piper’s energy regulatory team … DLA Piper also hired corporate partner Brendan Staley from King & Spalding … Morgan Lewis picked up trial partner Donald English Jr from Jackson Lewis … Dentons added litigation partner Joshua Davis from Arnold & Porter.
In London: Michelman & Robinson opened an office and hired litigation partner Daniel Burbeary from Cooke Young & Keidan … Morrison Foerster picked up leveraged finance partner Ambarish Dash from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer … Crowell & Moring added a patent team from Dentons, including Justin Hill and Marie Jansson Heeks.
In Chicago: Jenner & Block hired a mass torts litigation team from Mayer Brown including partners Richard Bulger, Daniel Ring and Priya Desai … Tax partner Gary Blachman joined Akerman from Ice Miller … Morgan Lewis added transactional healthcare and regulatory partner Jeanna Palmer Gunville from Polsinelli.
Across other cities: Seyfarth Shaw brought on a 22-lawyer transactional team from Morris, Manning & Martin in Atlanta and Charlotte … King & Spalding tapped investment funds partner Colby Jenkins in Atlanta from Alston & Bird … Wiggin and Dana added estate planning partner Jevera Hennessey in Greenwich from Whitman Breed … IP partner Adrian Percer joined WilmerHale in Palo Alto from Weil … Clark Hill hired IP partner Andrew Schwaab in Scottsdale from Greenberg Traurig … Former Orrick partner Blake Winburne
