In New York:
Capital markets and SPAC partners Alex Weniger-Araujo and Andrei Sirabionian moved to McGuireWoods from Loeb & Loeb … David Karp moved to Polsinelli as co-head of the firm’s special situations and alternative investment practice from McDermott … Private funds and tax partner Philip Cooke moved to Barnes & Thornburg from Greenberg Traurig … Morgan Lewis added three tax partners from Baker McKenzie: Julia Medynskaya, Daniel Rosen and Brendan Sponheimer … Kirkland hired structured finance partner Darren Littlejohn from Clifford Chance … Seward & Kissel added structured finance partner Jack Habert from Jeffries Financial Group where he was in-house counsel … Foley Hoag launched a First Amendment practice with partners Michael Grygiel and Kelly McNamee from Greenberg Traurig. Grygiel will also chair the new practice.
In D.C.:
Colin Huntley, former deputy director of the DOJ’s civil fraud section, joined Akin’s False Claims Act practice … Alston & Bird added former FDA deputy chief counsel Perham Gorji to its FDA compliance and enforcement team … Peter Siegal moved to Bracewell’s appellate practice from Norton Rose Fulbright … National security and CFIUS partner Nathan Mitchell joined Holland & Knight from Paul Weiss … Dechert added Shannon Reaves as partner and co-chair of the firm’s national security practice from Squire Patton Boggs … Michael Mancusi left Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer for Barnes & Thornburg’s financial innovation and regulation practice … Winston & Strawn added Alexander Ott as a partner in its International Trade Commission practice from McDermott … Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Nat Halvorson joined Baker McKenzie as partner.
In Chicago:
Fox Rothschild hired tax partner Rouzbeh Alipour from Eversheds Sutherland … Finance and restructuring partner Matthew Kita moved to King & Spalding from Kirkland … Kaufman Dolowich added three insurance partners from BatesCarey: Jason Minkin, Jonathan Walton and Le Trieu.
In Atlanta:
Offit Kurman added six former Taylor Duma partners: Scot Burton, Morris Little Jr, Michael Sullivan and Scott Tobin to its business law and transactions practice; Charles McKnight to its commercial litigation practice; and Gregory Schultz to its real estate practice … IP partners Jeff Kuester and John North moved to Smith, Gambrell & Russell from Taylor Duma along with 12 other attorneys.
In Houston:
O’Melveny hired capital markets partner Douglas Lionberger in Houston from Holland & Knight … Eversheds Sutherland added three partners from BakerHostetler: Eric Kristiansen joins the litigation group and will be co-managing partner of the Houston office; Cleve Glenn joins the litigation group; and Ryan Pittman joins the corporate group … Norton Rose Fulbright added Anne Johnson as a partner and U.S. head of appellate from Tillotson Johnson & Patton … Nelson Mullins hired commercial real estate litigation partner Lee Collins from BroyarMiller.
In London:
Morrison Foerster hired Susana Cao Miranda as a partner in its complex litigation and advisement group from Pallas Partners … Shane McDonald moved to Cahill’s leveraged finance practice from White & Case … Willkie added Miroslav Tomo as a private equity partner from Kirkland … Smith Gambrell & Russell hired Gordon McAllister as partner in its litigation and international arbitration practices from Crowell & Moring … Structured finance partners Steven Krivinskas and Marcus Lovatt joined Alston & Bird from DLA Piper.
Across other cities:
Buchalter added Christopher Van Gundy as partner in its litigation, class-action and FDA regulatory compliance groups in San Francisco from Sheppard Mullin … Nelson Mullins hired corporate partner Shawn Kim in Los Angeles from Hanwha Group where he was general counsel … Lowenstein Sandler added Christopher Ward as a bankruptcy partner in Wilmington from Polsinelli …
