Post by Kallum (Kally) Challenger

Exciting Moves in Big Law: Transactional Partners on the Move!   • Paul Hastings has hired Dechert LLP private equity partner Brian Miner in New York, expanding its sponsor-side M&A and GP stakes capabilities in private equity transactions.   • Dechert LLP has hired Ropes & Gray LLP finance co-head Leonard Klingbaum and capital markets partner Jennifer Harris in New York and Los Angeles, strengthening its leveraged finance, liability management, and private credit platform.   • Bracewell LLP has added Winston & Strawn LLP energy and infrastructure partners Kevin Brophy and Ming Lei in Houston, expanding its energy M&A, joint ventures, and project finance capabilities.   • BakerHostetler has hired Alston & Bird tax partners Richard Slowinski and Stefanie Kavanagh in Washington, D.C., strengthening its cross-border tax planning, transfer pricing, and international tax structuring practice.   • Jones Day has hired McDermott Will & Schulte real estate partner Tim Swearingen in New York, expanding its commercial real estate development, acquisitions, joint ventures, and real estate finance platform.   • Holland & Knight LLP has added Steptoe LLP tax controversy partner Lawrence Hill in New York, strengthening its complex IRS disputes, cross-border tax controversy, and tax litigation practice.   • Broadfield has hired White & Case LLP M&A partner Ty C. A. in New York as corporate partner and innovation chair, expanding its private equity, sovereign wealth fund, and cross-border M&A platform. • McGuireWoods LLP has added O'Melveny & Myers LLP energy and infrastructure partner David Aaronson in  Houston, strengthening its energy M&A, structured finance, and infrastructure transactions practice. • Seyfarth Shaw LLP has hired Baker Botts real estate partner Connie Simmons Taylor in Houston, expanding its commercial real estate leasing, development, acquisitions, and finance capabilities. • Mayer Brown has hired McGuireWoods LLP energy partner Eddy Daniels in Houston, strengthening its power, LNG, and infrastructure M&A and project development practice. • Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has added McDermott Will & Schulte tax partner Ben Cheatham, expanding its energy tax structuring, financing, and project development tax advisory capabilities. • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has hired Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP private equity partner Dilen Kumar in Dallas, strengthening its sponsor-side M&A, divestitures, and minority investments platform. #BigLaw #LegalMoves #TransactionalLaw #LateralMoves #LegalTalent #CareerGrowth #LegalMarketNews