New York, September 6, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Business Newswire – Dewey Ballantine LLP, a global law firm, announced today that Charles F. Carroll has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner resident in the Global Finance Group. Mr. Carroll worked most recently for KB Home, where he served as vice president, deputy general counsel and corporate secretary.
Commenting on the arrival of Mr. Carroll, Richard Shutran, chair of the global finance group, said, “Charlie is highly regarded in the institutional finance community. Several of our lawyers and clients, including me, have worked closely with Charlie over the years and we’ve found that he brings a truly unique level of experience and professionalism to any transaction. I believe clients of our finance practice will benefit greatly from his joining the firm.”
“Dewey Ballantine’s global finance practice is a market leader,” remarked Mr. Carroll. “The opportunity to be part of a finance practice that has a clear vision of what it wants to deliver–unexcelled legal advice and services for those involved in creating and executing the most important and ground-breaking deals around the world–is very appealing.”
Prior to his time at KB Home, Mr. Carroll served as a partner at Morgan Lewis, and as the general counsel of Asia Global Crossing. He began his legal career at Cravath in 1983 and after five years moved to Simpson Thacher, where he became a partner in 1993. Mr. Carroll primarily represents parties engaged in the development and financing of assets in the energy sector in the U.S. and abroad, including lessors and lessees.
Mr. Carroll earned a B.A. cum laude from Dartmouth College and received his J.D. with honors from New York University School of Law where he was an editor of the New York University Law Review. He is admitted to the New York Bar.
